(1) Coordinate, improve and optimize the planning, development, financing, construction, maintenance and operation of ports, port facilities, port physical plants, and all equipment used in connection with the operation of a port; (2) Ensure the smooth flow of waterborne commerce passing through the Autonomous Regional Government ports, whether public or private, in the conduct of international and domestic trade; (3) Promote regional development through the dispersal of industries and commercial activities throughout the different provinces; (4) Foster inter-island seaborne commerce and foreign trade; (5) Redirect and reorganize port administration beyond its specific and traditional functions of a total Port District development, including encouraging the full and efficient utilization of the port‟s hinterlands and tributary areas; and (6) Ensure that all income and revenues accruing out of dues, rates, and charges for the use of facilities and services provided by the Authority are properly collected and accounted for by the Authority and to ensure that a reasonable return on the employed is realized. SEC. 3. Powers and Functions. - In pursuing its mandate to align all port facilities in the Regional Autonomy as vibrant links in the nation‟s overall Maritime Transport Chain and, of the world, the Regional Ports Management Authority (RPMA) shall exercise such corporate powers and functions, as follows: (1) The Corporate Duties of the RPMA are as follows: (a) Coordinate with DOTC-ARMM, DPWH-ARMM, RPDO, Philippine Ports Authority districts in Mindanao and other regional agencies in the formulation of a comprehensive Port Development Plan for the region and to program its implementation, renew and update the same annually; (b) Supervise, control, regulate, construct, maintain, operate, and provide such facilities or services as are necessary in the ports vested in, or belonging to the Authority; (c) Prescribe rules and regulations, procedures, and guidelines governing the establishment, construction, maintenance and operation of all other ports, including private ports in the ARMM; (d) License, control, regulate, supervise any construction or structure within the Port District; (e) Provide services (whether on its own, by contract, or otherwise) within the Port District and the approaches thereof, including but not limited to: berthing, towing, mooring, moving, slipping, or docking any vessel, loading or 222