Aleson Shipping Lines

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| hq_location = 172, Mayor Agan Avenue

| hq_location_city = Zamboanga City

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| area_served = Zamboanga City, Basilan, Jolo, Sulu, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Dapitan, Dumaguete, Cebu, Bohol, and Sandakan

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Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc. is a shipping company based in Zamboanga, Philippines. Their services include routes to Sandakan, Malaysia and over Dapitan to Dumaguete. They also ship cargo from Zamboanga City to Manila with twelve of their container carriers.

File:Aleson MV Antonia.jpg

History

The company was founded on October 1, 1976,{{Cite web|url=http://aleson-shipping.com/|title=Aleson Shipping Lines Official Website|website=aleson-shipping.com|access-date=2016-08-30}} and its first vessel MV Estrella del Mar{{Cite web|url=http://www.isabelacity.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=12|title=Sea Vessels|website=www.isabelacity.ph|access-date=2016-08-30}} transported passengers and cargo, mainly rice, to the neighboring islands. In 1980, the company acquired its first cargo vessel, thus the debut of MV Aleson.

The company expanded in the 1980s with more cargo ships, along with voyages to Singapore for trade and commerce purposes.

During the 1990s the company concentrated on the passenger and roll-on/roll-off ferry sector. Additional vessels were added to carry more passengers and travel on more routes. In 1994, a new route between Zamboanga Port and Sandakan Port, Malaysia, was opened{{Cite web|url=http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/ports-east-asia-growth-area-get-regular-links_19950523.html|title=Ports in East Asia growth ara get regular links|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://thephilsouthangle.com/?p=6476|title=Zamboanga-Sandakan Route {{!}} The PhilSouth Angle|website=thephilsouthangle.com|access-date=2016-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913082153/http://thephilsouthangle.com/?p=6476|archive-date=2016-09-13|url-status=dead}} in response to the development of BIMP-EAGA routes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.portcalls.com/development-of-15-sea-routes-to-bimp-eaga-eyed/|title=Development of 15 sea routes to BIMP-EAGA eyed {{!}} PortCalls Asia {{!}} Asian Shipping and Maritime News|website=www.portcalls.com|access-date=2016-08-30}} Aleson's MV Danica Joy was one of the first vessels that sailed on this route.

In 1999, the company expanded into containerizing cargo, with the addition of new container carriers. The first fast craft of the corporation was bought on 2004 and was named MV Seajet.

As of 2017, Aleson operates a fleet of 36 vessels and is the largest shipping operator in Western Mindanao.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-05 |title=ALESON SHIPPING LINES OFFICIAL WEBSITE |url=http://aleson-shipping.com/# |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705134705/http://aleson-shipping.com/# |archive-date=July 5, 2020 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Aleson Shipping}}

Ports of call

Aleson Shipping Lines Inc. main port of call is Zamboanga City, but some of their ships are actively in service for Manila, Dapitan, Dumaguete, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Isabela City, Basilan, Lamitan City, Basilan, and Bongao, Tawi-Tawi{{Cite web|url=http://www.marina.gov.ph/sectoral/RORO_dec2015.pdf|title=Inventory of RoRo Routes - Maritime Industry Authority as of 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-date=2016-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916162419/http://www.marina.gov.ph/sectoral/RORO_dec2015.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ironwulf.net/2009/02/19/transit-going-to-tawi-tawi/|title=Transit: Going to Tawi-tawi|date=2009-02-19|website=Ironwulf En Route Travel Blog Philippines and Beyond|access-date=2016-08-30}}

File:Aleson Con Carrier 12.jpg

Routes

*for cargoes only

Fleet

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| image1 = MV Trisha Kerstin 2.jpg

| caption1 = MV Trisha Kerstin 2 in Zamboanga International Seaport

| image2 = MV Trisha Kerstin 3 docked at Port of Dapitan.jpg

| caption2 = MV Trisha Kerstin 3 in Port of Dapitan

| image3 = MV Lady Mary Joy 3.jpg

| caption3 = MV Lady Mary Joy 3 in Zamboanga International Seaport

| image4 = Aleson Shuttle Service.jpg

| caption4 = Bus shuttle of Aleson Shipping Lines, carrying passengers from terminal to port and vice versa

