Cokaliong Shipping Lines

Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. (CSLI) is a shipping line based in Cebu City, Philippines. It operates both passenger and cargo ferries on eight routes in the Visayas and Mindanao regions and is one of the youngest shipping companies in the Philippines.[1]

Cokaliong Shipping Lines
TypePrivate company
IndustryShipping
Founded1989 (1989)
Headquarters
Cokaliong Tower, Osmeña Blvd. North Reclamation Area, Cebu City
,
Philippines
Area served
Visayas, Mindanao
Key people
Chester C. Cokaliong
Founder, CEO, & COO
Gregoria C. Cokaliong
President & Chairperson
DivisionsCokaliong Forwarding Division
Websitewww.cokaliongshipping.com/csl/
Port of Cebu with Cokaliong ships; from left to right: Filipinas Dinagat, Filipinas Cebu, Filipinas Iligan, Filipinas Nasipit, and Filipinas Maasin.

CSLI 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.[2] On March 9, 2013, the line opened its 13th port of call with the opening of Cebu-Nasipit route.[3] Through the years, the company has acquired twelve (12) RORO passenger and cargo vessels traveling the national waters.

Vessels
Kyushu Shosen's "Ferry Nagasaki" ferry boat, departing from the Nagasaki harbour and renamed as "FILIPINAS BUTUAN"

Current Vessels (13 ships)

  • M/V Filipinas Cebu[4] (IMO number: 9048562)
    • She was built in 1993 by Naikai Zosen in Setoda, Japan. CSLI acquired her in 2007 from Ise Bay Ferry or Isewan (Ise-wan) Ferry in Japan, where she was known as the Mikawa Maru. She is the first ship with computerized engine monitoring system of Cokaliong Shipping. She can carry up to 686 passengers.
  • M/V Filipinas Dapitan (IMO number: 7534555)
  • M/V Filipinas Dinagat[5] (IMO number: 7227487)
    • She was the former Soya Maru No 2 of Higashi Nihon Ferry when she was still in Japan. She was acquired by Cokaliong Shipping Lines in 1994
  • M/V Filipinas Dumaguete (IMO number: 7535573)
  • M/V Filipinas Iloilo (IMO number: 7913830)
  • M/V Filipinas Maasin (IMO number: 8014887)
  • M/V Filipinas Ozamis[6] (IMO number: 9185566)
  • M/V Filipinas Iligan (IMO number: 7813042)
    • She was the subject of the infamous Tayog-Tayog, an urban legend depicting the mysterious ghost ship which appears every night at 1 in the morning based from the residents of Lazi, Siquijor. This led to many people believing the ghost ships that had supposedly been appearing in the area the past 70 years were truly engkanto ships. It was later revealed that the ghost ship is turned out as a real passenger vessel as the PCG-Siquijor chased down the waters in order to see the mysterious ghost ship. The second alleged mysterious vessel was the M/V Trans-Asia 1 (the flagship of Trans-Asia Shipping Lines), which also takes the same route but with an opposite schedule or route as M/V Filipinas Iligan.
  • M/V Filipinas Butuan[7] (IMO number: 8125909)
  • M/V Filipinas Nasipit (IMO number: 9052886)
    • She was the former M/V Taiko, acquired in 2014.
  • M/V Filipinas Jagna[8][9] (IMO number: 9162722)
    • Built in 1997, she is the former M/V Eins Soya in Japan, before being purchased by CSLI from Japan in 2016. She can accommodate as much as 625 passengers as well as cargo.[10]
  • M/V Filipinas Surigao Del Norte (IMO number: 9196412)
    • She is the former M/V Avrora Okushiri, the newest acquisition of Cokaliong Shipping, purchased in 2016 and.[11][12] She was built in 1999, and is the sister ship of the M/V Filipinas Jagna. She is the third vessel to have third ship in the Cokaliong fleet to have a computerized engine monitoring system. She plies the Cebu-Surigao route.
  • M/V Filipinas Cagayan de Oro[13] (IMO number: 9211743)
    • Built in 2000, she is the former M/V Ferry Toshima in Japan. It serves Cebu-Cagayan de Oro and Cagayan de Oro-Jagna (Bohol) route.

New Vessel/s

  • M/V Filipinas Mindanao (IMO number: 9238143)
    • She is the former M/V Feelease Soya of Heart Land Ferry, the newest acquisition of Cokaliong Shipping, purchased in 2019.
  • M/V Filipinas Agusan Del Norte
    • A brand new RORO/Passenger vessel, it will be delivered soon.[14]

Former Vessels

  • M/V Filipinas Surigao (sold to Roble Shipping Inc. and was renamed M/V Sacred Stars).
  • M/V Filipinas Siargao - formerly the M/V Gingoog City, originally a fishing vessel converted into a passenger ferry; sold to breakers in 1997.
  • M/V Filipinas Tandag - the company's first ship acquired from Trans-Asia Shipping Lines where she was formerly known as the M/V Asia Philippines.

Ports

Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu City.[15]

Other ports of call are:

Former ports:

Routes

As of December 2017:[15]

Incidents and accidents
  • Last July 23 2020, M/V Filipinas Dinagat was caught fire off the coast of Northern Cebu while underway to Palompon. As reported, there were no passengers and all the crew including the captains were rescued. The fire was placed under control around 10am in the morning the next day. [16][17]

See also

References
  1. "Company History and Background". Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  2. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/187139/cokaliong-buys-9th-vessel-building-12-story-hotel
  3. http://ph.news.yahoo.com/cokaliong-opens-direct-route-220317693.html
  4. "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Cebu". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  5. "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Dinagat". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  6. "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Ozamis". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  7. "Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Filipinas Butuan". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  8. Silva, Victor Anthony V. (2016-09-03). "Cokaliong Shipping Lines unveils its newest ship". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  9. Cacho, Katlene O. (2016-01-19). "Cokaliong acquires M/V 'Eins Soya'". SunStar. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  10. "M/V "FILIPINAS JAGNA"". Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  11. "Cokaliong acquires new passenger vessel". 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  12. Abangan, Frauline Maria S. (2016-09-08). "Cokaliong Shipping acquires 12th Ro-Ro vessel". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  13. "Cokaliong to launch "M/V Filipinas Cagayan de Oro" to serve Cebu-CDO, CDO-Jagna routes; maiden voyage set February 2". www.cdodev.com. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  14. "Cokaliong flexes muscle, expands amid pandemic". Philstar-The Freeman. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  15. Cokaliong Shipping
  16. Lopez, Herty B. (July 23, 2020). "Barko nasunog". SunStar SuperBalita Cebu. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  17. Lopez, Herty B. (July 23, 2020). "Cokaliong vessel catches fire; captain, crew safe". SunStar Cebu. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
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