Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
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I-4-3<br />
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