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Current (as of March 2025){{Cite web|url=http://marina.gov.ph/infosys/ves2013web.pdf|title=List Of Operating Vessels as of June 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042935/http://marina.gov.ph/infosys/ves2013web.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}

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MV Antonia (current flagship)
MV Antonia 2 (new vessel)
MV Danica Joy 1{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FILSEC/photos/a.1370282156320158.1073741828.1370230432991997/1371395429542164/?type=3&theater/|title=Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of Danica Joy 1|last=|first=|date=|website=www.facebook.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-23}}
MV Danica Joy 2
MV Lady Mary Joy 1
MV Lady Mary Joy 3
MV Kristel Jane 2
MV Kristel Jane 3
MV Kristel Jane 5
MV Anika Gayle
MV Anika Gayle 2
MV Stephanie Marie
MV Stephanie Marie 2
MV Ciara Joie
MV Ciara Joie 2
MV Ciara Joie 3
MV Ciara Joie 5
MV Ciara Joie 7
MV Ciara Joie 8
MV Trisha Kerstin 1{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FILSEC/photos/a.1370282156320158.1073741828.1370230432991997/1380608411954199/?type=3&theater/|title=Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of Trisha Kerstin 2|last=|first=|date=|website=www.facebook.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-23}}
MV Trisha Kerstin 2
MV Trisha Kerstin 3
MV SeaJet{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FILSEC/photos/a.1370282156320158.1073741828.1370230432991997/1422135037801536/?type=3&theater|title=Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV SeaJet|last=|first=|date=|website=www.facebook.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-06}}
MV Nico Bryan
MV Estrella Del Mar
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 1
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 2
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 3
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 5
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 6
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 8
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 9
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 10
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 11
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 12
MV Aleson Con-Carrier 14
Mv Aleson Con-Carrier 15

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Former

MV Danica Joy{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FILSEC/photos/p.1447871911894515/1447871911894515/?type=1&opaqueCursor=AboByDB_oVs7huL3Qd5Ge6hOBKJ-5h3c2FoqA-dKitmyElzWa4mqtFsn_wvIMt0D3_pKQjBryJ2NAcDHHmAro1fYKr0ij784UJn-5cdKm5IOAB_Wz9fL4BihmSv48U0XiREw9fNgqGIoIxHzW4kSqIysEtseh_v4H9O10pZpVMdEZfQYbXAWYAIcoOaQe3ku7kNXYbWFtKfUpdcyZ7rfgZa18mi6Uth_8E9MXrwCfKMFdbEwo3Cb8DoADjIMY_Y7IdIR5JO9SQ48EjVw99VTtn41U4f7mPkxAJHJ0Gh86OWsuGth3yN8p_zx1J7N6tjrcLFJNhavrVWlKHxa49OSZTfV-2JyYf9uBQ-MlNpie5bbkFdB_rI1mR-nDPOzrCAeN1I&theater|title=Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Photo of MV Danica Joy|last=|first=|date=|website=www.facebook.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-23}}
MV Lady Mary Joy 2
MV Estrella Del Mar
MV Aleson

