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Though the term used is the same throughout the Philippines, "bangka" can refer to a very diverse range of boats specific to different regions. [1] Bangka was also spelled as banca, panca, or panga (m. banco, panco, pango) in Spanish. [2][3] It is also known archaically as sakayan (also spelled sacayan).
The Hybrid Trimaran Project, known fully as the "Hybrid Trimaran Fast Craft Passenger Cargo Vessel using Multi-Engine and Alternative Energy Source from Ocean Waves", [1] was a concept by Filipino engineer Jonathan Salvador of Metallica Consultancy [2] [3] and is intended to come up with a design for a ship which has a "modern design, environment-friendly, safe and unsinkable". [4]
2004–2008: 1,992 Passengers; 160 trailers. MV Princess of the Stars (or just Princess of the Stars) was a passenger ferry owned by Filipino shipping company Sulpicio Lines, that capsized and sank on June 21, 2008, off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon at the height of Typhoon Fengshen, which was locally named by PAGASA as Frank.
Passenger ships of the Philippines. Passenger ships of the Philippines include passenger-carrying ships designed, built, or operated in or by the Philippines. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Passenger ships of the Philippines.
MV St. Thomas Aquinas was a Philippine -registered passenger ferry operated by 2GO Travel. On 16 August 2013, the vessel collided with a cargo ship named MV Sulpicio Express Siete of Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (formerly Sulpicio Lines) and sank. [3] As of 3 September 2013, there were 108 dead and 29 missing with 733 rescued as a ...
The Philippine coast guard said on Friday it will investigate why a passenger boat that capsized in a lake near the capital, killing at least 26, was allowed to sail while overloaded. Authorities ...
China Clipper (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila on November 22, 1935. [1] Built at a cost of $417,000 by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland, it was ...
Website. online.supercat.ph. The SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation, commonly known as SuperCat, is a shipping company that operates a fleet of high-speed catamarans (HSC) in the Philippines. In 2019, SuperCat was acquired by the Dennis Uy -led Udenna Group through its Chelsea Logistics & Infrastructure Holdings Corp. from the 2GO Group. [1]