Established on February 20, 1985, it started with a small cargo vessel called MV Marao plying from Cebu to Iloilo containing rice and mixed cargo materials. Roble Shipping Inc. is now one of the major players in the Leyte and Samar routes. The shipping line has seven-passenger vessels of which five are roll-on/roll-off vessels, ten cargo vessels and four barges and tugboats.[1]
The founder and owner of Roble Shipping Inc., Jose L. Roble, died on September 11, 2009 at the Cebu Doctors' University Hospital at the age of 62. All of his sons and daughters now play important roles in steering the company.
The Duranos also helped in the early years in establishing the company.
In 2010, Roble Shipping Inc. will move all its operations to their new headquarters in Pier 7.
M/V Hilongos Diamond sunk within the Bato, Leyte Port
January 3, 2008 - The MV Heaven Star of the Roble Shipping Lines left Ormoc City about 11 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Cebu City port at 3 pm. The vessel stopped off Isabel town in Leyte at noon. The vessel suffered a mechanical problem after seawater got into its bunker fuel. The company's other vessel M/V Wonderful Stars followed up to M/V Heaven Star's location to tow it.[5]
MV Wonderful Star collided with a foreign-owned cargo vessel MCC Sulo at 1:20 am. Saturday around 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) from Liloan town, some 19 kilometers north of Cebu City. The MV Wonderful Star's port side (left side) catwalk railings were slightly damaged while MCC Sulo's starboard (right) bow had a slight scratch.[6]
Last December 2, 2009 - M/V Wonderful Stars had a collision with a passenger-cargo vessel M/V Subic Bay 1 of Carlos A. Gothong Lines. The said vessel had gone sideways and sustained damages estimated to be within P600,000 to P700,000.[7]
roble, shipping, cebu, based, shipping, line, located, cebu, city, philippines, company, founded, jose, roble, native, danao, city, cebu, typeprivateindustryshippingfoundedfebruary, 1985, years, 1985, founderjose, robleheadquartersnorth, reclamation, area, ceb. Roble Shipping Inc is a Cebu based shipping line located in Cebu City Philippines The company was founded by Jose Roble a native of Danao City Cebu Roble ShippingTypePrivateIndustryShippingFoundedFebruary 20 1985 37 years ago 1985 02 20 FounderJose L RobleHeadquartersNorth Reclamation Area Cebu City PhilippinesArea servedPhilippinesKey peopleJose Emery F Roble President and CEO ServicesPassenger and cargo transportTotal assets 100 MillionWebsitehttp www robleshipping com Contents 1 History 2 Passenger fleet 3 Ports of call 4 Routes 5 Incidents 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditEstablished on February 20 1985 it started with a small cargo vessel called MV Marao plying from Cebu to Iloilo containing rice and mixed cargo materials Roble Shipping Inc is now one of the major players in the Leyte and Samar routes The shipping line has seven passenger vessels of which five are roll on roll off vessels ten cargo vessels and four barges and tugboats 1 The founder and owner of Roble Shipping Inc Jose L Roble died on September 11 2009 at the Cebu Doctors University Hospital at the age of 62 All of his sons and daughters now play important roles in steering the company The Duranos also helped in the early years in establishing the company In 2010 Roble Shipping Inc will move all its operations to their new headquarters in Pier 7 Passenger fleet EditCurrentRoble Shipping s fleet consists of 5 Roll On Roll Off vessels and 1 High speed craft MV Theresian Stars 2 ex Cagayan Princess MV Joyful Stars 3 ex Cebu Princess MV Ocean Stars MV Graceful Stars MV Superjoy Fastcraft FormerMV Heaven Star MV Ormoc Star MV Wonderful Stars MV Sacred Stars MV Blessed Stars MV Hilongos Diamond MV Oroquieta Stars Destroyed during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette MV Beautiful StarsNewMV Immaculate Stars MV Zamboanga Ferry 4 Ports of call EditRoble Shipping Inc main port of call is Cebu City Other ports of call Catbalogan Ormoc Baybay Hilongos Naval Biliran OroquietaRoutes EditCebu Ormoc MV Joyful Stars Cebu Hilongos MV Joyful Stars MV Theresian Stars MVSuperjoyFastcraft MVOroquieta Stars Cebu Catbalogan MV Ocean Stars MV Beautiful Stars Cebu Naval Biliran MV Ocean Stars MV Beautiful Stars Cebu Oroquieta City MV Oroquieta Stars Cebu Baybay City MV Graceful Stars MV Superjoy FastcraftIncidents EditM V Hilongos Diamond sunk within the Bato Leyte Port January 3 2008 The MV Heaven Star of the Roble Shipping Lines left Ormoc City about 11 a m and was scheduled to arrive in Cebu City port at 3 pm The vessel stopped off Isabel town in Leyte at noon The vessel suffered a mechanical problem after seawater got into its bunker fuel The company s other vessel M V Wonderful Stars followed up to M V Heaven Star s location to tow it 5 MV Wonderful Star collided with a foreign owned cargo vessel MCC Sulo at 1 20 am Saturday around 4 5 nautical miles 8 3 km from Liloan town some 19 kilometers north of Cebu City The MV Wonderful Star s port side left side catwalk railings were slightly damaged while MCC Sulo s starboard right bow had a slight scratch 6 Last December 2 2009 M V Wonderful Stars had a collision with a passenger cargo vessel M V Subic Bay 1 of Carlos A Gothong Lines The said vessel had gone sideways and sustained damages estimated to be within P600 000 to P700 000 7 See also EditList of shipping companies in the Philippines 2GO Travel Montenegro Lines Aleson Shipping Lines Weesam Express Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation Trans Asia Shipping LinesReferences Edit Philippines portal Companies portal Transport portal Garcia Yap Aileen 30 November 2009 Roble kids help make pa s ship business grow Philippine Daily Inquirer Archived from the original on 6 December 2009 Wakanatsu Photo of MV Cagayan Princess Wakanatsu Photo of MV Cebu Princess SHIP UPDATE Roble Shipping Acquires the M V Zamboanga Ferry from Lite Shipping ex GP Lines Archived from the original on 2021 12 20 Napallacan Jhnunnex 3 January 2008 Cebu bound vessel stalled off Leyte all passengers rescued Philippine Daily Inquirer Archived from the original on 27 March 2012 Passenger vessel runs aground in Cebu all passengers safe PCG balita ph 2 December 2009 Archived from the original on 28 September 2011 Mosqueda Mars Jr W 2 December 2009 Vessel sideswipes cargo ship in Cebu 519 passengers rescued Manila Bulletin Archived from the original on 7 June 2011 External links Edithttp www cebuboattrips com slow ferries htm Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roble Shipping amp oldid 1119972435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
