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Sunday, October 02, 2005
Senator says Maritime industry must be modernized
MARITME industry needs modernization and there is a need to define or amend and improve existing laws, decrees, codes, executive orders, and treaties governing the relations between and among the parties involved or engaged in maritime commerce.
Senator Rodolfo Biazon, during the recent radio program "Kombate" aired over dxGO Aksyon Radyo, said existing old laws should be amended.
Biazon said there would always be confusion if there's no delineation of function and responsibilities especially during a sea disaster.
Biazon filed Senate Bill 1382, the Maritime Code that is a codification of admiralty and maritime laws to modernize the maritime industry.
It proposed a structure where the powers, functions, authority, and responsibilities are clearly defined.
The current maritime administration functions of government are thinly spread among 14 bureaus and agencies and seven departments.
The Maritime Code upgrades the laws dealing with the registration of ships, maritime lines and ship mortgages, maritime fraud, accidents at sea and ship owner's liability.
"Fragmentation or overlapping of functions of the different maritime-concerned bureaus and agencies is what perhaps causing the dismal and ineffective implementation of safety standards at sea," Biazon said. (PIA/Rpalacio)
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