Port of Dipolog

The Dipolog City Port, originally and formerly known as the Galas Feeder Port (Filipino: Daungan ng Galas, Cebuano: Pantalan sa Galas), is a seaport in Dipolog City, Philippines. It is owned and managed by the City Government of Dipolog.[2][3]

Dipolog City Port
Galas Feeder Port
Location
CountryPhilippines
LocationMindanao Sea, Mindanao island, the Philippines
Coordinates8°33′35″N 123°19′41″E
UN/LOCODEPHDPL[1]
Details
Opened2015
Owned byCity Government of Dipolog
Type of harborNatural/Artificial
Wharfs2
Piers2
Statistics
Passenger traffic395,942 (2019)

History

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.[4]

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 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.[4]

On January 23, 2019, after four years of operating, the new Passenger Terminal was open to the public.[5] In the same year, the Maritime Industry Authority opened a missionary route between Dipolog and Siaton, Negros Oriental, a municipality south of Dumaguete.[6][7][8]

Shipping firms and destinations

Statistics
Passenger Statistics
Year
Total
DisembarkingEmbarkingRef.
201554,85628,99625,860[13]
201694,32948,72945,600[14]
2017112,73060,06752,663[15]
2018235,436123,022112,414[16]
2019395,942195,005200,937[17]

Incidents
  • 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.[18][19][20]

See also

References
  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. Bacroya, Mark (31 August 2020). "Sub-Station sa Philippine Coast Guard sa Dipolog Port gitunol ni Mayor Uy". RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog (in Cebuano). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. Laput, Gualberto (24 May 2018). "Dipolog City port 'operating illegally'". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. Bacroya, Mark (25 January 2019). "Pantalan sa Galas , pormal na nga gibuksan ang Passenger terminal nga dugay nang giyangungo sa mga pasahero". RMN DXDR-AM 981 Dipolog (in Cebuano). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. Orellana, Faye (19 February 2019). "Marina urges ship operators to service 'missionary routes'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. de Guzman, Robie (12 March 2019). "8 more RoRo routes to open this year". UNTV News and Rescue. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. Marasigan, Lorenz S. (21 February 2019). "In reviving missionary RoRo routes, government to boost rural development". BusinessMirror. 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". 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 City 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". 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. Diestro, Dynah (1 June 2019). "Babaeng tangan ang anak, nasagip nang tumalon sa barko sa Dipolog". ABS-CBN News (in Tagalog). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  19. Udtohan, Leo (1 June 2019). "Mother with infant child jumps from passenger vessel". GMA News Online. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  20. 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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