Our eagle-eyed ship spotter: Marco Irvine Kinea has embarked on a journey to capture one of the first and exclusive photos of the latest ROPAX Liner Acquisition of 2GO Travel - M/V 2GO MASINAG fresh from Mokpo, South Korea Photos from Marco Irvine Kinea of PSSS Originally, she was the former FERRY FUKUOKA II of … Continue reading Welcome to the Philippines! M/V 2GO Masinag of 2GO Travel π₯³π₯³
It has been some time already since I was in Cebu and part of the reason for that was my health which declined this year. Because of that, there were important invites which I was not able to honor. But my health recovered somewhat and I was able to participate in the Northern Mindanao tour … Continue reading My Cebu Trip of December 2019
A Backgrounder A few years ago, Montenegro Shipping Lines Inc. (MSLI) of Batangas entered the Matnog-San Isidro route using the government-owned San Isidro Ferry Terminal in San Isidro, Samar. Before that the company already plied before the Masbate City-Lucena route but got suspended when their MV Maria Carmela burned just before reaching Lucena and there … Continue reading Recent Developments in Bicol Passenger Shipping
Almost since its establishment I tried to monitor the Starlite Ferries which was founded by Alfonso Cusi who has Mindoro origins. Starlite Ferries was easier to track since unlike her pair Montenegro Shipping Lines Inc. which is related in a way to them in patronship, Starlite Ferries did not expand beyond Mindoro unlike the other … Continue reading Was It Choking Or Indigestion For Starlite Ferries?
Just recently, I was on a tour and I took the Trans-Asia Shipping Lines ferry Asia Philippines on the way home by plan. I strove to sail with her since I want to compare her with her sister ship, the Danica Joy 2 of Aleson Shipping Lines of Zamboanga which is probably sadly gone now … Continue reading The Asia Philippines
Recently, I sailed with the Filipinas Maasin of Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc. (CSLI) from Masbate when I was going back to Cebu. The truth is I really sought to take her again as I wanted to compare and see what changed with her since I last rode her over a decade ago (and in a … Continue reading When I Sailed With The Filipinas Maasin Again
I had a complicated planning of my trip home to Davao last August. First I wanted a tour of Leyte and of course that will also mean a tour of Surigao. I was interested in the last because I wanted an update on the Surigao Strait ferries that were transferred to Verano port because of … Continue reading On My Way Home To Davao and My Bad Experience With The Asia Philippines of Trans-Asia Shipping Lines
From the start, I always had respect for the 130-meter liner class and maybe my close observation of theΒ SuperFerry 5 which I sailed with many times influenced me. Of course, I have respect for ships of all classes and that is why I don't gush for a particular class or even type. I always had … Continue reading The 130-meter Liner
In the recent decades it is only in the 1980's where I saw a relatively massive ship-breaking of Philippine ferries. Two big factors worked in confluence in that. One, the backbone of Philippine ferries of the postwar years, the former βFSβ ships were already breaking down on its own because they were already 40 years … Continue reading The Uneven and Controversial Record of Breaking of Passenger Ships in the Philippines
In the last few years there has been an upsurge in the ships that move cargo. First, that became noticeable with the LCTs that became ore carriers of the black sand mining in a few provinces and particularly in Surigao where opening of mines close to the sea boomed. That happened because of the sudden … Continue reading Is There Enough Cargo To Move Around?
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