Port of Dipolog explained

Dipolog City Port
Galas Feeder Port
Country:Philippines
Location:Mindanao Sea, Mindanao island, the Philippines
Coordinates:8.5597°N 123.3281°W
Locode:PHDPL[1]
Pushpin Map:Mindanao#Philippines
Opened:2015
Operated:Philippine Ports Authority
City Government of Dipolog
Owner:City Government of Dipolog
Type:Natural/Artificial
Wharfs:2
Piers:2
Arrivals:94,702 (2022)
Passengertraffic:196,522 (2022)

The Dipolog City Port, originally and formerly known as the Galas Feeder Port (Filipino; Pilipino: Daungan ng Galas, Cebuano: Pantalan sa Galas), is a seaport in Dipolog, Philippines. It is owned and managed by the City Government of Dipolog.[2]

History

The Port of Dipolog started as a landing area for smaller fishing boats or bancas. Later, the city government under the administration of Mayor Roseller Barinaga planned to erect docking platforms, and transform it into a feeder port to accommodate smaller sea vessels that cannot dock at nearby Port of Dapitan which is barely 12 kilometers away.[3]

In 2007, the city government signified its plan to upgrade the feeder port into a passenger port and had made a memorandum of agreement between the city government and Philippine Ports Authority for the port's operation. From that time, there was no shipping company serving the port until in the year 2015. However, in 2018, allegations on the port's operation floated as then-First District Representative Bullet Jalosjos called for the port's immediate closure for it lacked port security forces like the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Philippine National Police Maritime Group.

On January 23, 2019, after four years of operating, the new Passenger Terminal was open to the public.[4] In the same year, the Maritime Industry Authority opened a missionary route between Dipolog and Siaton, Negros Oriental, a municipality south of Dumaguete.[5] [6] [7] On August 27 of 2020, the City Government, with the help of the Philippine Coast Guard, formally opened the Coast Guard Sub-Station situated within the grounds of the port.[8]

Shipping firms and destinations

Statistics

Disembarking Embarking Ref.
2015 54,856 28,996 25,860 [13]
2016 94,329 48,729 45,600 [14]
2017 112,730 60,067 52,663 [15]
2018 235,436 123,022 112,414 [16]
2019 395,942 195,005 200,937 [17]
2020 82,758 38,321 44,437 [18]
2021 48,947 25,364 23,583 [19]
2022 196,522 94,702 101,820 [20]

Incidents

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNLOCODE (PH) - PHILIPPINES . service.unece.org . 26 April 2020.
  2. Web site: List of Ports covered in PPA Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 6 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Dipolog City port 'operating illegally'. Gualberto. Laput. 24 May 2018. Philippine News Agency. 11 January 2021.
  4. News: Pantalan sa Galas, pormal na nga gibuksan ang Passenger terminal nga dugay nang giyangungo sa mga pasahero.. Galas Port, has formally opened the Passenger terminal which has long been crowded with passengers.. ceb. Mark. Bacroya. 25 January 2019. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog. 16 November 2020.
  5. News: Marina urges ship operators to service 'missionary routes'. Faye. Orellana. 19 February 2019. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 16 November 2020.
  6. Web site: 8 more RoRo routes to open this year. Robie. de Guzman. 12 March 2019. UNTV News and Rescue. 16 November 2020.
  7. Web site: In reviving missionary RoRo routes, government to boost rural development. Lorenz S.. Marasigan. 21 February 2019. BusinessMirror. 16 November 2020.
  8. News: Sub-Station sa Philippine Coast Guard sa Dipolog Port gitunol ni Mayor Uy. Sub-Station of the Philippine Coast Guard in Dipolog Port was handed over by Mayor Uy. ceb. Mark. Bacroya. 31 August 2020. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog. 16 November 2020.
  9. News: Medallion transport Inc. mo byahe na Dipolog-Dumaguete & VV. ceb. Mark. Bacroya. 10 December 2018. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog. 16 November 2020.
  10. News: Medallion transport Inc. nagsugod na ug byahe kagahapon para sa Dipolog-Dumaguete & VV. Medallion Transport Inc. started a trip yesterday for Dipolog-Dumaguete & VV. ceb. Mark. Bacroya. 13 December 2018. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog. 16 November 2020.
  11. Web site: Lite Shipping's newest vessel to serve pioneering Oslob-Dipolog route. en. Irene R.. Sino-Cruz. 18 November 2019. Cebu Daily News. 16 November 2020.
  12. News: Lite Shipping Corporation gitugutang maka-operate sa Galas Feeder Port sa Dipolog. Lite Shipping Corporation was allowed to operate the Galas Feeder Port in Dipolog. ceb. Mark. Bacroya. 3 October 2017. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog. 16 November 2020.
  13. Web site: 2015 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 16 November 2020.
  14. Web site: 2016 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 16 November 2020.
  15. Web site: 2017 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 16 November 2020.
  16. Web site: 2018 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 16 November 2020.
  17. Web site: 2019 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 17 November 2020.
  18. Web site: 2020 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 2 March 2022.
  19. Web site: 2021 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 2 March 2022.
  20. Web site: 2022 Passenger Statistics. Philippine Ports Authority. 18 June 2023.
  21. Web site: Babaeng tangan ang anak, nasagip nang tumalon sa barko sa Dipolog. A woman carrying a child, was rescued when she jumped on a ship in Dipolog. Dynah. Diestro. 1 June 2019. ABS-CBN News. tl. 18 December 2020.
  22. Web site: Mother with infant child jumps from passenger vessel. Leo. Udtohan. 1 June 2019. GMA News Online. 15 November 2020.
  23. Web site: Mom carrying her baby jumps overboard ship; both rescued at sea off Dipolog. Delta Dyrecka. Letigio. 31 May 2019. Cebu Daily News. 16 November 2020.

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