Cokaliong Shipping Lines

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Cokaliong Shipping Lines
Company type Private company
Industry Shipping
Founded1989;35 years ago (1989)
Headquarters
Cokaliong Tower, Osmeña Blvd. North Reclamation Area, Cebu City
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Area served
Visayas, Mindanao
Key people
Chester C. Cokaliong
Founder, CEO, & COO
Gregoria C. Cokaliong
President & Chairperson
Divisions Cokaliong Forwarding Division
Website www.cokaliongshipping.com
Port of Cebu with Cokaliong ships; from left to right: Filipinas Dinagat, Filipinas Cebu, Filipinas Iligan, Filipinas Nasipit, and Filipinas Maasin. Port of Cebu 2.jpg
Port of Cebu with Cokaliong ships; from left to right: Filipinas Dinagat, Filipinas Cebu, Filipinas Iligan, Filipinas Nasipit, and Filipinas Maasin.

Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. (CSLI) is a shipping line based in Cebu City, Philippines. It operates both passenger and cargo ferries on eight routes in the Visayas and Mindanao regions and is one of the youngest shipping companies in the Philippines. [1]

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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. In May 2012, the company acquired its ninth vessel, a 3,000-ton, 850-passenger vessel from Japan. [2] On March 9, 2013, the line opened its 13th port of call with the opening of Cebu-Nasipit route. [3] Through the years, the company has acquired fifteen (15) RORO passenger and cargo vessels traveling the national waters.

Vessels

House flag Cokaliong house flag.jpg
House flag
Cokaliong RORO Ship at Ozamiz port, Philippines Ozamiz port.jpg
Cokaliong RORO Ship at Ozamiz port, Philippines

Current Vessels (15 ships)

From right to left: Filipinas Agusan Del Norte, Filipinas Mindanao, and Filipinas Iloilo Cokaliong Shipping Lines.jpg
From right to left: Filipinas Agusan Del Norte, Filipinas Mindanao, and Filipinas Iloilo

Cokaliong tugboats

New Vessel/s

Soon

Former Vessels

Ports

Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu City. [15]

Other ports of call are:

Former ports:

Routes

As of December 2023: [15]

Incidents and accidents

See also

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