M/V Filipinas Agusan del Norte – Cokaliong Shipping Lines’ first brand-new vessel and the PH’s first Ro-Pax Vessel with an X-Bow.

Last Monday, March 7, 2022, Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc formally launched the maiden voyage of their first brand-new vessel and the country’s first-ever ship with an X-Bow: M/V Filipinas Agusan del Norte which sailed the Cebu to Nasipit and v.v. route and two members of PSSS were aboard to see, cover, and personally experience the …

SHIP UPDATE | Starhorse Shipping Lines launches its new Lucena-Masbate-Calbayog and v.v. Route

One of the leading Southern Luzon-based shipping companies: Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. launches its newest route: Lucena-Masbate-Calbayog and v.v. Route and will be having its maiden voyage today January 12 2022 in Lucena City The vessel that will be used in this route is the M/V Virgen de Penafrancia X. She has a service speed …

Trans-Asia Shipping Lines inaugurates biggest brand-new vessel in PH: M/V Trans-Asia 21

Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, a subsidiary of Chelsea Logistics Group, formally launched its newest and largest newbuild ROPAX vessel in its fleet: the M/ V Trans-Asia 21 last July 17 2021 in the Cebu Pier 5 Area. M/V Trans-Asia 21 docked at Cebu Pier 5 The event was limited to a few very important persons and …

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 …

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 …

The Philippines’ First Fast Cruiser Liner

Cruiser liners are our type of comfortable passenger-cargo ships that came before the ROROs (Roll-on, Roll-off ships). They were called cruisers for their type of stern which is curving like a half-moon. This type of ship has no car ramps nor decks for vehicles. What they had were cargo decks with booms to handle the …

The Biggest Passenger-Cargo Ship in the Philippines in the 1930s

The 1930s was a golden era for Philippine passenger shipping. There were a lot of passenger-cargo ships that came and local shipbuilding was also in its peak. We benefited from World War I when demand for abaca, copra and coal went through the roof and it spurred shipbuilding and trading. The development of the internal-combustion …

The MV Maria Gloria

The Montenegro Shipping Lines Inc. (MSLI) is a Batangas-based shipping company founded by Vicente Montenegro in 1978 that plied ships between Batangas and Mindoro. During that time the routes to the current MIMAROPA were still dominated by wooden-hulled motor boats or what is called batel  in the region (lancha in other regions). Vicente Montenegro was …

The MV Isla Simara Is Now In San Bernardino Strait

The MV  Isla Simara of Shogun Shipping was presented to the local media a few days ago in Pier 6 of NorthPort (the old North Harbor) before she departed where the controversial and untrue claim as the first RORO built by Pinoys was issued. The owners also claimed that the ship has the longest ramp …

Starlite Ferries Has A New Fastcraft

Photo credit from our Chinese Broker Friend: Fred Li In the past, when Starlite Ferries was still owned by Sec. Alfonso Cusi, it also operated fastcrafts the first being the Super Seabus which was a cast-off when the Viva Shipping Lines (VSL) of Don Domingo Reyes (DDR) collapsed early this millennium. Actually, she was not …