Lite Shipping launches its brand new MV LiTE Ferry 10

TAGBILARAN CITY -- Lite Shipping Corporation, operating under the brand name Lite Ferries launched on February 28 a new MV LiTE RORO Ferry 10 for the Cebu City - Tagbilaran City - Larena, Siquijor - Plaridel, Misamis Occidental and vice versa route, with MV Lite Ferry 11, Lite Ferries now have daily trip departures in each destination in this route. 

MV LiTE Ferry 10 is a 72-meter-long coast wise Ro-Ro ferry, built in China and completed in 2024.  It has a depth of 4.50 meters, breadth of 16.80 meters and a GRT of 3,390 tons and can accommodate 500 passengers in various accommodations and 20 units of ten-wheeler heavy trucks plus 10 cars.

Vessel runs a service speed of 11 to 12 knots, classed by RINA of Italy and it has all lying bed bunks for passengers with both air-con or tourist rooms and non-air-con for standard accommodation.  

 

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 upon acquisition, the result of the companies re-fleeting program for the past 10 years.

Running true to its tagline “Bridging Islands, Connecting Lives”, Lite Ferries is now connecting the Island of Bohol to the rest of the Philippines.  Operating in 32 destinations, Lite Ferries has been bridging the Visayas and Mindanao areas—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.

Bohol Governor, Erico Aristotle Aumentado, Cong. Zaldy Villa of Siquijor and Mayor Jane Yap of Tagbilaran attended as guests of honor during the Blessing and Inauguration held onboard the vessel at the Port of Tagbilaran City.

Representatives from the maritime industry namely MARINA, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), Cebu Port Authority (CPA) and other local government officials from their respective destinations were also there to celebrate this maritime milestone of connecting Central Visayas.

For more details and information, check out its website: https://liteferries.com.ph/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LiteShippingCorporation/. (Photos: Robby Alugar & Abigail Caruana)