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Philippines
By Air Airplane
The CAAP is responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation in order to ensure safe,
economical, and efficient air travel. As an independent regulatory body with quasi-judicial and
quasi-legislative powers, the CAAP is mandated to set comprehensive, clear and impartial rules
and regulations for the Philippine aviation industry.
The Philippines' Maritime Industry Authority, abbreviated as MARINA, is an agency of
the Philippine government under the Department of Transportation responsible for integrating
the development, promotion and regulation of the maritime industry in the Philippines.
The regulatory function of the MARINA was increased with issuance of EO No. 1011 which
abolished the Board of Transportation and transferred the quasi-judicial functions pertaining to
water transportation to the MARINA.
On January 30, 1987, EO No. 125 (amended by EO 125-A) was issued reorganizing
the Department of Transportation and Communications. The powers and functions of the
department and the agencies under its umbrella were defined which further increased the
responsibility of the MARINA to the industry.
MARINA has jurisdiction over the development, promotion and regulation of all enterprises
engaged in the business of designing, constructing, manufacturing, acquiring, operating,
supplying, repairing, and/or maintaining vessels, or component parts thereof, of managing and/or
operating shipping lines, shipyards, drydocks, marinerailways, marine repairships, shipping and
freight forwarding agencies and similar enterprises.
The Philippine Coast Guard is the country’s vanguard against the entry of unsafe foreign vessels
into the country through its Port State Control.
Pursuant to RA 9993, the Philippine Coast Guard is mandated to enforce regulations in
accordance with all relevant maritime international conventions, treaties or instruments of which
the government is signatory and national laws.
MARITIME SAFETY or MARSAF function is designed to help prevent or minimize
unnecessary loss of lives and properties at sea.
The seaworthiness of every vessel leaving the port is ensured through the intensified Mandatory
Pre-departure Inspection which include the compliance of vessels to safety standards and
prevention of vessels from sailing for failure to comply with the standards; conduct of random
Emergency Readiness Evaluation and Operational Readiness Evaluation in the ports; conduct of
regular vessel safety inspections, and publication of Notice to Mariners (NOTAM), and the
implementation and enforcement of navigational rules and designation of sea lanes, among
others.
Further, the PCG is also responsible in issuing permits and supervises all marine salvage
operations. It is mandated to destroy or tow floating hazards to navigation such as, but not
limited to illegal fish traps and vessels.
Moreover, navigational safety is ensured by operating and/or maintaining and servicing 565
lighthouses and more than 44 navigational buoys around the country which guide and ensures
safe voyage to mariners.
The PPA is the primary government agency concerned with the planning and development of the
country's seaports. Established in 1974, the PPA's charter was amended by Executive Order 857,
which expanded its functions to include the integration and coordination of ports nationwide.