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Starhorse Shipping Lines
Company typePrivate Company
IndustryShipping
Founded2008; 17 years ago (2008) in Lucena, Quezon Province
FounderVictor Reyes
Headquarters
No. 20, San Antonio Street, Lourdes Subdivision, Brgy. Isabang, Lucena, Quezon
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Philippines
Area served
Marinduque, Masbate, Quezon Province and, Romblon in the Philippines
Key people
Merian Reyes
Dominic Reyes
Websitestarhorse.com.ph

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

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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.[1]

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[2][3] and Lucena-Marinduque-Romblon route.[4] 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.[1][5]

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.[6]

In 2025, Starhorse Shipping Lines will back the return of Basilan's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League franchise, renaming them as the Basilan Starhorse.[7]

Routes

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

From To
Lucena, Quezon Province
Mogpog, Marinduque
Gasan, Marinduque
Banton, Romblon
Corcuera, Romblon
San Agustin, Romblon
Romblon, Romblon
Magdiwang, Romblon
Masbate City, Masbate
San Pascual, Masbate
Pasacao, Camarines Sur
San Andres, Quezon
Batangas City, Batangas
Calapan, Oriental Mindoro
Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro
Real, Quezon
Polillo, Quezon

Vessels

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Starhorse Shipping Lines operates fifteen RORO vessels (Including the vessels from their sister company, Viva Peñafrancia Lines) as of October 2024. Some of these vessels were leased from DBP Leasing Corporation, while four were built by Moon-chang Shipbuilding Dockyard in Mokpo, South Korea:[8]

Virgen de Peñafrancia Series

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  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia I
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia II
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia Tres Reyes
  • Starhorse MV Virgen de Peñafrancia II (before her refitting)
    MV Virgen de Peñafrancia V
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VI
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VII
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VIII
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia IX
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia X
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XI
  • Starhorse MV Virgen De Peñafrancia XI
    MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XII
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XV [New Vessel]

Viva Series

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  • MV Viva Sto. Domingo
  • MV Viva Marian Queen
  • MV Viva San Lorenzo Ruiz

Future Vessels

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  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XVI
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XVII

Former Vessels

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These are the former vessels of Starhorse Shipping Lines:

  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VII/Reina De Luna
  • MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VIII/Pinoy Roro 1

References

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  1. ^ a b Samonte, Mauro (15 February 2020). "Extortion on the waterfront". The Manila Times. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Mga Biyahe ng Barko sa Marinduque, Tingnan". marinduquenews.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ Sto. Domingo, Adrian (29 November 2018). "Tagalog News: Starhorse Shipping Lines, magtataas ng pasahe simula Disyembre 10". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Fos, Paul Jaysent (19 April 2017). "Bagong barko ikokonekta na ang Romblon, Sibuyan, San Agustin, Banton, Marinduque, Lucena". romblonnews.net. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ Estacio, Danny (12 February 2020). "No one hurt after an IED exploded after being hurled at RORO vessel in Masbate town". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ Maritime Industry Authority (11 July 2020). "MARINA facilitates sea transport of LSIs back to their hometowns". marina.gov.ph. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ "MPBL cancels preseason tourney". Philstar.com. 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  8. ^ "Annyeonghaseyo! Quezon Board Member Dominic Reyes flies to Korea to see two new ferries for Southern Luzon". southluzon.politics.com.ph. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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