File:Aleson Con Carrier 15.jpg

Notable incidents

On July 14, 2002, MV Aleson Container Carrier 5 collided with Candano Shipping's MV Romeo off Apo Cement Corporation's wharf in Naga, Cebu. MV Aleson's front hull hit the side of MV Romeo which sunk immediately along with 31,250 bags of cement worth {{Philippine peso|3,427,500}}. One person, the skipper of MV Romeo, was found dead in the water by rescuers.{{Cite news |last=Napallacan |first=Jhunnex |date=18 July 2002 |title=Fault finding starts over ship collision |pages=A13 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Fo1AAAAIBAJ&dq=aleson&pg=PA13 |access-date=3 April 2023}}{{Cite web |title=G.R. No. 217311 |url=https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jul2020/gr_217311_2020.html |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=lawphil.net}}
On March 8, 2003, MV Ciara Joie, a ro-ro vessel en route to Iloilo with 87 passengers and 19 crew members, capsized off Bacolod. The ship tilted when a forklift slipped off the gangplank and dropped a container van it was loading. It sank 40 minutes later and spilled 2,000 liters of diesel fuel. There were no casualties, however it was reported that a leg of a ship apprentice was broken during the accident.{{Cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Carla P |last2=Tubeza |first2=Philip C |date=10 March 2003 |title=Boat capsizes, spills 2,000 liters of diesel fuel off Bacolod port |pages=A15 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Vk1AAAAIBAJ&dq=aleson+shipping&pg=PA15 |access-date=3 April 2023}}
On February 18, 2016, MV Lady Mary Joy 1 with 308 passengers and 38 crew members grounded off Pampat Point at Bongao island, Philippines. The ship was en route from Zamboanga City to Bongao, but due to human mistake and strong winds grounded in a rocky shallow. The ship hardly stuck and was unable to refloat by own power, requesting assistance from the local authorities. At the scene of the accident were dispatched several rescue boats, which evacuated all the passengers to the shore. According to preliminary information there are no injured people from the crew and guests on board. The authorities started investigation for the root cause of the accident.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsmaritime.com/2016/ferry-lady-mary-joy-1-with-308-passengers-grounded-off-bongao-island/|title=Ferry Lady Mary Joy 1 with 308 passengers grounded off Bongao island|date=2016-02-20|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-08}}
On September 22, 2016, MV Danica Joy arrived at 4:00 pm from Sandakan. But by around 9:30 pm, she went off-balance while moored at the Zamboanga International Seaport. The ship was carrying 799 passengers, including of which 11 Malaysians and one Australian, and 603 deportees. All passengers were unloaded earlier on, resulting to no casualties.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/09/23/passenger-boat-capsizes-zamboanga-port-499389|title=Passenger boat capsizes at Zamboanga port|website=SunStar|date=2016-09-23|access-date=2016-09-23|archive-date=2016-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924041458/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/09/23/passenger-boat-capsizes-zamboanga-port-499389|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FILSEC/videos/1454972331184473/|title=Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - Video: Filipino Ferry MV Danica Joy Capsized at Zambo Port|last=|first=|date=|website=www.facebook.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FILSEC/videos/1459252980756408/|title=Filsec - Filipino Ship Enthusiast Coalition - MV Danica Joy's incident in summary|last=|first=|date=|website=www.facebook.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-01}}
On March 29, 2023, MV Lady Mary Joy 3 caught fire while plying the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan.{{cite web |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/30/23/at-least-12-dead-after-ship-catches-fire-off-basilan |title=At least 18 dead after ship catches fire off Basilan; coast guard checking for oil spill signs |date=30 March 2023 |website=ABS-CBNNews.com |accessdate=30 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/865489/fire-hits-passenger-vessel-off-basilan/story/ |title=10 reported dead after fire hit passenger vessel off Basilan —PDRRMO |date=30 March 2023 |website=GMA News Online |accessdate=30 March 2023}} It was reported that the ferry was carrying 249 individuals including 205 passengers and nine security personnel;{{cite news |author=Martin Sadongdong |title=3 more bodies recovered after ferry fire; death toll now at 31 |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/4/3-more-bodies-recovered-after-ferry-fire-death-toll-now-at-31 |date=April 5, 2023 |work=Manila Bulletin |access-date=April 13, 2023}} all of the 35 crewmen and four Coast Guard marshalls{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Gomez |title=Death scene in burned ferry moves Filipino rescuers to tears |url=https://apnews.com/article/philippines-ferry-fire-basilan-province-34e1a7799d2be42af9612f46b3d2fe0c |date=March 31, 2023 |work=Associated Press |access-date=April 3, 2023}} were among the 216 survived; 33 others died.{{cite news |title=Basilan ferry fire: Body of last missing passenger found, death toll at 33 |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/13/23/basilan-ferry-fire-last-missing-passenger-found-death-toll-at-33 |date=April 13, 2023 |work=ABS-CBN News |access-date=April 13, 2023}} Although the cause of fire remains unclear, it is most probably an electric short circuit.{{cite news |title=BFP: Electrical short circuit 'most probable cause' of Basilan ferry fire |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/3/bfp-shirt-circuit-most-probable-cause-ferry-fire.html |date=April 3, 2023 |work=CNN Philippines |access-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403161611/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/3/bfp-shirt-circuit-most-probable-cause-ferry-fire.html |url-status=dead }}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://alesonshippinglines.ph/}}

Category:Shipping companies of the Philippines

Category:Transportation in Mindanao

Category:Companies based in Zamboanga City