NCC, EDC Spearhead Advocacies on Transport & Logistics

The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) and the Networking Committee on Transport and Logistics of the Export Development Council (EDC) advocate a number of policy reform initiatives to the Economic Managers that will improve the country’s global competitiveness.
 
These reforms include the shift of foreign cargoes from the Port of Manila to the newly developed international ports in Batangas and Subic; inclusion of the Chassis-RORO (or ChaRO) as part of the RORO service; support to the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Coalition in promoting openness, transparency, and effective competition for PPP projects; separation of the regulatory and development functions of the Philippine Ports Authority, Civil Aeronautics Board, etc; rationalization of the airline tax regime; 24/7 operations in all international airports and seaports; and the adoption of the per axle limit (maximum of 13.5 tons per axle) as the criterion for truck overloading.
 
These recommendations came from the various industry consultations of NCC and EDC, Philippine Business Congress of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Arangkada 2010 of the Joint Foreign Chambers among others