The US Navy has decided to extend the deadline to complete salvaging operations on the American minesweeper USS Guardian that ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef last January. The US Navy is now eyeing to finish...
Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc. (CSLI) will begin trips from Cebu to Nasipit, Agusan del Norte with its latest acquisition, the MV Filipinas Butuan. Its maiden voyage will be on March 16. Refurbished from Japan,...
As announced on February 11, the pipe-lay crane ship JASCON 25 has arrived at Tubbataha Reef. The JASCON 25, a dynamic positioning crane, does not need to anchor, so it is expected to be able to...
We reported yesterday that the wreck removal operation of USS Guardian at the Tubbataha Reef were starting. This morning we learned that the operation had to be suspended because of turbulent sea conditions. High waves...
The removal of the USS Guardian wreck is starting now. The end of the operation is targeted for April 9. The target date can be achieved when weather remains fine. “SMIT Borneo”, a 110-meter...
The crane ship SMIT Borneo from Singapore arrived Sunday off the coast of Palawan. This heavy engine is here to help extricate the USS Guardian from Tubbataha Reef. The USS Guardian ran aground in...
USS Guardian – the salvage will start next week if weather remains friendly and the sea will be calm. The first steps have already been done. Last week the vessel Apollo pumped all oil and fuel...
The USS Guardian may have hit mostly rubble and already dead corals and not areas with densely living populations living coral according to the Tubbataha Task Force. It seems that now the exact position...
At least 1000 squaremeters of Corals are damaged in Tubbataha Reef the Philippine government informed Wednesday. Before leaving a port visit in Subic Bay, the USS Guardian canceled a scheduled fuel stop to Puerto Princesa...
A friend and reader of our blog sent us the pictures below. Thank you, Jürg. If you read such a story in the newspapers, you get information but you can’t imagine the fear of...
Tropical storm SONAMU/Auring, the first weather disturbance of the year, slammed across Davao Oriental at midnight Wednesday and plodded across Northern Mindanao on its way out of the country Friday night. The RoRo ferry...
At least 300 passengers got stranded in Camiguin last Sunday because their Ferry, actually Super Shuttle Ferry 1 reportedly had 70 more passengers on board than the maximum number of 270 passengers it is allowed...
Another customer service disaster are the new port terminals in the Philippines. The planning and construction of these buildings began under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and are still continuing. On Camiguin Island even two of...
2GO is a rather new brand in the Philippines. 2GO Group Inc. is the new name of ATS Consolidated Inc. 2GO Travel, combines together the passage services formerly Negros Navigation, SuperFerry, SuperCat and Cebu...
Camiguin is reviving their Mangroves around the port village of Benoni. The plan to give the shores back to nature and promote their natural protection by mangroves had gone to execution phase already last...
2GO Group Inc. is the new name of ATS Consolidated Inc. SUPERFERRY and Negros Navigation passenger vessels will soon be a thing of the past, as ATS Consolidated unveiled its new corporate rebranding, 2GO...
Michèle from the Camiguin Action Geckos just informed us that: SuperShuttleFerry sails only MON/WED/FRI from Balbagon (Camiguin) to Jagna Bohol) and back Current active phone number for inquiries and booking: 088 387 40 34...
Weesam Express 8 ran aground in Talisay Saturday. 208 passengers were rescued by other ships. The fast ferry Weesam Express 8 from Tagbilaran to Cebu, leaving Bohol at 4:30 PM, ran aground at Lawis...
… or how a problem can lead to a discovery. Getting back from Bohol to Camiguin we took a van in Tagbilaran to reach the port in Jagna. Arriving in Jagna, we found no...
CAMIGUIN NEWS We heard that: 1) There will be a new ferry connection between Cagayan de Oro and Mambajao. This will be a fast ferry doing the trip in 2.5 hours. The opening of...
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