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
Its fleet of vessels are:
- M/V Filipinas Cebu
- M/V Filipinas Dapitan
- M/V Filipinas Dinagat
- M/V Filipinas Dumaguete
- M/V Filipinas Iloilo
- M/V Filipinas Maasin
- M/V Filipinas Ozamis
- M/V Filipinas Iligan
- M/V Filipinas Butuan
- M/V Filipinas Nasipit (Newest ship in the Cokaliong fleet)
Ports
Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu.[3]
- Other ports of call are the cities of'
- Maasin
- Surigao
- Dumaguete
- Iloilo City
- Dapitan
- Tagbilaran
- Iligan
- Ozamiz
- Calbayog
- Masbate
- Palompon, Leyte
- Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
- Jagna, Bohol
Former Ports:
Routes
Routes (As of February 2015):
- Cebu-Surigao: M/V Filipinas Dumaguete/Maasin[4][5]
- Cebu-Maasin: M/V Filipinas Iligan/Dumaguete/Dinagat[4][5][6]
- Cebu-Dapxtan: M/V Filipinas Dinagat/Ozamis[7][8]
- Cebu-Dumaguete: M/V Filipinas Dinagat/Ozamis/Nasipit[7][8]
- Cebu-Tagbilaran: M/V Filipinas Maasin[5]
- Cebu-Iloilo: M/V Filipinas Cebu/Nasipit[9]
- Cebu-Palompon: M/V Filipinas Cebu/Ozamis/Dumaguete[9][10]
- Cebu-Ozamiz: M/V Filipinas Ozamis/Iligan/Nasipit[6]
- Cebu-ligan: M/V Filipinas Ozamis/Iligan/Nasipit[6]
- Cebu-Calbayog: M/V Filipinas Dapitan[11]
- Cebu-Nasipit: M/V Filipinas Butuan/Nasipit[11]
- Nasipit-Jagna: M/V Filipinas Butuan[11]
- Cebu-Masbate: M/V Filipinas Ozamis[11]
See also
References
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- ↑ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/187139/cokaliong-buys-9th-vessel-building-12-story-hotel
- ↑ http://ph.news.yahoo.com/cokaliong-opens-direct-route-220317693.html
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