Josefa Slipways, Inc. is a medium-category

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other Watercraft, floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation th ...

company based in

Navotas Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Philippine census, 2020 census, it ha ...

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. It was established in 2005 to provide shipbuilding and ship repair services to shipping companies and maritime government agencies in the Philippines. The company has two slipways in Navotas for docking and launching vessels as well as another facility in

Sual Sual, officially the Municipality of Sual (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,091 people. Sual is one of the towns where the Spanish galleon brought their ...

Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan (, ; ; ), is a coastal Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen, Pangasinan, Lingayen while San Carlos, Pangasi ...

History

Josefa Slipways was founded in 2005 in Navotas, which is known for its shipbuilding and fisheries industry. Its incorporators established the company to provide shipbuilding and ship repair facilities to passenger and freight shipping companies, fishing companies, energy and mining, companies and port construction companies operating in the

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and other ports in the Philippines. It also provides its services to civilian maritime government agencies such as the

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(PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). It employed local shipbuilding veterans and owns two slipways in the city for docking and launching of vessels. The company specializes in building landing crafts, ferries, patrol vessels, fisheries vessels and small cargo vessels. It is the first Filipino shipbuilding and ship repair company to build hulls using

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in compliance with

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standards. BFAR MMOV BRP LAPU-LAPU CLASS

On February 17, 2016, after several stages of competitive bidding, the company was selected by the

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to construct two, 50-meter, multi-mission vessels for the BFAR, which will be used for fisheries law enforcement. The company worked with

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marine engineering and design firm

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, which was selected to design the two vessels. It completed construction and launched the vessels, which were named BRP ''Lapu-Lapu'' and BRP ''Francisco Dagohoy'' respectively, on 11 August 2017 and delivered it to the BFAR in February 2018 following successful sea trials. On November 18, 2017, Josefa Slipways opened a larger shipbuilding and ship repair facility in

, where it will build 10 50-meter multi-mission vessels for the BFAR. Josefa Slipways also constructed its first

ROPAX Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or usi ...

ferry vessel, MV ''Isla Simara'', for Filipino shipping company Shogun Ships. The 72-meter steel vessel was delivered to the customer of 17 August 2019 and will be used to transport passengers and cargo between

Sorsogon Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon ( Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Sorsogon''; Waray: ''Probinsya han Sorsogon''; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. It is the southernmost province in the island of Luzon and ...

and

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. It is the first

RORO Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or usi ...

vessel to be built in the Philippines since the 1990s.

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{{Transportation in the Philippines Shipbuilding companies of the Philippines Philippine companies established in 2005 Companies based in Metro Manila