Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication

MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY

NATIONAL FORUM ON SAFETY OF DOMESTIC FERRIES Manila, Philippines

09-11 September 2013

WHERE IS THE FERRY INDUSTRY NOW?

INTRODUCTION

IMPORTANCE OF FERRY SERVICES IN OUR COUNTRY

Connect one island to another

Movement of people

and goods/ products

Develop tourism in

some tourist spots thru

island hopping

ESSENTIAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN CONNECTING ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER

A system called “Road RORO Terminal System (RRTS)”, a seamless stretch of roads and ports was developed by the Philippines government to connect Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao which covers the following nautical highways:

1. Western Nautical Highway; 2. Central Nautical Highway; and 3. Pan Philippine Highway Operation of fastcrafts and RORO vessels are mostly concentrated in the routes under the RRTS.

MAJOR PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL HIGHWAY

ROUTES NO. OF OPERATORS

NUMBER & TYPE OF VESSELS

Batangas City – Calapan, Or. Mindoro 6 RORO Vessels - 14 Fastcrafts - 4

Roxas, Or. Mindoro – Caticlan, Aklan 5 RORO Vessels - 11

Dumangas, Iloilo – Bacolod, Negros Occ. 3 RORO Vessels - 5

Dumaguete, Negros Or. – Dapitan, ZDN 3 RORO Vessels - 6

NO. OF OPERATORS AND VESSELS PLYING IN THE WESTERN NAUTICAL HIGHWAY

ROUTES NO. OF OPERATORS

NUMBER & TYPE OF VESSELS

Pilar, Sorsogon – Aroroy, Masbate 1 Fastcraft - 1

Cawayan, Masbate – Bogo, Cebu 1 RORO Vessel - 1

Cebu City – Tubigon, Bohol 8 RORO Vessel s - 3

Fastcrafts - 3 Conventional - 7

Jagna, Bohol – Balbagon, Mambajao, Camiguin 1 RORO Vessel - 1

Benoni, Mahinog, Camiguin – Balingoan, Misamis Occidental 4 RORO Vessels - 7

Conventional - 1

NO. OF OPERATORS AND VESSELS PLYING IN THE CENTRAL NAUTICAL HIGHWAY

ROUTES NO. OF OPERATORS

NUMBER & TYPE OF VESSELS

Allen, Northern Samar - Matnog. Sorsogon 3 RORO Vessels - 9

Liloan, Southern Leyte - Lipata, Surigao del Norte 1 RORO Vessels - 3

NO. OF OPERATORS AND VESSELS PLYING IN THE PAN PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY

ESSENTIAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN CARRYING PEOPLE/ PASSENGERS

As per PPA Annual Statistical Report, our maritime transport system shows a great impact in carrying people or passengers from one island to another island, as shown in sample statistics below (CY 2010 - 2012):

ISLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC

2010 2011 2012

LUZON 18,338,018 16,803,800 16,740,487

VISAYAS 17,688,422 17,599,181 18,190,699

MINDANAO 16,611,186 15,031,570 15,067,750

TOTAL 52,637,626 49,434,551 49,998,936

PASSENGER TRAFFIC

(IN MILLIONS)

YEAR

ESSENTIAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN CARRYING CARGOES/ GOODS/ PRODUCTS

As per PPA Annual Statistical Report, our maritime transport system shows a great impact in carrying cargoes/ goods/ products from one island to another island, as shown in sample statistics below (CY 2010 - 2012):

ISLAND CARGO THROUGHPUT IN METRIC TON

2010 2011 2012

LUZON 35,475,666 38,648,418 38,419,229

VISAYAS 16,030,126 17,106,386 17,541,943

MINDANAO 18,291,108 18,417,136 19,844,305

TOTAL 69,796,900 74,171,940 75,805,477

YEAR

CARGO THROUGHPUT IN METRIC TON (IN MILLIONS)

DEVELOP TOURISM IN SOME TOURIST SPOT AREAS IN THE COUNTRY

In CY 2012 MARINA Vessel Inventory, the following municipalities with well-known tourist spot areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao have developed tourism in some tourist spot areas in the country using fastcrafts, ferry boats, motorbancas and other water crafts to explore the islands; to wit:

