| Cokaliong Shipping Lines | |
| Type: | Private company |
| Area Served: | Philippines |
| Key People: | Chester C. Cokaliong Founder, CEO, & COO Gregoria C. Cokaliong President & Chairperson |
| Location City: | Cokaliong Tower, Osmeña Blvd. North Reclamation Area, Cebu City |
| Location Country: | Philippines |
| Industry: | Shipping |
| Divisions: | Cokaliong Forwarding Division |
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.[1]
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.
| Ferries | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M/V Filipinas Cebu | Ferry | 1993 | 2727 | 77.37m (253.84feet) | 14m (46feet) | 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. She is the first ship with a computerized engine monitoring system of Cokaliong Shipping. She is able to carry up to 686 passengers. | |||
| M/V Filipinas Dapitan | Ferry | 1971 | 1056 | 60.99m (200.1feet) | 12.81m (42.03feet) | ||||
| M/V Filipinas Dumaguete | Ferry | 1961 | 637 | 50.1m (164.4feet) | 11.02m (36.15feet) | ||||
| M/V Filipinas Iloilo | Ferry | 1979 | 2272 | 78.47m (257.45feet) | 14.8m (48.6feet) | ||||
| M/V Filipinas Maasin | Ferry | 1980 | 2261 | 77.13m (253.05feet) | 14.8m (48.6feet) | This vessel is under renovation in Trigon Shipyard After the Typhoon Odette. | |||
| M/V Filipinas Ozamis | Ferry | 1998 | 1560 | 86.9m (285.1feet) | 14m (46feet) | ||||
| M/V Filipinas Iligan | Ferry | 1978 | 2011 | 3084 | 79.66m (261.35feet) | 14.3m (46.9feet) | She was built in 1978. She was the former Ferry Fukue [2] that was acquired by Cokaliong Shipping Lines from Kyushu Kaiun in 2011. She has a passenger capacity of 850 pax. | ||
| M/V Filipinas Butuan | Ferry | 1982 | 2012 | 3086 | 79.66m (261.35feet) | 14.3m (46.9feet) | She was built in 1982. She was the former Ferry Nagasaki [3] that was acquired by Cokaliong Shipping Lines from Kyushu Kaiun in 2012. She has a passenger capacity of 850 pax. | ||
| M/V Filipinas Nasipit | Ferry | 1992 | 2014 | 1499 | 86.95m (285.27feet) | 13.8m (45.3feet) | She was built in 1992. She was the former M/V Taiko that was acquired by Cokaliong Shipping Lines from Nomo Shosen Company Ltd in 2014. She has a passenger capacity of 685 pax [4] | ||
| M/V Filipinas Jagna[5] [6] | Ferry | 1997 | 2016 | 2997 | 76.66m (251.51feet) | 14.5m (47.6feet) | Built in 1997, she is the former M/V Eins Soya in Japan, before being purchased by CSLI from Japan in 2016. She can accommodate as much as 625 passengers as well as cargo.[7] | ||
| M/V Filipinas Surigao del Norte | Ferry | 1999 | 2016 | 3011 | 76.66m (251.51feet) | 14.5m (47.6feet) | She is the former M/V Avrora Okushiri, the newest acquisition of Cokaliong Shipping, purchased in 2016 and.[8] [9] She was built in 1999, and is the sister ship of the M/V Filipinas Jagna. She is the third vessel to have the third ship in the Cokaliong fleet to have a computerized engine monitoring system. She plies the Cebu-Surigao route. | ||
| M/V Filipinas Cagayan de Oro[10] | Roll-On Lift-off Ferry | 2000 | 2019 | 3122 | 85.76m (281.36feet) | 14.6m (47.9feet) | Built in 2000, she is the former M/V Ferry Toshima in Japan. It serves Cebu-Cagayan de Oro and Cagayan de Oro-Jagna (Bohol) route. | ||
| M/V Filipinas Mindanao | Ferry | 2001 | 2020 | 3810 | 95.7m (314feet) | 15m (49feet) | She is the former M/V Feelease Soya of Heart Land Ferry, the newest acquisition of Cokaliong Shipping, purchased in 2019. | ||
| M/V Filipinas Agusan Del Norte | Ferry | 2021 | 6555 | 99.37m (326.02feet) | 18m (59feet) | A brand new Ropax ferry featuring the first X-Bow/reverse bow on a passenger ferry | |||
| M/V Filipinas Ubay | Ferry | 2003 | 2022 | 979 | 65m (213feet) | 16m (52feet) | Built in 2003, she is the former Seto II of Shikoku Kisen Co. Ltd. of Japan. | ||
| Tugboats | |||||||||
| M/T Cokaliong Tug 1 | Tugboat | 1979 | 192 | 31.5m (103.3feet) | 8.8m (28.9feet) | Built in 1979 (44 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Philippines. | |||
| M/T Cokaliong Tug 2 | Tugboat | 1987 | 392 | 34.02m (111.61feet) | 9.45m (31feet) | Built in 1987 (36 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Philippines. | |||
Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu City.[15] Other ports of call are:
| Region | Province | City/Town | Port | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luzon | Masbate | Masbate City | Port of Masbate | |
| Visayas | Cebu | Cebu City | Pier 5 Reclamation Area | Hub |
| Samar | Calbayog | Port of Calbayog | ||
| Negros Oriental | Dumaguete | Port of Dumaguete | ||
| Iloilo | Iloilo City | Fort San Pedro | ||
| Bohol | Ubay | Port of Ubay | ||
| Jagna | Port of Jagna | |||
| Tagbilaran | Port of Tagbilaran | |||
| Leyte | Maasin | Port of Maasin | ||
| Baybay | Port of Baybay | |||
| Palompon | Port of Palompon | |||
| Siquijor | Larena | Port of Larena | ||
| Mindanao | Agusan del Norte | Butuan | Port of Nasipit | |
| Port of Masao | ||||
| Misamis Oriental | Cagayan de Oro | Port of Cagayan de Oro | ||
| Zamboanga del Norte | Dipolog | Port of Dapitan | ||
| Sindangan | Port of Sindangan | |||
| Lanao del Norte | Iligan | Port of Iligan | ||
| Misamis Occidental | Ozamiz | Port of Ozamiz | ||
| Surigao | Surigao City | Port of Surigao | ||
As of December 2023: