11TH NEW VESSEL FOR CHELSEA
This marks Chelsea Group’s 11th brand new RoPax made in Japan
Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp. (Chelsea) kicked off 2020 with the launch of a brand-new RoRo (roll-on, roll-off) passenger (RoPax) vessel at Kegoya Dock Co. Ltd’s Japan shipyard last 15 January.
Measuring 97.78-meter in length, and with a carrying capacity of 740 passengers, 22 buses and 6 trucks, M/V Starlite Venus is scheduled to be delivered in April 2020.
This marks Chelsea Group’s 11th brand new RoPax made in Japan. Present at the launching ceremony were Chelsea Logistics president and CEO Chryss Alfonsus Damuy, Chelsea Logistics chief finance officer Ignacia Braga IV, Chelsea Logistics Board Consultant Arsenio Benjamin Santos, and
Kegoya Dock Co.
Ltd. president Masayoshi Kurushima.
“We are thrilled to start the year with the launch of M/V Starlite Venus. Every time we launch a brand-new vessel, we feel a sense of confidence on our business model and our commitment to provide better maritime transport for all Filipinos. We thank our long-time partner, Kegoya Dock, for this launching ceremony and for making our modernization program possible. We are certain that our close working relations with them will help Chelsea fulfill its domestic commitments and regional aspirations,” Damuy said.
Fleet grows to 74
The newest passenger ferry ship brings Chelsea’s fleet to a total of 74 vessels, consisting of 22 roll-on/roll-of f passenger vessels, 11 fastcrafts, nine cargo ships, 16 tankers, 13 tugboats, and two floating docks through its subsidiaries Chelsea Shipping Corp., Starlite Ferries, Inc., Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, Incorporated, and Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation. Chelsea is the fastest growing shipping and logistics company in the Philippines. It was established on 26
August 2016, It was created as the holding company of the shipping and logistics arm business segments of the Udenna Group of Companies.
Every time we launch a brand-new vessel, we feel a sense of confidence on our business model.
We are certain that our close working relations with them will help Chelsea fulfill its domestic commitments and regional aspirations.
On 8 August 2017, the company went public and its shares of stock were initially listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange.
The company is engaged in shipping and logistics businesses with key segments divided into: charter, passage, freight, tugboat services and logistics services.