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Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING

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Vietnam National Transport Strategy Study (VITRANSS)<br />

<strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>No</strong>. 8<br />

Shipping and Ports<br />

the SVF program, the Central Bank of Malaysia utilized RM 300 million to set<br />

up a shipping company named Global Maritime Venture Berhad (GMVB) on<br />

March 1994 (NST: September 1994).<br />

Government increased the fund to RM 1.1 billion in 1994. From this amount,<br />

RM 600 million was set aside for the SFF program. Its coverage was<br />

extended to include not only the purchase of new and second-hand vessels,<br />

but also for the construction of facilities to build and repair ships. The<br />

remaining RM 500 million was allocated to the SVF program.<br />

Bank Industri contributed RM 200 million, and other financial institutions were<br />

to cough up the remaining RM 300 million (NST: December 1994). Bank<br />

Industri, as the managing authority for the SFF program, disbursed the fund<br />

for the purchase and building of vessels plying domestic and international<br />

routes and the shipyard facility.<br />

The total financing given to domestic shipping was RM 165 million, to<br />

international shipping, RM 235 million and financing for the shipyard, RM<br />

117.2 million. As of March 1997, the SFF program had a balance of RM 82.2<br />

million(Bank Industri: 1997).<br />

3) Other incentives: In addition to the above-mentioned measures, there are<br />

also a number of incentives provided to the Malaysian shipping industry. For<br />

one, income is tax-free and import duty exemptions are also provided. For<br />

instance, a 30% import duty is imposed on Malaysian vessels which are less<br />

than 26 GRT, a 10% duty on vessels between 26 GRT to 4,000 GRT and<br />

vessels above 4,000 GRT are exempted from import duties.<br />

Provisions are also made for vessel depreciation, whereby accelerated<br />

depreciation of ships is allowed with a first year capital allowance of 20% and<br />

a further special allowance of 6-10%. The Malaysian government also<br />

provides income tax exemptions to the ship’s crew.<br />

4.1.3 Fiscal Measures in the Philippines<br />

1) Domestic Shipping Modernization Program (DSMP)<br />

DSMP is a policy-based lending program of the Philippine government with<br />

the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) as executing agency and<br />

JBIC as funding agency. It aims to provide financial assistance to enterprises<br />

engaged in domestic shipping and shipping-related industries. JBIC has so<br />

far funded Y 15 billion for phase I under the 19 th Yen Loan Package (1995-)<br />

and Y 20 billion for phase II under the 22 nd Yen Loan Package (1999-).<br />

DSMP I was to a large extent concentrated on bringing in appropriate<br />

shipping technology to address the urgent upgrading of the domestic fleet.<br />

Under DSMP II, however, the focus of the program is developmental. DSMP

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