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ferry transport issues

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on ferry transport issues.

  1. CLEANER water transport The Department of Transportation and the Maritime Industry Authority are moving to pilot-test electric ferries, like this Norway-flagged ferry in the photo, for the Iloilo-Bacolod route, and hybrid vessels for Batangas-Calapan to lower carbon emissions and operational costs.

    $10-M price gap tests electric ferry shift

    MARINA Overseas Shipping Service Director II Ramon Hernandez said shifting to electric propulsion could help address the industry’s exposure to high fuel costs…

  2. Captain of ferry that sank arrested

    Captain of ferry that sank arrested

    Indonesian police arrested the captain of a passenger ferry that sank in the Java Sea in September, killing nearly 80 people. Search teams have recovered 108…

  3. Things are not ‘normal’

    Things are not ‘normal’

    Would it not be better if the Palace just laid out to the public the realities of what we are currently facing and will continue to experience in the next few…

  4. Tunnel vision

    Tunnel vision

    That’s the mindset. The ocean is dangerous, so we’re going to drive under it.