This is a list of current and former shipping companies authorized by the Maritime Industry Authority of the Philippines.
Passenger and cargo
Shipping Lines Image Logo CommencedOperations No. ofVessels Remarks 2GO Group 1949 10 Aleson Shipping Lines 1976 37 Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation (FastCat) 2002 18 Asian Marine Transport Corporation 1999 9 Operates shipping brands Super Shuttle RORO, Super Shuttle Ferry and Shuttle Fast Ferries. Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. 1989 16 Ever Shipping Lines 1975 3 Jomalia Shipping Corporation 2004 10 Camotes Ferry Services 2006 6 Lite Shipping Corporation (Lite Ferries) 1989 27 Montenegro Shipping Lines 1978 90 AFGM Shipping Corp.200123Ocean Fast Ferries, Inc. (OceanJet) 1995 23 Roble Shipping Inc. 1985 21 SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation 1994 10 Acquired by Chelsea Logistics Holdings Inc. in 2019. SRN Fast Seacrafts, Inc. (Weesam Express) 1997 6 Starhorse Shipping Lines 2008 17 Starlite Ferries Inc. 1995 20 Acquired by Chelsea Logistics Holdings Inc. Trans-Asia Shipping Lines (TASLI) 1974 13 Acquired by Chelsea Logistics Holdings Inc. Evaristo Shipping Lines 2012 4 Evaristo and Sons Sea Transport Corp. 2017 5 Kho Shipping Lines (KSLI) 2021 18
Cargo
Shipping Lines Image Logo CommencedOperations No. ofVessels Remarks Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation 1973 17 Formerly Sulpicio Lines from 1973 to 2012; changed name and stopped passenger services following the tragic sinking of its passenger ship MV Princess of the Stars in 2008. Carlos A. Gothong Lines (CAGLI) 1946 1 Gothong Southern Shipping Lines 2005 12 MCC Transport Philippines 2007 3 Joint venture between Danish shipping company Maersk Line and 2GO Group. Moreta Shipping Lines 1988 12 Lorenzo Shipping Corporation 1972 5 (company owned) 4 (chartered from NMC Container Lines) Owned by Magsaysay Shipping & Logistics. NMC Container Lines 1997 4 (leased by Lorenzo Shipping) Owned by Magsaysay Shipping & Logistics. Meridian Shipping and Container Carrier Inc 9 Oceanic Container Lines, Inc. 1998 21 Phil National Lines 2008 28 Fastguys Logistic Corporation 2012 5 Cargomarine Corporation 2012 10 Acquired by Phil National Lines in 2012
Defunct
Shipping companies that are no longer in operation.
Shipping Lines CommencedOperations Ceased Operations Remarks Aboitiz Shipping Corporation (ASC) 1952 1996 Merged with Gothong Lines and William Lines to form WG&A. SuperFerry 1990 2012 Brand operated by Aboitiz and WG&A, discontinued in 2012 and replaced by 2GO Travel. Cebu Ferries 1996 2012 Became part of 2GO Travel in 2012. Negros Navigation 1935 2018 Merged with 2GO Group in 2018. Sweet Lines Inc. 1961 1993 Compania Maritima 1890 1980 Escaño Lines 1865 1990s MBRS Lines 1984 2008 Romblon Shipping Lines 2008 2012 FJP Lines 1970s 2012
See also Transportation in the Philippines
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