Starhorse Shipping Lines

Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. is a domestic shipping company based in Lucena City, Quezon, Philippines. It was established in 2008 by entrepreneur and politician Victor Reyes, who was a former board member in Quezon Province. It mainly serves the provinces of Marinduque, Masbate, Quezon, and Romblon and is one of the leading domestic shipping companies operating in the Calabarzon, Bicol, Visayas, and Mimaropa regions.

History

Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. (SSLI) was established in 2008 by entrepreneur and Quezon Province provincial board member Victor A. Reyes, who was previously the President of the defunct domestic shipping company Viva Shipping Lines, Inc. in the 1990s. SSLI is now being managed by Victor Reyes' wife, Merian Hernandez-Reyes, following Reyes' death in 2016.

The company acquired two RORO ferries leased from the state-owned DBP Leasing Corporation and operated them initially in the Lucena City-Marinduque route. In the succeeding years, the Maritime Industry Authority eventually allowed the company to operate in other routes aside from the Lucena-Marinduque and Lucena-Marinduque-Romblon route. In 2018, the company commissioned the construction of two new vessels in Mokpo, South Korea, allowing it to operate additional routes such as the San Andres, Quezon-Pasacao, Camarines Sur-San Pascual, Masbate route.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the company was one of several ferry companies that assisted the Philippine government in helping locally stranded individuals return to their provinces.

Routes

As of April 2023, Starhorse Shipping Lines operates on the following routes:

Vessels

Starhorse Shipping Lines operates fourteen RORO vessels (Including the vessels from their sister company, Viva Peñafrancia Lines, as of December 2023. Some of these vessels were leased from DBP Leasing Corporation, while four were built by Moon-chang Shipbuilding Dockyard in Mokpo, South Korea: (NOTE: Not all of the vessels are listed here.)

Virgen de Peñafrancia Series

• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia II (IMO number: 9233715)
• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia V (IMO number: 9183659)
• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VII (IMO number: 9216327)
• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VIII (IMO number: 9880908)
• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia IX (IMO number: 9380659)
• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia X (IMO number: 8798512)
• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XI (IMO number: 9898591)
• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XII (IMO number: 9952529) [Current Largest Vessel]

Viva Series

• MV Viva Sto. Domingo (IMO number: 8793926)
• MV Viva Marian Queen (IMO number: 9916032)

Former Vessels

These are the former vessels of Starhorse Shipping Lines:

• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VII

There was another MVVDPVII that Starhorse Shipping Lines previously operated, and operated on the Lucena-Marinduque Route, which is now currently operated by Montenegro Lines, and now named MV Reina De Luna (IMO number: 40001836)

• MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VIII/Pinoy Roro 1

Before the South Korean Version of MVVDPVIII, This ship was aqcuired by SSLI, and operated on the Lucena-Marinduque Route. Now operated by Jeanalyn Shipping and named to MV Pinoy Roro 1.

References

External links

• Starhorse Shipping Lines on Facebook