Development of Coast Guard Watercraft

Information System in the Maritime

Jurisdiction of Cavite Province
CG LTSG MICHAEL JOHN P ENCINA O-0691
 Coverage of Presentation
• Background / Introduction
• Statement of Problem
• Assumptions
• Facts Bearing on the Problem
• Three Courses of Actions
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Recommendadtion
Introduction
CAVITE
 Statement of Problem

No proper Advisory
No Available Database
Contact based transaction
 Assumptions

• Development of watercraft
information System =
Improvement in Delivery
of PCG service
 Assumptions
• Proper advisory
regarding certificate
expiration will be
provided
• Offer a less to non-contact
means of transaction
• can be utilized even in
remote location with
limited internet and phone
signal connection
 Facts Bearing on the Problem

Republic Act 11032 or the

Ease of Doing Business and
Efficient Government Service
Delivery Act of 2018

Republic Act No. 9993 or the

Philippine Coast Guard Law of
2009

Pre-Departure Inspection 2012.

HPCG / CG8 Memorandum
Circular Nr. 07-12
Discussion Conceptual Framework
 Discussion
Scope and Delimitation
The researcher limits the study to five (5) PCG personnel assigned in Coast Guard
Station Cavite as Substation Commanders, for interview and eleven (11) Deputy
Substation Commanders, for group discussion, who conduct pre-departure
inspection to watercrafts prior to its voyages

Type of Research 
The method used by researcher is a qualitative research with
phenomenological approach.

Population of the Study

Research locale of the study is the Maritime jurisdiction of Cavite province
 Discussion Significance of the Study
• Improvement of public service delivery to the maritime
stakeholders operating a watercraft in the province of Cavite.

• Help the Philippine Coast Guard Cavite watercraft safety

inspectors in the conduct of pre departure inspection to the
watercrafts as they utilize this system.

• Other agencies will benefit in this system, as to the updates of

watercraft certifications and necessary documents, which
portray data for the date of its validity

• Practice of maximum health protocol

 Discussion Courses of

• Actions
COA Nr. 1 - Development of a watercraft information system that
is non-internet database.

• COA Nr. 2 - Development of watercraft information system that is

accessible through internet utility.

• COA Nr. 3 - Proposal through position paper address to MARINA

regarding one safety certificate policy and issuance for the
watercraft operator.
Discussion SFA Test Suitability Feasibility Acceptability
Discussion Suitability Test
Criteria COA Nr. 1 COA Nr. 2 COA Nr. 3
1. Is the solution timely? Yes Yes Yes
2. Will it provide solution to the Yes Yes No
aforementioned problems
regarding non-availability of
database for watercraft certificates
and documents validation as well
as means to avert spread of
COVID-19?

3. Will it benefit the PCG Safety Yes No Yes

Inspectors and watercraft
stakeholders working in urban and
remote areas
Discussion Suitability Test

Analysis:

Based on the result of Suitability test, COA Nr. 1 has passed all the
criteria encompassing its timeliness, providing solution to the problems and
its benefit to PCG inspectors and stakeholders all over the province of
Cavite. COA Nr. 2 and 3 did not qualify in criteria as to with the benefits of
PCG inspectors and stakeholder particularly those in remote areas and
means in providing solution to the problem especially in preventing the
spread of COVID-19 Pandemic.
DiscussionFeasibility Test
Criteria COA Nr. 1 COA Nr. 2 COA Nr. 3
1. Are there enough time Yes No No
and personnel to achieve
the objectives?

2. Can it be supported with Yes No No

available resources?
3. Is it cost-efficient? Yes No Yes
DiscussionFeasibility Test

Analysis:
Based on the result of Feasibility test, COA Nr. 1 has passed all the
criteria regarding the achievability, availability of resources and financially
economical suiting the need to address the problems. COA Nr. 2 and 3 on
the other hand both did not qualify in in the feasibility standards
particularly in achievability and availability of resources.
Discussion Acceptability Test

Criteria COA Nr. 1 COA Nr. 2 COA Nr. 3

1. Will it be acceptable to the PCG Yes Yes Yes
Cavite Safety Inspectors?

2. Will it conform to the existing Yes Yes No

laws and Policies?

3. Will it contribute to the effective Yes Yes Yes

performance of PCG Cavite Safety
Inspectors?
Discussion Acceptability Test

Analysis:
Based on the result of Acceptability test, COA Nr. 1 and 2 has passed all
the criteria conforming with PCG’s laws and policies, effective performance
and PCG safety inspector’s productivity including the acceptability of the
proposal. While COA Nr. 3 did not meet the criteria pertaining to Laws and
Policies for said COA needs to be assess and study by the concerned
maritime agencies.
 Discussion Advantages of COA 1 and 2

 Fast and effective means of watercraft certificate validation

through easy information access.
 Provide an early notice as to with the expiration of certificates
and an easy proof of the watercraft certificates’ validity
 Less to non-contact certificate validation will be practiced
promoting a better means of maximizing health protocols set
forth by the national government in averting the spread of COVID
– 19 virus
• User friendly and accessible even in remote location with limited
internet and phone signal connection.
 Discussion Advantage of COA 3

 Fast and effective means of watercraft certificate validation

 Discussion Disadvantages

COA 1
• Tedious data collection and encoding

COA 2
 Information access is affected in remote areas.
 Tedious data collection and encoding
 Maintenance of webpage is costly

COA 3
• It takes time to materialize needing thorough study in part of
the concerned maritime agencies
 Discussion Opinions / Views Expressed by PCG

According to CG RADM RONNIE GIL L. GAVAN, it is just and timely to develop

a system that incorporated information of watercraft in a mainframe to address
the problems in data gathering

CAPT GERONIMO B TUVILLA and CG CAPT ALVIN DAGALEA, acknowledged

the importance of a watercraft information system to properly monitor and safely
check the certificates and documents of the stakeholders particularly in this time
of pandemic.
Interviews and group discussions has been conducted by the researcher in
CGS Cavite Substation Commanders and its deputies. All of the respondents
agreed that it is timely and a relevant platform for a new and innovative
approach in the conduct of watercraft certificates and documents validation
 Conclusion
The aim of this study was to develop a watercrafts information system that will
contribute to the improvement of public service delivery by the PCG to the
maritime stakeholders operating a watercraft in the province of Cavite. A
qualitative approach was adopted using a range of complementary methods
including SFA Test. As a result, it appears that COA nr. 1, Development of a
watercraft information system that is non-internet database, is the most
appropriate course of action to be adopted in order to address the problem
regarding non-availability of watercraft database in the conduct of certificates
and documents validation prior it departure.
 
 Recommendation

Adoption of COA Nr. 1 is reasonably and practically recommended not only

because it is efficient and effective but also it is necessary to address the
existing concern. Thus, it is advised to utilize the Watercraft Information,
Records and Electronic Database and its proposed standing operating
procedure by the Coast Guard Station Cavite Watercraft Safety inspector.
“Watercraft Information Records and Electronic
Database”

WIRED
End of Presentation
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