When I was younger, I also did my share of photo finishes aboard ships (not now that I am already old as my legs are no longer strong). The good thing is my luck held and I was able to arrive home before the midnight countdown to noche buena or media noche started. The first … Continue reading My Christmastime Ship Voyage Consternations
The Retirement of the MV St. Pope John Paul II (ex-SuperFerry 12 of WG&A and ATS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqRHND4Gi7A&t=63s Sometimes, I would just rather refer to this ship as the SuperFerry 12. There is more context to that name and it is the name she carried for most of her years in the country. Many can still identify her with that name. SuperFerry 12 was the last ship acquired by the Aboitiz shipping … Continue reading The Retirement of the MV St. Pope John Paul II (ex-SuperFerry 12 of WG&A and ATS)
M/V 2GO Maligaya – 2GO’s Next Generation Liner
In May 2021, 2GO Travel inaugurated the M/V 2GO Maligaya, its largest, fastest, and most technologically-advanced RORO-passenger vessel. Her arrival in the Philippines was heralded with much joy and excitement, because it has been several years since 2GO acquired a new vessel, and more than a decade since the Philippine last saw a liner with … Continue reading M/V 2GO Maligaya – 2GO’s Next Generation Liner
The Sweet RORO
Many, when talking about the Sweet RORO of Sweet Lines Incorporated which is pf Bohol origin talk about her technicals and that is not wrong as there is nothing incorrect in admiring the technical merits of a ship especially that of a luxury liner. But to me I also tend to look at the historical … Continue reading The Sweet RORO
The 150-meter RORO Liner Class Might Not Really Have Been Fit For Philippine Waters
When the Filipina Princess of Sulpicio Lines, all of 180 meters length arrived in our shores in 1988 it was really a wow! moment. There has never been a liner really like her before and she beat the 4,000 plus gross tons ships, the biggest liners then by a wide mile by her 13,500 gross … Continue reading The 150-meter RORO Liner Class Might Not Really Have Been Fit For Philippine Waters
RORO Cargo Ships and Vehicle Carriers Can Be Good ROPAX Liners
In shipping, wherever that be in the world, fuel consumption is a critical factor because it takes up 40% of the operational costs of the ship. Here it might even be higher as our ships are old and our mariner rates are so low and apprentices comprise about half of the crew and they are … Continue reading RORO Cargo Ships and Vehicle Carriers Can Be Good ROPAX Liners
The Tacloban Princess
The Tacloban Princess of Sulpicio Lines, although on a more minor liner route is one ferry that impressed me a lot because she is the only ferry in the Philippines that is under 100 meters in length and yet she has a passenger capacity of over 2,000 persons (2,009 actually) which means dense yet clever … Continue reading The Tacloban Princess
The 110-meter RORO Liners
Many people would not look much at them and much more admire them especially since bigger liners came so soon after them but to me the 110-meter RORO liners also occupy a certain niche in our shipping history. They actually arrived when our shipping companies were reeling from financial crisis, there were not much incentives … Continue reading The 110-meter RORO Liners
The San Lorenzo Ruiz of Negros Navigation
This article is about the liner San Lorenzo Ruiz of Negros Navigation and not the short-distance ferry-RORO of Viva Shipping Lines of Batangas. It was just a wonder from me how come MARINA allowed the use of the same name for two different ROROs when that is not normally allowed. And so because of that … Continue reading The San Lorenzo Ruiz of Negros Navigation
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