Cokaliong Shipping Lines
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Shipping |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Cokaliong Tower, Osmeña Blvd. North Reclamation Area, Cebu City, Philippines |
Key people |
Chester C. Cokaliong Founder, CEO, & COO Gregoria C. Cokaliong President & Chairperson |
| Divisions | Cokaling Forwarding Division |
| Website | http://www.cokaliongshipping.com |
Cokaliong Shipping Lines is a shipping line based in Cebu City, Philippines. It operates both passenger and cargo ferries on eight routes between islands in the Visayas and Mindanao regions and is one of the youngest shipping companies in the Philippines.
It was organized in 1989 by Chester Enterprises, Inc., a textile and ready-to-wear enterprise started in 1969 that diversified into the shipping business with the purchase a vessel from Japan in 1998, christened the M/V Filipinas Ozamis. In May 2012, the company acquired its ninth vessel, a 3,000-ton, 850-passenger vessel from Japan.[1] In March 9, 2013, the line opened its 13th port of call with the opening of Cebu-Nasipit route.[2]
Vessels
Current
- M/V Filipinas Cebu[3] (first ship with computerized engine monitoring system of Cokaliong Shipping.)
- M/V Filipinas Dinagat[4]
- M/V Filipinas Dumaguete
- M/V Filipinas Iloilo
- M/V Filipinas Maasin
- M/V Filipinas Ozamis[5]
- M/V Filipinas Iligan
- M/V Filipinas Butuan[6]
- M/V Filipinas Nasipit
- M/V Filipinas Jagna[7] (11th ship of Cokaliong Shipping.[8])
- M/V Avrora Okushiri* (Newest acqusition of Cokaliong Shipping.[9])
Former
- M/V Filipinas Dapitan
*Name of the ship as of the moment since the ship is currently in Japan and undergoing process for the ship's transfer of ownership. Once the process is done and shall arrive in the Philippines for retrofitting, she'll be reanamed with "Filipinas" branding like other Cokaliong ships.
Ports
Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu City.[10]
Other ports of call are:
- Maasin
- Surigao
- Dumaguete
- Iloilo City
- Dapitan
- Tagbilaran
- Iligan
- Ozamiz
- Calbayog
- Masbate
- Palompon, Leyte
- Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
- Dapitan City
- Jagna, Bohol
Former ports:
Routes
As of February 2015:[10]
- Cebu - Surigao
- Cebu - Maasin
- Cebu - Dapitan City
- Cebu - Dumaguete
- Cebu - Tagbilaran
- Cebu - Iloilo
- Cebu - Palompon, Leyte
- Cebu - Ozamiz
- Cebu - Iligan
- Cebu - Calbayog
- Cebu - Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
- Cebu - Masbate City
- Nasipit, Agusan del Norte - Jagna, Bohol
- Dapitan City - Dumaguete
See also
- List of shipping companies in the Philippines
- 2GO Travel
- Weesam Express
- Ever Shipping Lines Inc.
- Aleson Shipping Lines
- Montenegro Shipping Lines
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cokaliong Shipping Lines. |
- ↑ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/187139/cokaliong-buys-9th-vessel-building-12-story-hotel
- ↑ http://ph.news.yahoo.com/cokaliong-opens-direct-route-220317693.html
- ↑ "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Cebu". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Dinagat". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- ↑ "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Ozamis". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Butuan". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Photo of Filipinas Jagna". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ Silva, Victor Anthony V. (2016-09-03). "Cokaliong Shipping Lines unveils its newest ship". Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Cokaliong acquires new passenger vessel". 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
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