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aritime REVIEW Vol. VII No.5 A PUBLICATION OF THE MARITIME LEAGUE September-October 2000 SHIP OPERATIONS Debate rages on the issue of relaxing cabotage rules PORTS Zarnboanga Freeport slugs it out MARINE INSURANCE RP is under pressure to address problem of piracy ....... • •• SULPICIO LINES~ INC. "A Pillar in the Industry, a Friend to the Country. " CERTIFICATE No.58691 Sulpicio Lines, Inc. is soaring high on it's 27'h year of fruitful and dedicated service to the Philippine shipping industry. The organization banks on the wealth of it's experience and strength of it's commitment. Indeed an experienced mariner, tossed, battered and torn at certain points, the company rises, a learned survivor and stands firm on a foundation of reliable resources and the conviction to go on answering the needs of sea transport. At present, it serves 26 ports of call and over 12 tertiary routes to the more remote islands in the archipelago, a comm itment inherited from it's respected founder Don Sulpicio Go or Go Guioc So who was an experienced sailor, a seasoned administrator and a dedicated man of service. Each of the company's luxury liners has superb facilities that offer utmost comfort and convenience to passengers as well as efficient handling of cargo to and from points in the nation. Traveling on board any of the latest add ition fleet has been, a matter of fact, likened to almost like traveling on ocean liners and cruise ships abroad. Sulpicio Lines rides high, sa ils high, soars high on the waves of sterling shipping to brighter horizon of excellent marine transport service with a greater sense of responsibility, a deeper commitment and a staunch belief that it can steer the industry and country to progress from generation to generation ... SULPICIO LINES, INC. the first domestic shipping company that has been audited by two of the external auditors accredited by Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) the Bureau Veritas of Paris and the Bureau Veritas Quality International of London . Both have certified that the company's Safety Management System (SMS) has complied with the requirements of the International Safety Management _Code (ISM) and International Quality Assurance Management • Safety is the concern of all and has no rank. To be effective it has to Standard (ISO 9002-1994), respectively. Truly a fulfillment to its commitment of be management-led. Consonance to this, management is committed to making all personnel more safety conscious even as it encourages excellence in providing necessary links among the different islands in the all to become actively involved in identifying possible hazards, archipelago. The company still sails on to give you a more efficient, better, safer, implementing corrective actions and constantly monitoring all and quality marine transportation. facets of their working environment to ensure quality and safety conditions prevail. .. • - Mr. Carlos Go Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer CONTENTS The Maritime League 8-12 SHIP OPERATIONS CHAIRMAN EMERITUS •Debate rages as to whether or not the relaxation of cabotage, by open Bon. Fidel V. Ramos ing up domestic shipping routes to foreign liners, will benefit the ship HONORARY CHAIRMAN ping industry Bon. Vicente C. Rivera Jr. •Max Estayo sees how cargo and passenger bookings dip in the do CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT mestic trade Commo. Carlos L. Agustin AFP (Ret.) 14PORTS BoARD OF TRu STEES Myra Lopez-Pablo describes how Zamboanga Freeport fares in at Rep. Plari~e l M. Abaya tracting locators amidst the bad publicity generated by the crisis in Vicente F. Aldanese Jr. Mindanao RAdm ~apoleon C. Baylon, AFP Capt. Alberto C. Compas, MM 18 MARINE INSURANCE Herminio S. Esguerra The law firm that has had a number of ships arrested in the Us and Edgar S. Go Panama vows to continue filing tort claims in foreign courts Doris Teresa M. Ho Commo. Reuben S. Lista, PCG 20 MANNING Hector E. Miole lan Sherwood points out significant accomplishments between em Carlos C. Salinas ployers and employees in his paper delivered during a manning and Rep. Vicente A. Sandoval training conference in London Philip S. Tuazon 24 COMMODITY FOCUS Editorial Board The steady imports of cheap cement from Taiwan have put losses to local cement manufacturers C HAIRMAN Commo. Carlos L. Agustin AFP (Ret.) REGULARS MEMBERS Edgar S. Go 05 Chairman's Page 19 Commentary Doris Teresa M. Ho 06 News update 30 Word from FVR Dante La Jimenez 16 LexMaritima Ernest Villareal Editorial Staff E DITOR Andy G. Dalisay .............. AssociATE E DITOR ...... Val V. Vicente STAFFMEMBERS Myra Lopez-Pablo Max Estayo E DITORIAL A ssiSTANTS Let Amante-Capatoy Joy J. Fabro M 2lLUw: FRONT COVER The Maritime Review WG&A President & CEO Endika Aboitiz and Superferry 12 Rm. 201 Marine Technology Center Aduana cor. Arzobii:po Street The Maritime Review is published on behalf ofthe Maritime League