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Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Shipping |
Founded | 1989 |
Headquarters | Cokaliong Tower, Osmeña Blvd. North Reclamation Area, Cebu City , |
Area served | Visayas, Mindanao |
Key people | Chester C. Cokaliong Founder, CEO, & COO Gregoria C. Cokaliong President & Chairperson |
Divisions | Cokaliong Forwarding Division |
Website | www |
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]
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.
Current Vessels (15 ships)
Cokaliong tugboats
New Vessel/s
Soon
Former Vessels
Cokaliong Shipping Lines' main port of call is Cebu City. [15]
Other ports of call are:
Former ports:
As of December 2023: [15]
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