The M/V October Lavender is a BRAND-NEW PHILIPPINE MADE ROPAX Vessel of Atienza Interisland Ferries Inc. She has an overall length of 68 Meters and a beam of 15 Meters. The vessel was locally designed and constructed by RAJ&T Marine Services Inc in Navotas. She was launched last December 17 2021 and had her maiden … Continue reading SHIP FEATURE | M/V October Lavender of Atienza Interisland Ferries Inc.
A few years ago Lite Ferries which is an amalgam of three shipping companies β 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 … Continue reading The NEW M/V Lite Ferry Seven – Everything you need to know!
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 … Continue reading PORT UPDATE | Cebu South Harbor & Container Terminal Complex in Talisay City, Cebu (As of July 2021)
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)
Since the historical days of yore, Samar has always been connected to Bicol. And that can be proven true from prehistory. How? Ethnologue, which is used by the United Nations for language analysis has reclassified the supposed "Bicol" dialect of southeastern Sorsogon as a dialect of Waray (and I asked a Sorsoganon friend and she … Continue reading The MATNOG-ALLEN ROUTE
In the current era when cruisers were no longer in vogue and fast disappearing, there is still one ferry proudly flying the cruiser flag, the Lady Mary Joy 3 of Aleson Shipping Corporation. Actually, she is even the best and fastest ferry of her company which owns the biggest shipping fleet based in Zamboanga City. … Continue reading The LADY MARY JOY 3
Moreta Shipping Lines is a shipping company based in Manila that was founded by Dr. Segundo Moreno of Quezon City and his family. It was originally an overnight ferry company based in Pier 6 of North Harbor that took over the Manila-Occidental Mindoro connection of William Lines. It is an open secret that the Morenos … Continue reading MORETA Shipping Lines
This article was originally posted on the old PSSS Website, and is reposted for archive purposes. No changes are made, including grammatical changes. Written by Mike Baylon _____________________________________________________________________________ ROROs (Roll On, Roll Off ships) have long been viable as connectors of our major islands in the last three-and-a-half decades. All our big and medium islands … Continue reading WHEN IS A RORO VIABLE?
βMaharlika Iβ and βMaharlika IIβ were two sister ships commissioned by the Philippine government in the 1980βs to connect the Maharlika Highway from Aparri to Zamboanga via RORO (Roll On, Roll Off vessel). βMaharlika Iβ was fielded in the Matnog-San Isidro, Samar route to connect Luzon and the Visayas while βMaharlika IIβ was fielded in … Continue reading The Maharlika Sisters
Panguil Bay is the narrow and shallow body of waterΒ between Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental that at its narrowest might just be two kilometers across or even less especially at the southern end. At that end, the maps mark it with dotted lines because it is not clear where land ends and where the … Continue reading The PANGUIL BAY CROSSING
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