Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC), formerly Sulpicio Lines, is a shipping line in the Philippines. PSACC is one of the largest domestic shipping companies in the Philippines in terms of the number of vessels and gross tonnage. The company provides interisland cargo services throughout the major ports and cities in the Philippines.
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Ports of call
Philippine Span Asia Carrier's main ports of call are the cities of Manila and Cebu. Other ports of call are the cities of Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Ozamis, Surigao, Tagbilaran and Zamboanga. It also include the towns of Estancia, Jagna and Nasipit
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Fleet
PSACC once had passenger RoRo (Roll on - Roll off) vessels. But because of their bad reputation after series of ferry disasters, PSACC had to focus on cargo shipping.
Current
- Span Asia 1
- Span Asia 2
- Span Asia 3
- Span Asia 5
- Span Asia 7
- Span Asia 9
- Span Asia 10
- Span Asia 11
- Span Asia 12
- Span Asia 19
- Span Asia 20
- Span Asia 21
- Span Asia 22
- Span Asia 23
- Span Asia 25
- Span Asia 27
- Span Asia 29
- Span Asia 30
- Span Asia 31
- Span Asia 32
- Span Asia 33
Former
- Doña Paz (caught fire after colliding with an oil tanker, resulting in over 4000 lives lost: the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history)
- Doña Marilyn (sank October 24, 1988 in typhoon Unsang. 391 dead or missing; 300 survivors)
- Philippine Princess (caught fire in 1997, later broken-up)
- Cagayan Princess (sold to Roble Shipping Inc. as M/V Theresian Stars)
- Cebu Princess (sold to Roble Shipping Inc. as M/V Joyful Stars)
- Dipolog Princess (sold to breakers in China)
- Cotabato Princess (sold & broken-up in Villono Shipyard)
- Iloilo Princess (sunk in Pier 7, sold & broken-up)
- Nasipit Princess (sold & broken-up)
- Palawan Princess (sold & broken-up)
- Tacloban Princess (sold & caught fire, later declared a total loss)
- Filipina Princess (sold to breakers in China)
- Princess of The Paradise (sold to breakers in China)
- Princess of The Caribbean (sold to breakers in China)
- Princess of The Ocean (sold to breakers in China)
- Princess of The Stars (capsized & sunk in 2008 near San Fernando, Romblon, with the loss over 800 lives. Was later broken up in situ)
- Princess of the Orient (sunk near Batangas during a typhoon in 1998, over 70 died, with almost 80 people missing)
- Princess of The Pacific (sold & broken-up)
- Princess of New Unity (sold & broken-up sometime in the 2000s)
- Princess of the World (caught fire in Zamboanga)
- Princess of The Universe (sold to breakers in India)
- Princess of The South (sold & broken-up)
- Princess of the Earth (Sold to Trans-Asia Shipping as Transasia 10)
- Span Asia 17 (Former name MV Sulpicio Express Siete. Was involved in a collision with the ferry MV St. Thomas Aquinas on August 16, 2013)
References
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