SAN ANDRES, Quezon – Seventy-six passengers and crew were safe after their roll-on, roll-off (RORO) vessel ran aground in the sea of Sitio Punta Harina here on Monday afternoon, November 13. MV Virgen de Peñafrancia I operated by Star Horse Shipping Lines had 45 passengers, 31 crew, and 10...
CEBU CITY – Two-hundred passengers were rescued from a passenger vessel that ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu on Monday, October 23. PASSENGERS of M/V Filipinas Butuan transfer to motor bancas after their ship ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu en route to Iloilo City on Monday morning, October 23....
INFANTA, Pangasinan – Three fishermen drowned and 11 were rescued after their fishing vessel capsized after accidentally colliding with an alleged foreign vessel 180 nautical miles or 333 kilometers northwest of Barangay Cato here on Monday, October 2. A report from the office of Police Col. Jeff...
MV Joegie 5 runs aground off Calaviti Point in Paluan, Occidental Mindoro on Sept. 1, 2023 while carrying 28,020 bags of cement. All 14 crew members of the cargo vessel were rescued, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. (Photo by PCG) A cargo vessel carrying 28,020 bags of cement ran aground...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has launched an investigation to determine the exact cause why a motorbanca sank near Simara Island in Corcuera, Romblon on Saturday, August 5. The incident left one boat passenger dead while 94 others were rescued. Survivors of the sunken motorbanca King Sto. Niño...
A boat passenger died while 94 others were rescued after a motorbanca sank near Simara Island in Corcuera, Romblon on Saturday, August 5. Photo: PCG Initial information from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the distressed motorbanca as “King Sto. Niño 7”, which had 90 passengers,...
A motor banca loaded with an estimated 70 passengers sunk in the sea in Sitio Macnit, Barangay Languyin, Polillo, Quezon, on Wednesday afternoon, August 3. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Polillo station said the MBCA Jovelle came from the port of Real and headed to Patnanungan town, Quezon when it...
Search and rescue operations were conducted to find the four personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) who went missing while attempting to save a crew of a distressed tugboat off Cagayan River in Aparri, Cagayan due to Super Typhoon “Egay”, authorities bared Friday, July 28. * (Philippine...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to conduct an investigation on a maritime incident involving a Roll-on, roll-off passenger vessel that ran aground in the shoreline of Banton, Romblon on Sunday, July 16. MV Maria Helena is tilted 10 degrees on its portside...
Another crew member of fishing boat “Genesis 2” was found dead in the vicinity waters where the vessel sank in Baganga, Davao Oriental, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Saturday, June 24. *(Photo by PCG) * The unidentified victim was found by search and rescue (SAR) teams of PCG...
A fishing boat carrying 40 crew members was allegedly bumped by an unidentified vessel off Cabra Island in Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, June 6. *(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) * Fishing boat “Ron Kirby 4” was anchored at the vicinity waters of Cabra Island while its crew were engaged in...
A fast craft that lost control while maneuvering at sea collided with a cargo vessel off Mandaue City, Cebu on Sunday afternoon, May 21. (Courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the vessels involved in the accident as fast craft MV St. Jhudiel and cargo vessel LCT Poseidon 23....
