Roble Shipping Inc. is a Cebu-based

shipping line A shipping line or shipping company is a company whose line of business is ownership and operation of ships. Shipping companies provide a method of distinguishing ships by different kinds of cargo: # Bulk cargo is a type of special cargo that ...

located in

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines and capital of the Cebu Province. A ...

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. The company was founded by Jose Roble, a native of

Danao City Danao, officially the City of Danao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Danao; fil, Lungsod ng Danao), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 156,321 people. Danao is within the M ...

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and ...

History

Established on February 20, 1985, it started with a small cargo vessel called MV Marao plying from

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containing rice and mixed cargo materials. Roble Shipping Inc. is now one of the major players in the

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and

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routes. The shipping line has seven-passenger vessels of which five are

roll-on/roll-off 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, Trailer (vehicle), trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their o ...

vessels, ten cargo vessels and four barges and tugboats. The founder and owner of Roble Shipping Inc., Jose L. Roble, died on September 11, 2009 at the Cebu Doctors' University Hospital at the age of 62. All of his sons and daughters now play important roles in steering the company. The Duranos also helped in the early years in establishing the company. In 2010, Roble Shipping Inc. will move all its operations to their new headquarters in Pier 7.

Passenger fleet

;Current Roble Shipping's fleet consists of 5 Roll-On Roll-Off vessels and 1

High-speed craft A high-speed craft (HSC) is a high-speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry. The first high-speed craft were often hydrofoils or hovercraft, but in the 1990s catamaran and monohull designs become more pop ...

*MV ''Theresian Stars'' (ex-''Cagayan Princess'') *MV ''Joyful Stars'' (ex-''Cebu Princess'') *MV ''Ocean Stars'' *MV ''Graceful Stars'' *MV ''Superjoy'' ( Fastcraft) ;Former *MV ''Heaven Star'' *MV ''Ormoc Star'' *MV ''Wonderful Stars'' *MV ''Sacred Stars'' *MV ''Blessed Stars'' *MV ''Hilongos Diamond'' *MV ''Oroquieta Stars'' (Destroyed during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette) *MV ''Beautiful Stars'' ;New *MV ''Immaculate Stars'' *MV ''Zamboanga Ferry''

Ports of call

Roble Shipping Inc. main port of call is

. Other ports of call: *

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Ormoc Ormoc (IPA: �oɾˈmok, officially the City of Ormoc ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Ormoc; war, Syudad han Ormoc; fil, Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...

Baybay Baybay (IPA: aɪ'baɪ, officially the City of Baybay ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Baybay; war, Syudad han Baybay), is a 1st class component city in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It has a population of 111,848 people. With an area of , it is the ...

* Hilongos *

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Oroquieta Oroquieta,(formerly known as Layawan), officially the City of Oroquieta ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Oroquieta; fil, Lungsod ng Oroquieta), is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 20 ...

Routes

: MV ''Joyful Stars'' *

Hilongos Hilongos (IPA: ɪ'lɔŋos, officially the Municipality of Hilongos ( ceb, Lungsod sa Hilongos; war, Bungto han Hilongos; tl, Bayan ng Hilongos), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, ...

: MV ''Joyful Stars'' / MV Theresian Stars'' / MV ''Superjoy'' Fastcraft / MV ''Oroquieta Stars'' *

: MV ''Ocean Stars'' / MV ''Beautiful Stars'' *

Oroquieta City Oroquieta,(formerly known as Layawan), officially the City of Oroquieta ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Oroquieta; fil, Lungsod ng Oroquieta), is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 20 ...

: MV ''Oroquieta Stars'' *

Baybay City Baybay (IPA: aɪ'baɪ, officially the City of Baybay ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Baybay; war, Syudad han Baybay), is a 1st class component city in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It has a population of 111,848 people. With an area of , it is the ...

: MV ''Graceful Stars'' / MV ''Superjoy'' Fastcraft

Incidents

* M/V Hilongos Diamond sunk within the

Bato, Leyte Bato (IPA: ɐ'to, officially the Municipality of Bato ( ceb, Lungsod sa Bato; war, Bungto han Bato; tl, Bayan ng Bato), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38, ...

Port * January 3, 2008 - The MV Heaven Star of the Roble Shipping Lines left Ormoc City about 11 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Cebu City port at 3 pm. The vessel stopped off

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town in

at noon. The vessel suffered a mechanical problem after seawater got into its bunker fuel. The company's other vessel M/V Wonderful Stars followed up to M/V Heaven Star's location to tow it. * MV Wonderful Star collided with a foreign-owned cargo vessel MCC Sulo at 1:20 am. Saturday around from Liloan town, some 19 kilometers north of Cebu City. The MV Wonderful Star's port side (left side) catwalk railings were slightly damaged while MCC Sulo's starboard (right) bow had a slight scratch. * Last December 2, 2009 - M/V Wonderful Stars had a collision with a passenger-cargo vessel M/V Subic Bay 1 of Carlos A. Gothong Lines. The said vessel had gone sideways and sustained damages estimated to be within P600,000 to P700,000.

References

External links

* http://www.cebuboattrips.com/slow_ferries.htm
Official Website
{{Transportation in the Philippines Ferry companies of the Philippines Shipping companies of the Philippines Companies based in Cebu City