RESCUED. All 279 passengers of the grounded MV Filipinas Cebu take the motorized boats on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 9, 2022) for transfer to bigger rescue ships. The roll on- roll off/passenger vessel of the Cokaliong Shipping Lines ran aground off waters of Sitio Maipe, Barangay Igbon, Concepcion, Iloilo on August 8.(Photo courtesy of Jhon Rey Asturias/Concepcion Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office) ILOILO CITY - The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) effective Tuesday suspended the passenger ship safety certificate (PSSC) disallowing travel of MV Filipinas Cebu, a roll on-roll off/passenger vessel of the Cokaliong Shipping Lines bound for Cebu, which ran aground off waters of Sitio Maipe, Barangay Igbon, Concepcion, Iloilo on Aug. 8, 2022. "While the PSSC is suspended, the coast guard will not allow the vessel to travel. The shipping company has to comply with the guidelines before the lifting of the suspension order by the MARINA," said Coast Guard Iloi
STRANDED. M/V Filipinas Cebu owned by the Cokaliong Shipping Lines runs aground off the waters of Concepcion, Iloilo around 11 p.m. of Aug. 8, 2022. All 279 passengers were rescued and transferred to MV Filipinas Nasipit and BRP Panglao as of 4:40 p.m. of Tuesday (Aug. 9, 2022), according to Concepcion Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Jhon Rey Asturias in a phone interview.(PNA photo courtesy of Jhon Rey Asturias) ILOILO CITY - All 279 passengers on board the M/V Filipinas Cebu owned by the Cokaliong Shipping Lines that ran aground off waters of Sitio Miape, Barangay Igbon in Concepcion, Iloilo have been rescued as of 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. Concepcion Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (MDRRM) Officer Jhon Rey Asturias in a phone interview on Tuesday said that 270 passengers were transferred to M/V Filipinas Nasipit bound for Cebu while nine passengers were ferried by the BRP Panglao (FPB-2402) of the Philippine Coast Guard going to Iloilo City. M/V Fi