Starlite Ferries: Cebu-Tagbilaran-Larena-Oroquieta and v.v. route everything you need to know – fares, rates and more!

One of the passenger brands under the Chelsea Logistics Group: Starlite Ferries Inc. will be starting its 4th route in its Visayas and Mindanao (VisMin) Hub which is the Cebu-Tagbilaran-Larena-Oroquieta and v.v. route this April 28 2024. This is just in time for the upcoming fiesta within the Bohol Province for the whole month of …

The NEW M/V Lite Ferry Seven – Everything you need to know!

A few years ago Lite Ferries which is an amalgam of three shipping companies – Lite Shipping Corporation, Sunline Shipping Corporation and Danilo Lines Inc. was thinking if they will go all-out in the acquisition of new ships. During that time it was getting clear that brand-new ships were feasible and not only in High …

Cokaliong Shipping Lines’ 15th ROPAX Vessel – M/V Filipinas Ubay serving Cebu to Ubay, Bohol and v.v.

One of the leading Cebu-based Shipping Line: Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc (CSLI) will soon launch its 15th RORO-Passenger Vessel - M/V Filipinas Ubay. She is the latest addition to its growing fleet and is intended to be used in the Cebu-Ubay, Bohol and v.v. route. The vessel will have her maiden voyage this coming Friday, …

𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 | 𝗞𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻, 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗢𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃.𝘃. 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲

Truckers and shippers will now have a NEW OPTION when travelling the Tabuelan, Cebu to Escalante City, Negros Occidental and vice versa route via KHO Shipping Lines using their vessel: M/V Milagros which started its operations today, (Tuesday) February 28 2023 This new route will serve 2x daily. The vessel will depart at 11:00 AM …

PORT UPDATE | Cebu South Harbor & Container Terminal Complex in Talisay City, Cebu (As of July 2021)

PROJECT OVERVIEW  The Cebu South Harbor & Container Terminal Complex (or CSHCTC) is a 10-Billion Peso International Container Port Project currently being constructed located in Barangay San Roque in Talisay City, Cebu.  It is aimed to provide an alternative gateway for port users, shipping operators in Cebu, at the same time to decongest the existing …

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 …

Philippine Passenger-Cargo Shipping During The Commonwealth Era And On The Eve Of The Pacific War

Even before the advent of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935, the Filipino ship owners (this the more proper term as there are American shipping companies operating in the Philippines then as they are free to do so as we are a colony of the US and thus part of their territory) began gearing up for …

My Bohol Tour

When I went to Cebu last time I resolved I will also go to Bohol and do a tour, a real tour which means going around and not just going to some tourist spot (which I don’t do as I have no taste for that as I am old school in that I really want …

When Liners Were Still Small and Short-legged

After World War II and for a generation after, the Philippines had so many small and short-legged liners. This was dictated by the situation that when the United States replaced our merchant fleet that was destroyed in World War II as was their promise (since they requisitioned our passenger ships then and the others were …

RORO Developments in Northern Cebu

In northern Cebu, easily the most busy is Hagnaya port which is so known that it even eclipses its town of San Remigio in name recall in many people. This is so because tourism to Bantayan island has really boomed as it became one of the getaways of Cebuanos. And besides the island is also …