TOURIST SPOT AREAS NO. OF MBCA OPERATORS

NO. OF MOTORBANCAS

A. LUZON ISLAND

PUERTO GALERA, OR. MINDORO HUNDRED ISLAND, PANGASINAN PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN

78 145 44

127 192 62

B. VISAYAS ISLAND BOARACAY ISLAND, CATICLAN, AKLAN GUIMARAS ISLAND, ILOILO

132 80

162 97

C. MINDANAO ISLAND

SIARGAO ISLAND, SURIGAO DEL NORTE DINAGAT ISLAND, SURIGAO DEL NORTE

76 37

100 52

PROFILE OF THE FERRY INDUSTRY

TYPE OF DOMESTIC SHIPPING OPERATORS

OPERATING IN THE PHILIPPINES (CY 2012) AREA OF JURISDICTION OF DOMESTIC

SHIPPING OPERATORS PROFILE OF PASSENGER/ FERRY SHIPS BY

AGE, SIZE AND HULL MATERIAL (CY 2012)

TYPE OF DOMESTIC SHIPPING OPERATORS IN CY 2012

Shipping Operators Number Percentage

Single Proprietor 2,216 79.1%

Partnership/ Corporation 555 19.8%

Cooperative 31 1.1%

TOTAL 2,802 100.0%

Majority of our domestic shipping operators or 79.1% are Single Proprietors Single

Proprietors 79.1%

Corp./ Partners

19.8%

Coop/ Asso. 1.1%

0%

Source: MARINA

REGION SINGLE PROPRIETORSHIP

PARTNERSHIP/ CORPORATION

COOPERATIVES/ ASSOCIATIONS

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION 74 174 1

MRO I & II (Northern Luzon) 56 9 2

MRO IV (Batangas) 369 41 1

MRO V (Legaspi) 254 12 0

MRO VI (Iloilo) 115 38 10

MRO VII (Cebu) 191 126 3

MRO VIII (Tacloban) 159 7 2

MRO IX (Zamboanga) 81 12 0

MRO XI (Davao) 48 9 0

MRO XII (Cotabato) 27 12 0

MRO X & XIII (Cagayan de Oro) 842 115 12

TOTAL 2,216 555 31

AREA OF JURISDICTION OF DOMESTIC SHIPPING OPERATORS

Source: MARINA

AGE GROUP NUMBER PERCENTAGE

0 – 5 years old 2,506 49.4%

5 – 10 years old 1,151 22.7%

11 – 15 years old 600 11.8%

16 – 20 years old 264 5.2%

21 – 25 years old 157 3.1%

26 – 30 years old 106 2.1%

31 – 35 years old 92 1.8%

36 – 40 years old 86 1.7%

Above 40 years old 75 1.5%

No Information 39 0.7%

TOTAL 5,076 100.0%

PROFILE OF PASSENGER/ FERRY SHIPS BY AGE (CY 2012)

Source: MARINA

TONNAGE GROUP NUMBER PERCENTAGE

Below 3 GRT 1,654 32.6%

3 – 99 GRT 3,030 59.7%

100 – 499 GRT 267 5.3%

500 – 999 GRT 51 1.0%

1,000 – 1,499 GRT 27 0.5%

1,500 – 1,999 GRT 7 0.1%

2,000 – 2,999 GRT 16 0.3%

3,000 – 4,999 GRT 9 0.2%

5,000 GRT and Above 15 0.3%

TOTAL 5,076 100.0%

PROFILE OF PASSENGER/ FERRY SHIPS BY SIZE (CY 2012)

Source: MARINA

HULL MATERIAL NUMBER PERCENTAGE

Wooden Hull 4,093 80.6%

Steel Hull 422 8.3%

Fiberglass 436 8.6%

Composite 5 0.1%

No Information 120 2.4%

TOTAL 5,076 100.0%

PROFILE OF PASSENGER/ FERRY SHIPS BY HULL MATERIAL (CY 2012)

Source: MARINA

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENTATION

Ferry service which is an important means of connecting the country from one island to another, a vital service in transporting passengers/ people and goods/ products and which is now being used to ferry tourists in some tourist spot areas should be given priority.

RORO vessels, fastcrafts and conventional vessels are

concentrated mostly in the Western Nautical Highway, Central Nautical Highway and Pan Philippine Highway.

MARINA Ship Inventory shows that majority of our passenger/

ferry ships are young with an average age of 8 & 1/2 years old, majority are below 100 GT in size and majority are made of wooden hull materials.