Lite Shipping Corporation, operating under the brand name Lite Ferries or “Ang
Barkong Bol-anon”, has launched its latest brand new vessel, M/V Lite Ferry Seven
on April 22, 2023.
The blessing and inauguration was held onboard the vessel at the Port of Tagbilaran
City with Senator Raffy T. Tulfo as guest of honor.
MV Lite Ferry Seven was built in China and completed in 2022. This 72-meter long
coastwise Ro-Ro ferry has a GRT of 2,450 tons that can accommodate 300
passengers, 18 ten-wheeler trucks and 10 cars. It is classed by RINA of Italy and it
has standard and tourist class accommodations with above MARINA standards on
passage ways and bed bunks accommodation.
The launch, as expected, was a grand event, with many attendees, including
representatives from the maritime industry led by Marina Administrator Atty. Hernani
N. Fabia and local government officials, including Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle
Aumentado and Tagbilaran City Mayor Jane Yap.
Lite Ferries operates one of the youngest fleets in the country, with almost half of the
fleet acquired brand new and one-fourth of the fleet below 20 years of age upon
acquisition. This was the result of the company’s re-fleeting program the past 10
years.
Lite Ferries is now connecting the island of Bohol to the rest of the country.
Operating in 32 destinations, Lite Ferries has been bridging the provinces of
Sorsogon, Samar, Northern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, Negros
Oriental, Negros Occidental, Siquijor, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Norte, Misamis
Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Norte as part of the Strong
Republic Nautical Highway.
Marina granted the vessel pioneering status in the routes of Oslob, Cebu to Dapitan
City and Dipolog City.
The company is a proud member of the Philippine Coastwise Shipping Association,
Inc.