A new player in the shipping industry is acquiring a fibre -reinforced plastic (FRP) boat to serve a new route between Cebu and Bohol. Scheduled to be launched in May 2018, the CCCS – Sunriser is…
USC-NABC THE 2001 Lite Shipping-Dos Mil Uno and the 1994 Bulldogs finished off their opponents to lord it over their respective divisions in the finals of the University of San Carlos North Alumni Basketball Conference (NABC) Summer…
DESPITE the challenges hounding the global shipping industry, the Philippines is encouraged instead to focus on the human element of the industry. Carl Martin Faannessen, managing director of Abojeb Company, a recognized maritime and manpower services company,…
Despite more frequent air fare promos, sea travel remains as the easier and cheaper mode of transportation as compared to air travel. Chester Cokaliong, founder, chief executive officer and chief operating officer of Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc.,…
THE Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA 7) suspended the MV Trans-Asia 3 after it encountered engine problem while sailing to Cebu City from Ozamis City on Monday dawn. Jose Cabatingan, Marina information officer, said the agency suspended the…
A CAGAYAN de Oro City-bound passenger vessel of Trans-Asia Shipping was suspended by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) after it failed to depart on Tuesday night from the port of Cebu City due to the defective cooling…
JUST like airports and airlines, shipping companies should set up online ticketing services to cut down on the long lines of people waiting to buy tickets at their offices. The Regional Development Council’s (RDC) economic development committee…
A Cebu-based shipping company plans to put up a ship repair facility in Dalaguete town in southern Cebu. Suspended Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante declined to identify the firm until they resume informal talks on June 8,…
A TRANS-ASIA vessel ran aground for two hours as it left the port of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte for Cebu City on Tuesday evening. But MV Trans-Asia 8, which was carrying 124 passengers and 51 crew, was…
THE Philippine Coast Guard Cebu station ordered the MV Trans Asia 8 to file a marine protest at the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) after the vessel reportedly ran aground as it left the port of Nasipit, Agusan…
A PASSENGER vessel owned by Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, Inc. developed engine trouble for the second time in a span of three days, forcing the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina 7) to suspend the passenger ship safety certificate of…
ANOTHER vessel of Trans-Asia Shipping experienced engine trouble as it left Iloilo City for Cebu City at 7 p.m. Tuesday. MV Trans-Asia 2 was already within the vicinity off Siete Pecados Island of Dumangas, Iloilo City or…
