Jun Ariolo N. Aguirre
Iloilo City- With the active operation of the Roll-on, Rolff-Off operation or the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH) in the country today, two shipping companies the Negros Navigation and the Montenegro Shipping Lines have forged partnership to provide more efficient inter-island routes in the country's islands.
In a signing of agreement held here recently, the two shipping companies partnered in an effort dubbed as 'Alliance.' The ink pact would give traveling passengers to have direct routes via the Panay-Negros-Cuyo Island- Puerto Princesa in Palawan and vice versa.
"We are combining leadership of Montenegro Lines and Negros Navigation through the 'Alliance' allowing each of us to share (our respective) marketing expertise of NN on long routes and the roro expertise of Montenegro," Jose Manuel Mapa executive vice president of the NN said.
Mapa said, both the NN and the Montenegro have come up with three objectives of the said alliance namely, 1.)Establish a strategic nautical highway Roro transport alliance; 2.) combine the strength of NN and expertise of Montenegro; 3.) and provide efficient and better transport system to both passengers and shippers.
Nestor Velasquez, manager of Montenegro Lines Special Projects, said that the tie-up is a big opportunity for both Iloilo and Palawan's trade. "Velasquez said, it will provide better transportation service for the passengers since using their respective vessel (NN and Montenegro) the travelling time from Iloilo to Palawan will now only be cut short to 22 hour ride compared to other shipping companies that usually takes three days to arrive in Palawan.
Iloilo City- With the active operation of the Roll-on, Rolff-Off operation or the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH) in the country today, two shipping companies the Negros Navigation and the Montenegro Shipping Lines have forged partnership to provide more efficient inter-island routes in the country's islands.
In a signing of agreement held here recently, the two shipping companies partnered in an effort dubbed as 'Alliance.' The ink pact would give traveling passengers to have direct routes via the Panay-Negros-Cuyo Island- Puerto Princesa in Palawan and vice versa.
"We are combining leadership of Montenegro Lines and Negros Navigation through the 'Alliance' allowing each of us to share (our respective) marketing expertise of NN on long routes and the roro expertise of Montenegro," Jose Manuel Mapa executive vice president of the NN said.
Mapa said, both the NN and the Montenegro have come up with three objectives of the said alliance namely, 1.)Establish a strategic nautical highway Roro transport alliance; 2.) combine the strength of NN and expertise of Montenegro; 3.) and provide efficient and better transport system to both passengers and shippers.
Nestor Velasquez, manager of Montenegro Lines Special Projects, said that the tie-up is a big opportunity for both Iloilo and Palawan's trade. "Velasquez said, it will provide better transportation service for the passengers since using their respective vessel (NN and Montenegro) the travelling time from Iloilo to Palawan will now only be cut short to 22 hour ride compared to other shipping companies that usually takes three days to arrive in Palawan.
"This is the start of more cooperative effort between the two shipping companies to link the Philippine archipelago under the nautical highway program of the government," Velasquez added.
In an interview, Jonas Gagajena Panay-area manager of the Negros Navigation said that their company serves as a marketing arm for both NN and Montenegro Lines voyages from Panay-Palawan route and Cuyo Island."
The Alliance is part of the achievement of the NN on its fourthcoming 75th year anniversary in July. We are still finalizing the preparation of our planned activities particularly for Iloilo and Bacolod ports," Gagajena said.
Under the Alliance, the NN aside for serving as a marketing arm of Montenegro their several bureaus in Panay will exclusively sell tickets of Montenegro Lines voyages Iloilo to Palawan and Iloilo to Cebu.
The Montenegro on the other hand, are not obliged to sell the tickets as they will concentrate on their 31-vessels roro operation around the country.For as low as P984 travelers can now take the Iloilo-Puerto Princesa route via Montenegro's M/V Maria Matilde, which departs the Lapuz Pier, Iloilo every Saturday at 10 am.
The NN also sells tickets for Montenegro's Iloilo-Cebu route which departs twice weekly every Monday and Thursday at 6 pm.
While NN's newly-refurbished San Paolo departs Fort San Pedro every Wednesday at 9 am for Coron and Puerto Princesa.
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How much will it cost to ferry a car in Roro from iloilo to palawan?
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