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Port of Dipolog

The Port of Dipolog, originally and formerly known as the Galas Feeder Port (Filipino: Daungan ng Galas, Cebuano: Pantalan sa Galas), is a seaport in Dipolog, Philippines. It is owned and managed by the City Government of Dipolog.[2]

Port of Dipolog
Galas Feeder Port
Terminal wharf in 2019.
Map
Location
CountryPhilippines
LocationMindanao Sea, Mindanao island, the Philippines
Coordinates8°33′35″N 123°19′41″E / 8.55972°N 123.32806°E / 8.55972; 123.32806
UN/LOCODEPHDPL[1]
Details
Opened2015
Operated byPhilippine Ports Authority
City Government of Dipolog
Owned byCity Government of Dipolog
Type of harbourNatural/Artificial
No. of wharfs2
No. of piers2
Statistics
Vessel arrivals94,702 (2022)
Passenger traffic196,522 (2022)

History

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The Port of Dipolog started as a landing area for smaller fishing boats or bancas. Later, the city government under the administration of Mayor Roseller Barinaga planned to erect docking platforms, and transform it into a feeder port to accommodate smaller sea vessels that cannot dock at nearby Port of Dapitan which is barely 12 kilometers away.[3]

In 2007, the city government signified its plan to upgrade the feeder port into a passenger port and had made a memorandum of agreement between the city government and Philippine Ports Authority for the port's operation. From that time, there was no shipping company serving the port until in the year 2015. However, in 2018, allegations on the port's operation floated as then-First District Representative Bullet Jalosjos called for the port's immediate closure for it lacked port security forces like the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Philippine National Police Maritime Group.[3]

On January 23, 2019, after four years of operating, the new Passenger Terminal was open to the public.[4] In the same year, the Maritime Industry Authority opened a missionary route between Dipolog and Siaton, Negros Oriental, a municipality south of Dumaguete.[5][6][7] On August 27 of 2020, the City Government, with the help of the Philippine Coast Guard, formally opened the Coast Guard Sub-Station situated within the grounds of the port.[8]

Shipping firms and destinations

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Statistics

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Passenger Statistics
Year
Total
Disembarking Embarking Ref.
2015 54,856 28,996 25,860 [13]
2016 94,329 48,729 45,600 [14]
2017 112,730 60,067 52,663 [15]
2018 235,436 123,022 112,414 [16]
2019 395,942 195,005 200,937 [17]
2020 82,758 38,321 44,437 [18]
2021 48,947 25,364 23,583 [19]
2022 196,522 94,702 101,820 [20]

Incidents

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  • On the morning of May 31, 2019, onboard MV Lady of Joy of Medallion Transport, a mother jumped off that vessel with her seven-month-old infant as the ship was approaching Galas Port. Both the mother and the infant were rescued and brought to the nearest hospital for medical treatment.[21][22][23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (PH) - PHILIPPINES". service.unece.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "List of Ports covered in PPA Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b Laput, Gualberto (24 May 2018). "Dipolog City port 'operating illegally'". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ Bacroya, Mark (25 January 2019). "Pantalan sa Galas , pormal na nga gibuksan ang Passenger terminal nga dugay nang giyangungo sa mga pasahero" [Galas Port, has formally opened the Passenger terminal which has long been crowded with passengers.]. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog (in Cebuano). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ Orellana, Faye (19 February 2019). "Marina urges ship operators to service 'missionary routes'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. ^ de Guzman, Robie (12 March 2019). "8 more RoRo routes to open this year". UNTV News and Rescue. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ^ Marasigan, Lorenz S. (21 February 2019). "In reviving missionary RoRo routes, government to boost rural development". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. ^ Bacroya, Mark (31 August 2020). "Sub-Station sa Philippine Coast Guard sa Dipolog Port gitunol ni Mayor Uy" [Sub-Station of the Philippine Coast Guard in Dipolog Port was handed over by Mayor Uy]. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog (in Cebuano). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. ^ Bacroya, Mark (10 December 2018). "Medallion transport Inc. mo byahe na Dipolog-Dumaguete & VV". RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog (in Cebuano). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  10. ^ Bacroya, Mark (13 December 2018). "Medallion transport Inc. nagsugod na ug byahe kagahapon para sa Dipolog-Dumaguete & VV" [Medallion Transport Inc. started a trip yesterday for Dipolog-Dumaguete & VV]. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog (in Cebuano). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  11. ^ Sino-Cruz, Irene R. (18 November 2019). "Lite Shipping's newest vessel to serve pioneering Oslob-Dipolog route". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  12. ^ Bacroya, Mark (3 October 2017). "Lite Shipping Corporation gitugutang maka-operate sa Galas Feeder Port sa Dipolog" [Lite Shipping Corporation was allowed to operate the Galas Feeder Port in Dipolog]. RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog (in Cebuano). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  13. ^ "2015 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  14. ^ "2016 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  15. ^ "2017 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  16. ^ "2018 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  17. ^ "2019 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  18. ^ "2020 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  19. ^ "2021 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  20. ^ "2022 Passenger Statistics" (PDF). Philippine Ports Authority. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  21. ^ Diestro, Dynah (1 June 2019). "Babaeng tangan ang anak, nasagip nang tumalon sa barko sa Dipolog" [A woman carrying a child, was rescued when she jumped on a ship in Dipolog]. ABS-CBN News (in Tagalog). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  22. ^ Udtohan, Leo (1 June 2019). "Mother with infant child jumps from passenger vessel". GMA News Online. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  23. ^ Letigio, Delta Dyrecka (31 May 2019). "Mom carrying her baby jumps overboard ship; both rescued at sea off Dipolog". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 16 November 2020.


 

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