US EditionPhilippines grounds company’s fleet of passenger ships after at least 18 die in ferry sinking
The Philippine government ordered inspections after the ferry owner’s 32 safety incidents since 2019, following a sinking that killed 18 and left 10 missing.
- On Jan 27, Philippine officials grounded the entire passenger fleet of Aleson Shipping Lines after the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 sank, killing at least 18 people.
- Transport Secretary Giovanni Lopez said Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc.'s passenger fleet will stay at port pending an investigation, while the maritime regulator and Philippine Coast Guard conduct a 10-day safety audit.
- Rescue teams pulled at least 316 survivors from the sea; the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 had 317 passengers and 27 crew aboard, with ten people, mostly crew and the captain, still missing.
- A search led by the coast guard and the navy continued in waters with an oil sheen, deploying divers and an ROV to check wreckage 76 meters deep, while other ferry companies may deploy vessels and the coast guard could offer free rides.
- Lopez highlighted Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc.’s 32 safety incidents since 2019 and warned, `If it turns out the shipowners were deficient, they will expect the full force of the law`.
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DoTr orders Aleson Shipping Lines to suspend passenger operations - BusinessWorld Online
THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) has ordered Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc. to suspend all passenger operations following the sinking of one of its vessels. “We are grounding the entire fleet of Aleson Shipping Lines, and I am asking MARINA (Maritime Industry Authority) to conduct a maritime safety audit, together with the Philippine Coast Guard,” Transportation Acting Secretary Giovanni Z. Lopez said in a statement on Tuesday. The order aim…
Manila grounds entire passenger fleet of Aleson Shipping Lines, owner of sunken M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 - Anadolu Ajansı
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Philippines grounds ferry operator's fleet after deadly sinking
MANILA: The Philippines said it had grounded the passenger fleet of a local shipping line on Tuesday (Jan 27) pending an investigation, as rescuers scoured the ocean for survivors of a ferry sinking
DOTr grounds entire Aleson passenger fleet as ferry probe begins
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez on Tuesday, January 27, ordered the grounding of the entire passenger fleet of Zamboanga City-based Aleson Shipping Lines as investigators probe the sinking of one of its vessels, M/V Trisha Kirstin 3, off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan, a day earlier. The move followed Lopez’s discovery that Aleson had allegedly been involved in 32 maritime incidents over a seven-year per…
Philippines grounds company’s fleet of passenger ships after at least 18 die in ferry sinking
Philippine officials have grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in the south and left at least 18 people dead,...
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Philippines grounds company's fleet of passenger ships after at least 18 die in ferry sinking
Philippine officials have grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in the south and left at least 18 people dead, with more than 300 others rescued.
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