Passenger ship runs aground near Bantayan Island in Cebu

Paul Lauro 10/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Rescue operations are ongoing for passengers of a ship that ran aground within the vicinity of Bantayan Island in Cebu on Monday, October 23, 2023. The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7)…

BREAKING: Ormoc-bound roro stuck in Mactan Channel for more than 7 hours

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rescue operations are now ongoing for the passengers of a roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) vessel that was stuck for around seven hours in Mactan Channel on Sunday, July 10. The Philippine Coast Guard in Central…

Maya Ro-Ro port expected to give Daanbantayan an economic boost

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite the economic challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic this year, residents of Daanbantayan are hoping for economic opportunities to sprout as the Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) port in Barangay Maya gets completed and is…

Santa Fe-bound roro suffered engine trouble; passengers safe after ship docked safely 4 hours laters

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A roll on-roll off (roro) sea vessel bound to Santa Fe town in Bantayan Island suffered an engine malfunction shortly before it docked the town’s pier on early Sunday morning, January 26. The…

P190.4M shabu entered Cebu from Manila through roro – Sinas

Immae Lachica 03/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The P190.4 million or 28 kilos of shabu confiscated in the Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City and Barangay Casili, Consolacion town anti-illegal drug operations came from Manila through roro (roll-on roll-off) cargo-passenger vessel. Police…

Passenger ship from Isabel, Leyte stranded off the port of Danao City, Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/19/2019

        (Video credits to Dindo Blanco Mondragon) CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around 100 passengers bound for Danao City, Cebu and coming from Isabel town in Leyte are currently stranded on board a roll-on-roll-off (roro)…

Roro port project up for bidding in 2019

Irene R. Sino Cruz 12/16/2018

SOUTH POBLACION, SAN FERNANDO project The proposed roll-on roll-off port to be built in the municipality of San Fernando is up for bidding early next year. San Fernando Mayor Lakambini Reluya reported that the total project cost…

GMA pushes roro route expansion

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/19/2018

EXPANDING the country’s roll-on, roll-off (roro) services will benefit both passengers and cargo companies in the long term, former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said yesterday. “It makes me happy that after 15 years since…

New Lite Shipping roro to start plying Cebu-Tubigon route in April

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/19/2018

CEBUANOS and Boholanos will soon be able to experience sea travel aboard a world-class vessel with Lite Shipping Corporation’s new Lite Ferry 88 (LF 88). The US$8.3 million roll-on/roll-off (RORO) catamaran passenger ferry will soon be plying…

PCG suspends roro vessel from sailing

Morexette Marie Erram 10/21/2017

THE roll-on-roll-off (roro) vessel that was rescued a few kilometers southeast of Mandaue City last Friday afternoon, after seawater entered its keel, is now grounded from sailing by the Philippine Coast Guard in Cebu (PCG) until further…

Roro trips canceled due to ‘Auring’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/08/2017

Roll-on, roll-off (Roro) vessels were barred from traveling after the state weather bureau Pagasa issued a signal No. 1 over Cebu province due to tropical cyclone Auring. Regional Director Ahmed Cuizon of the Land Transportation Franchising and…

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…

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