Cokaliong Shipping Lines, or Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. (CSLI), 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.
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. In March 9, 2013, the line opened its 13th port of call with the opening of Cebu-Nasipit route. Through the years, the company has acquired twelve (12) RORO passenger and cargo vessels traveling the national waters.
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Vessels
Current (12 ships)
- M/V Filipinas Cebu
- 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, with IMO 9048562. She is the first ship with computerized engine monitoring system of Cokaliong Shipping.She can carry up to 686 passengers.
- 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
- She was the former M/V Taiko, with IMO 9052886, acquired in 2014.
- M/V Filipinas Jagna
- Built in 1997, she is the former M/V Eins Soya with IMO 9162722 in Japan, before being purchased by CSLI from Japan in 2016, She can accommodate as much as 625 passengers as well as cargo, and currently plies the Cebu-Cagayan de Oro-Jagna-Cagayan de Oro-Cebu route.
- M/V Filipinas Surigao Del Norte
- She is the former M/V Avrora Okushiri, the newest acquisition of Cokaliong Shipping, purchased in 2016 and . 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-Iligan-Ozamis route.
Former Vessels
- M/V Filipinas Surigao (Sold to Roble Shipping Inc. And was renamed Mv. Sacred Stars.)
- M/V Filipinas Siargao - formerly the MV Gingoog City, and this was originally a fishing vessel converted into a ferry; sold to breakers in 1997
- M/V Tandag - the company's first ship, a hand-me-down from Trans-Asia Shipping Lines where she was known as the M/V Asia Philippines
- M/V Filipinas Tandag - bought in 1992, the former MV Trans-Asia
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Ports
Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu City.
Other ports of call are:
- Cagayan De Oro
- Calbayog
- Dapitan
- Dumaguete
- Iligan
- Iloilo City
- Jagna, Bohol
- Maasin
- Masbate City
- Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
- Ozamiz
- Palompon, Leyte
- Surigao
Former ports:
- Larena, Siquijor
- Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte
- Baybay, Leyte
- Tagbilaran City
Routes
As of December 2017:
- Cebu - Cagayan De Oro
- Cebu - Calbayog
- Cebu - Dapitan City
- Cebu - Dumaguete
- Cebu - Iligan
- Cebu - Iloilo
- Cebu - Jagna
- Cebu - Maasin
- Cebu - Masbate City
- Cebu - Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
- Cebu - Ozamiz
- Cebu - Palompon, Leyte
- Cebu - Surigao
- Cagayan De Oro - Jagna
- Dapitan City - Dumaguete
- Iligan - Ozamiz
- Nasipit, Agusan del Norte - Jagna, Bohol
- Maasin - Surigao
See also
- List of shipping companies in the Philippines
- 2GO Travel
- Weesam Express
- Ever Shipping Lines Inc.
- Aleson Shipping Lines
- Montenegro Shipping Lines
References
Source of article : Wikipedia