If we adjust the standards a little for fast cruisers in the 1950's at just below 18 knots then the first “Don Julio” of Ledesma Shipping Lines will qualify a fast cruiser liner. It should be because she was actually the fastest liner of her era! She was the fastest liner of the 1950's when … Continue reading The Fast Cruiser Liners of the Other Shipping Companies Aside From William Lines and Sulpicio Lines
The First Liner Built in the Philippines After World War II
In 1957, President Carlos P. Garcia ascended to Malacanang after the death of President Ramon Magsaysay and thereafter he won the Philippine presidency in his own right. While President Magsaysay worked very closely with the Americans and relied on them for the economic development of the country, President Garcia rolled out his “Filipino First” policy. … Continue reading The First Liner Built in the Philippines After World War II
Negros Navigation Had The Most Modern Fleet From The late ’60’s To The Late ’80’s
When Negros Navigation celebrated it's Diamond Anniversary in 2007, it issued an anniversary book. Going through the book, the reader might think that all along Negros Navigation was a great liner company. Unfortunately, that was not the case as Negros Navigation started as a shipping company linking just Panay and Negros and this was true … Continue reading Negros Navigation Had The Most Modern Fleet From The late ’60’s To The Late ’80’s
The Sulpicio Lines Fast Cruiser Liners
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8223500@N05/3299353544/in/photolist-62EqSy-62Abev-62hFC4-62y3RW-77V2zr/ From the collection of John Uy Saulog In the era of cruiser liners, not only did they get bigger but they also got faster. So they competed not only in amenities and passenger service but also in shorter cruising times and this was valuable not only in the far ports like Davao but also … Continue reading The Sulpicio Lines Fast Cruiser Liners
The Fast Cruiser Liners of William Lines
Photo research of Gorio Belen in the National Library Among the local passenger liner shipping companies, it was William Lines which believed the most in the fast cruiser liners. They acquired the greatest number of them and promoted them well. Those became the engines of William Lines in their quest to be Number 1 in … Continue reading The Fast Cruiser Liners of William Lines
The Passenger-Cruiser Shipping Company That Won’t Sink
It is really true that nowadays a cruiser ship really can't compete with a RORO ship. Since cargo is the main source of revenue and loading vehicles is the biggest source of revenue, it cannot be overemphasized that the loose cargo loaded on cruiser ships will seem paltry compared to what can be loaded by … Continue reading The Passenger-Cruiser Shipping Company That Won’t Sink
The Remaining Cruiser Ferries of Cebu Port
The cruiser era is near to drawing to a close in the Philippines, maybe. Cruisers might hold on to Zamboanga but I don't know anywhere else. In the Port of Cebu they might have been gone now except for three hold-outs, the Lapu-lapu Shipping, Gabisan Shipping and South Pacific Transport which don't operate ROROs. But … Continue reading The Remaining Cruiser Ferries of Cebu Port
Sweet Lines and the DFDS Connection
Sweet Faith by Karsten Petersen DFDS is the abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S (literally “The United Shipping Company” because it is a merger of three shipping companies). It is a Danish shipping company which is the biggest in Northern Europe. Now that reminds me that Maersk (or A.P. Moller-Maersk Group), the biggest shipping company … Continue reading Sweet Lines and the DFDS Connection
The Ten Ships From Europe That Vaulted Go Thong To No.1 Before The Break-up in 1972
In the 1960's, Carlos A. Go Thong & Co., as it was known then. was able to latch their sail to a new commodity crop that will soon rise as the Number 1 commodity crop in the Philippines. That commodity crop was copra and its downstream product coconut oil. In the world this was the … Continue reading The Ten Ships From Europe That Vaulted Go Thong To No.1 Before The Break-up in 1972
The Jadestar Tres and the Jadestar Seis
The Jadestar Tres and Jadestar Seis were once small short-distance ferry-cruisers by Philippine Ship Spotters Society (PSSS) definition. These two are sister ships and before they plied the Cebu-Tubigon short-distance route for Jadestar Shipping Lines. This company has folded now after initial success and these sister ships are the only ones still sailing from the … Continue reading The Jadestar Tres and the Jadestar Seis
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