Some sea trips from Cebu cancelled due to Quinta

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To prevent tragedies on the sea, the Philippine Coast Guard in Cebu (PCG-Cebu) has ordered the suspension of all sea trips bound to and plying on areas directly affected by Severe Tropical Storm…

Coast Guard starts probe on Saturday’s collision

Nestle L. Semilla 02/22/2017

THE Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station said it will start the marine casualty investigation on last Saturday evening’s collision along Mactan Channel that injured 49 persons. PCG-Cebu Station commander Dionlett Ampil said they already finished consolidating the documents…

30K passengers passed thru Cebu port: Coast Guard

Morexette Erram 11/02/2016

AT least 30,000 passengers have passed through the Cebu International Port from Oct. 28-31, the highest registered by the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station so far. Agapito Bibat, Philippine Coast Guard Cebu station commander, said while the volume…

Ro-Ro vessel runs aground in Bogo

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/30/2016

One roll-on-roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel bound for Cawayan, Masbate province ran aground at the Bogo Channel in Bogo City, northern Cebu at 1:45 a.m. yesterday. Agapito Bibat, Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu Station commander, said the ship captain of LCT…

11 vessels docked in ports due to ‘Lawin’

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/19/2016

ABOUT 11 passenger, cargo, and roll-on roll-off vessels remain docked in Cebu’s ports as supertyphoon Lawin makes its way to the country Wednesday evening. Agapito Bibat, station commander of the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station, said there is…

Thousands still stranded due to bad weather

Edison Delos Angeles, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/16/2016

More than two thousand passengers were stranded at the Cebu port after the Philippine Coast Guard Cebu station prevented two vessels from Cagayan de Oro bound for Manila from sailing due to strong winds and waves brought…

Strong winds, waves strand vessels in Cebu’s ports

Edison Delos Angeles 10/16/2016

Strong winds and waves stranded nine vessels at Cebu City’s ports. The Philippine Coast Guard Cebu station said 2,097 persons were unable to leave for their trips. The passengers of MV St. Francis Xavier and MV St.…

Six vessels grounded in Cebu due to ‘Onyok’

Jhunnex Napallacan 12/18/2015

SIX vessels were grounded by the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station due to the presence of tropical depression Onyok in Caraga region and other parts of Mindanao. Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station commander Agapito Bibat said they barred a…

Camotes execs to implement stricter sea safety measures

Jhunnex Napallacan, Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/07/2015

Since sea travel is necessary  for residents of  the Camotes  group of islands, town mayors said they would be more vigilant  and ensure that   vessels are seaworthy and that safety measures are strictly implemented. BACKSTORY: SUDDEN TRAGEDY…

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