lntrarnuros, Manila I 002 and is supplied to members as part of their annual membership Tel : (632) 527-9049, 527-6865 package. However, the opinions expressed by the writers do not E-mail: [email protected] necessarily reflect those of the Maritime League. Maritime Review• September -October2000•3 Certified by: Recognized & Accredited by: ~ \lTf) TESDA II ~ DnV ~)~? J($~-- PHILIPPINE MERCHA~T MARINE SCHOOL ~~ OFLASPINASCITY COURSES OFFERED: ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: ./ BS in Marine Transportation FRESHMAN ./ BS in Marine Engineering (A graduate from High School) ./ BS in Customs Administration a. Form 138 duly accomplished and ./ BA in Port Management - signed by school authority ./ Computer Secretarial b. Certificate of Good Moral Character ./Associate in Marine Electronics c. 2 pes. 1Y2" x 1Y2" pictures ./ Marine Electronic Technician Course TRANSFEREES ./ Reefer Technician Course ./ Basic Seaman Course a. Honorable Dissmissal b. Transcript of Records ./ Pump man Tanker Vessel Course c. 2 pes. 1Y2" x 1Y2" pictures ./ Marine Welding Course d. Certificate of Good Moral Character ./ Machinery Repairman Course FOR PARTICULARS, Inquire now at the Registrar's Office, PMMS-LPC, San Antonio Valley Road, Talon I, Las Pifias City • Tel. 805-0239/41 Loc. 15 or 805-0243. Maritime League Chairman CARLOS L. AGUSTIN Chairman's Page Bowditch (H.O. Pub. No.9. Vol. 1; 1995)were twice as many tropical cyclones happen eacll liberally quoted in the message. year in the Western Pacific, compared to the On his second voyage to the New World. Atlantic. Columbus met a tropical stom1 but suffered no Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal damage to his vessels. This experience proved and the Arabian Sea are most likely to occur valuable during his fourth voyage when a fully from October through May. The period from developed hurricane tltreatened his ships. He rec September to May marks the storm season in ognized a soutl1easterly swell. the direction ofhigh the South Pacific and South Indian Ocean, with I AM currently involved as a consultant in a cirrus clouds, and the hazy appearance of the at January through March the worst months. Despite many years of study. meteorolo project to develop a cluster of cities in the east mosphere as signs of an approaching stom1. He gists have trouble predicting movement oftropi em seaboard of Central Luzon, facing the Pa directed his vessels to shelter. while another com cal cyclones. In the early stages the storms de cific Ocean. Whenever my principal. Mr Romeo mander who ignored tl1e signs lost most of his velop along an ESE-WNW axis. and they tend G Roxas. or I. or the master planner. Felino ships and more than 500 crewmen. to move toward higher latitudes. but similari ''JWl'' Palafox briefed on the port whose study In the northern Atlantic. Gulf of Mexico. ties in movement end there. They show no lon my group prepared. the proverbial question was and eastem Pacific. meteorologists call stonus like gitudinal regularity in any tum to d1e north. almost always asked: Why are you building a this hurricanes. In tl1e western North Pacific. the Sometimes they accelerate (as much as l.500 port in an area heavily visited by typhoons? correct name is typhoon; in the Philippines. percent in 24 hours), and then suddenly decel Denying the prevailing situation is often bagyo; in western Australia willy-willy, and in erate. Other times. they stop and stay within a tempting, except that statistics will bear out the the Indian Ocean. a cyclone. CoiJectively, the 50-mile circle for as long as three days. anxiety manifested by concerned parties: indeed, analysts refer to them as tropical cyclones. They Tropical cyclones south of 30 degrees many typhoons do affect the Dingalan Bay. An occur everywhere. except in the Arctic and Ant north latitude are the most predictable. They usu annual track of typhoons from Navy meteoro arctic Oceans. ally travel at speeds between 12 and 16 knots logical studies and PAGASA records do show Whatever the name. ships at sea must but may reach 20 to 25 knots when subtropical that more stonus pass the area between Isabela make every effort to avoid tropical cyclones of highs are exceptionally strong. Meanwhile. and Camarines Norte on the eastern seaboard hurricane-or typhoon-intensity (64 knots or stom1s north of 30 degrees north latitude may than anywhere else in the Philippines. But what more). Even well equipped ships may fotu1der vary in speed between 0 and 60 knots. with rapid of it? because of the extreme violence of the wind and accelerations up to 70 knots. Just prior to the declaration ofmartial law. sea on their masts and superstructures. Hurricane-force winds (64 knots and I was involved in the hWlt for the NP A craft Although many sailors rarely experience higher) in the average tropical cyclone cover an reportedly coming in to land firearms in the a tropical cyclone at sea, thepmdent seaman nev area slightly more than I 00 miles in diameter.