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 routes 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. Through the years, the company has acquired many RORO passenger and cargo vessels traveling the national waters.

Vessels

Current vessels

Upcoming Vessels

Former Vessels

* M/V Filipinas Dumaguete (Retired in 2020 and was laid up at Quano Wharf in Cebu City, Reportedly sold to Roble Shipping)
* 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. Purchased from Mr. Co To on March 11, 1991. She was the third vessel bought domestically by Cokaliong. After 5 months of refurbishing/ renovation, she became operational on August 1991. On July 5, 1997, Cokaliong decided to retire her and sold the ship to Ting Guan Trading Corp. as scrap, to finally dispose of the last conventional vessel in its fleet and upgrade it to a full Roro fleet.
* 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. She had a collision with Our Lady of Lourdes, one of Gothong Shipping Lines' Ships.
* M/V Filipinas Dinagat () - Destroyed by fire while en route from Cebu City to Palompon, Leyte with no casualties on July 23, 2020. The vessel is former Soya Maru No. 2 of Higashi Nihon Ferry of Japan and was acquired by Cokaliong Shipping Lines in 1994.

Ports

Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu City.Cokaliong Shipping
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Routes

As of December 2023:

Incidents and accidents

*On November 15, 2011, M/V Filipinas Dapitan ran aground at the Port of Surigao City. 363 passengers was rescued and no injuries.
*On around November to Early December 2012, M/V Filipinas Iligan ran aground around somewhere in Southern Misamis Occidental at 1am.
*On July 23, 2020, M/V Filipinas Dinagat caught fire off the coast of Northern Cebu en route to Palompon. As reported, there were no passengers aboard and all 47 crew members were rescued. The fire was placed under control around 10am the next day.
*M/V Filipinas Cebu ran aground at 12:08am on August 9, 2022 in Iloilo. The captain was reportedly asleep. All crew members and passengers were safe.
*On April 21, 2023, M/V Filipinas Cebu ran aground in waters off of the Ozamis Port at around 6pm.
*M/V Filipinas Butuan ran aground in the vicinity of Madridejos, Cebu on October 23 2023 before arriving to Iloilo City. The cause of the vessel to ran aground was by drifting to shallow waters. The vessel recently left the port of Cebu, at around 7PM. All 239 passengers safely disembarked and twere ransported to Kota Park, Madridejos, Cebu.
*M/V Filipinas Cagayan de Oro recently tilted one side around 11:40pm on November 12 2023. after the departure, all crew and passengers were safe.
*In October 9, 2023, M/V Filipinas Surigao Del Norte suffered a liquid chlorine leak, which produced Ammonia. The crew reportedly had trouble breathing inside.https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/5-roro-ship-crew-members-rescued-after-chemical-leak
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See also

* List of shipping companies in the Philippines
* 2GO Travel
* Weesam Express
* Ever Shipping Lines Inc.
* Aleson Shipping Lines
* Montenegro Shipping Lines

References

{{Transportation in the Philippines

Companies based in Cebu City
Ferry companies of the Philippines
Shipping companies of the Philippines
Transportation in Luzon
Transportation in Cebu
Privately held companies of the Philippines