In the Philippines there are three serieses of brand-new ships which started coming in the first half of this decade. The thing notable about them is they belong to different designs. One of these are the Oceanjets that were made from Australian kits and assembled in Labogon, Mandaue City. The other is the series of … Continue reading The Starlite Series of Sister Ships
The Orange Ferry Sister Ships That Came To The Philippines
In the years 2007 to 2009, four former Orange Ferry ships that were all sister ships came to the country when the company disposed of their elder ferries. These were the Orange Angel, Orange Venus, Orange Queen and the Orange Princess. The four ships Β were short-distance ferries in Japan and they were also employed as … Continue reading The Orange Ferry Sister Ships That Came To The Philippines
The Diamond Ferries in the Philippines
When the Diamond Ferry Company ordered in 1990 and 1991 their second set of sister ships identical to their first set they ordered earlier, little did they know that the boom times of Japan fueled by the Japan property bubble would soon turn into bust that will bring about years of economic stagnation in their … Continue reading The Diamond Ferries in the Philippines
A Quartet of Sister Ships
The Lite Ferry 1 and Lite Ferry 2 of Lite Ferries, the Maria Helena of Montenegro Shipping Lines Inc. and the Danica Joy of Aleson Shipping Lines share one thing in common which is a common hull design making them all as sister ships. The four were built in different yards and in different years … Continue reading A Quartet of Sister Ships
The Reina Veronica and Reina Magdalena
Montenegro Shipping Lines Inc. (MSLI) has six basic, short-distance ferry-ROROs, the Maria Angela, Maria Beatriz, Maria Josefa, Marie Kristina, Marie Teresa and Maria Yasmina. There are no equal basic, short-distance ferry-ROROs in the fleet of their legal-fiction company Marina Ferries but it has two ferries, sister ships in fact, that has the dimensions of a … Continue reading The Reina Veronica and Reina Magdalena
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
The Basic, Short-Distance Ferry-ROROs of the Batangas-Calapan Route
Basic, short-distance ferry-ROROs are generally the smallest ROROs one can find. They generally average only 30 meters in length and their breadth are generally 10 meters or less. Being basic, they only have a single ramp for vehicles at the front and this is maneuvered by simply hoisting or lowering it through chains and so … Continue reading The Basic, Short-Distance Ferry-ROROs of the Batangas-Calapan Route
The Hankyu Ferries in the Philippines
The Philippines, in decades past, was the destination, after sales, of two pairs of Hankyu Ferries. The four were actually sisters ships but it was not obvious at the start. What was apparent was each pair were sister ships as each pair arrived at the same time in the Philippines and they looked the same … Continue reading The Hankyu Ferries in the Philippines
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