Starhorse Shipping Lines
Company typePrivate Company
IndustryShipping
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008) in Lucena, Quezon Province
FounderVictor Reyes
Headquarters
No. 20, San Antonio Street, Lourdes Subdivision, Brgy. Isabang, Lucena, Quezon
,
Philippines
Area served
Marinduque, Masbate, Quezon Province and, Romblon in the Philippines
Key people
Merian Reyes
Dominic Reyes

Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. is a domestic shipping company based in Lucena City, Quezon, Philippines. It was established in 2008 by entrepreneur and politician Victor Reyes, who was a former board member in Quezon Province. It mainly serves the provinces of Marinduque, Masbate, Quezon, and Romblon and is one of the leading domestic shipping companies operating in the Calabarzon, Bicol, Visayas, and Mimaropa regions.

History

Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. (SSLI) was established in 2008 by entrepreneur and Quezon Province provincial board member Victor A. Reyes, who was previously the President of the defunct domestic shipping company Viva Shipping Lines, Inc. in the 1990s. SSLI is now being managed by Victor Reyes' wife, Merian Hernandez-Reyes, following Reyes' death in 2016.[1]

The company acquired two RORO ferries leased from the state-owned DBP Leasing Corporation and operated them initially in the Lucena City-Marinduque route. In the succeeding years, the Maritime Industry Authority eventually allowed the company to operate in other routes aside from the Lucena-Marinduque[2][3] and Lucena-Marinduque-Romblon route.[4] In 2018, the company commissioned the construction of two new vessels in Mokpo, South Korea, allowing it to operate additional routes such as the San Andres, Quezon-Pasacao, Camarines Sur-San Pascual, Masbate route.[1][5]

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the company was one of several ferry companies that assisted the Philippine government in helping locally stranded individuals return to their provinces.[6]

Routes

As of April 2023, Starhorse Shipping Lines operates on the following routes:

From To
Lucena, Quezon Province
Mogpog, Marinduque
Gasan, Marinduque
Banton, Romblon
Corcuera, Romblon
San Agustin, Romblon
Romblon, Romblon
Magdiwang, Romblon
Masbate City, Masbate
San Pascual, Masbate
Pasacao, Camarines Sur
San Andres, Quezon
Batangas City, Batangas
Calapan, Oriental Mindoro
Real, Quezon
Polillo, Quezon

Vessels

Starhorse Shipping Lines operates fourteen RORO vessels (Including the vessels from their sister company, Viva Peñafrancia Lines, as of December 2023. Some of these vessels were leased from DBP Leasing Corporation, while four were built by Moon-chang Shipbuilding Dockyard in Mokpo, South Korea:[7] (NOTE: Not all of the vessels are listed here.)

Virgen de Peñafrancia Series

Viva Series

Former Vessels

These are the former vessels of Starhorse Shipping Lines:

There was another MVVDPVII that Starhorse Shipping Lines previously operated, and operated on the Lucena-Marinduque Route, which is now currently operated by Montenegro Lines, and now named MV Reina De Luna (IMO number: 40001836)

Before the South Korean Version of MVVDPVIII, This ship was aqcuired by SSLI, and operated on the Lucena-Marinduque Route. Now operated by Jeanalyn Shipping and named to MV Pinoy Roro 1.

References

  1. ^ a b Samonte, Mauro (15 February 2020). "Extortion on the waterfront". The Manila Times. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Mga Biyahe ng Barko sa Marinduque, Tingnan". marinduquenews.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ Sto. Domingo, Adrian (29 November 2018). "Tagalog News: Starhorse Shipping Lines, magtataas ng pasahe simula Disyembre 10". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Fos, Paul Jaysent (19 April 2017). "Bagong barko ikokonekta na ang Romblon, Sibuyan, San Agustin, Banton, Marinduque, Lucena". romblonnews.net. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ Estacio, Danny (12 February 2020). "No one hurt after an IED exploded after being hurled at RORO vessel in Masbate town". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ Maritime Industry Authority (11 July 2020). "MARINA facilitates sea transport of LSIs back to their hometowns". marina.gov.ph. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Annyeonghaseyo! Quezon Board Member Dominic Reyes flies to Korea to see two new ferries for Southern Luzon". southluzon.politics.com.ph. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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