Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC)

Updated on Dec 21, 2023

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Industry Travel Type of business Shipping Line		Headquarters Cebu, Philippines Areas served Luzon, Visayas

Area served Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao Islands Key people Jordan Go (President/CEO) Don Sulpicio Go (Founder) Omar Villanueva MM. (Marine Consultant/Overall Affairs) Website www.spanasiacarrier.com

Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC), formerly Sulpicio Lines, is a shipping line in the Philippines. The former Sulpicio Lines was suspended by the Maritime Industry Authority of the Government of the Philippines following the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars in 2008. When it renewed operations, the line had changed its corporate name to "Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation".

Sulpicio Lines owned and operated the MV Doña Paz, which was involved in the world's worst maritime disaster during peacetime on December 20, 1987. 4,375 people lost their lives when the ship struck the oil tanker M/T Vector.

As of August 2013, the company's vessels have figured in five major maritime disasters with a total exceeding 5,000 lives lost.

Maritime disasters

Maritime disasters involving PSACC include MV Doña Paz on December 20, 1987, MV Doña Marilyn in 1988, MV Princess of the Orient on September 18, 1998, and MV Princess of the Stars on June 21, 2008. The latter three were caused by the vessels setting sail during violent weather conditions.

PSACC currently holds the world record for the worst peacetime maritime disaster due to the sinking MV Doña Paz which is said to have claimed more than 5,000 lives in the Philippines.

Ports of call

Philippine Span Asia Carrier's main ports of call are the cities of Manila and Cebu. Other ports of call are the cities of Baybay, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Catbalogan, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Maasin, Masbate, Ormoc, Ozamis, Puerto Princesa, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbilaran and Zamboanga. It also include the towns of Calubian, Coron, Estancia, Jagna, Nasipit, Naval and Palompon.

Fleets

PSACC once had passenger RoRo vessels. But because of their bad reputation after series of incidents, PSACC is focusing more to cargo shipping.

Current

Span Asia 1

Span Asia 2

Span Asia 3

Span Asia 5

Span Asia 7

Span Asia 10

Span Asia 11

Span Asia 12

Span Asia 14

Span Asia 15

Span Asia 16

Span Asia 17

Span Asia 18

Span Asia 19

Span Asia 20

Span Asia 21

Span Asia 22

Span Asia 23

Span Asia 24

Span Asia 25

Span Asia 27

Span Asia 29

Former

Philippine Princess (caught fire in 1997, later broken-up)

Cagayan Princess (sold to Roble Shipping Inc. as M/V Theresian Stars)

Cebu Princess (sold to Roble Shipping Inc. as M/V Joyful Stars)

Dipolog Princess (sold to breakers in China)

Cotabato Princess (sold & broken-up in Villono Shipyard)

Iloilo Princess (sunk in Pier 7, sold & broken-up)

Nasipit Princess (sold & broken-up)

Palawan Princess (sold & broken-up)

Tacloban Princess (sold & caught fire, later declared a total loss)

Filipina Princess (sold to breakers in China)

Princess of The Paradise (sold to breakers in China)

Princess of The Caribbean (sold to breakers in China)

Princess of The Ocean (sold to breakers in China)

Princess of The Stars (capsized & sunk near San Fernando, Romblon, later broken up in situ.)

Princess of The Orient (sunk near Batangas during a typhoon in 1998, over 70 died, with almost 80 people missing)

Princess of The Pacific (sold & broken-up)

Princess of New Unity (sold & broken-up sometime in the 2000s)

Princess of the World (caught fire in Zamboanga)

Princess of The Universe (sold to breakers in India)

Princess of The South (sold & broken-up)

Princess of the Earth (Sold to Trans-Asia Shipping as Transasia 10)

References

Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC) Wikipedia

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