Gothong Lines
- Not to be confused with its sister company, Gothong Southern
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Shipping |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Don Carlos A. Gothong / Don Alfredo Gothong |
| Headquarters | Alfredo Gothong Private Wharf FF Cruz, Pier 7, Reclamation Area, Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines, Mandaue City, Philippines |
Area served | Manila, Cebu, Cagayan, Ozamis, Iligan |
Key people | Benjamin Gothong, President & General Manager |
| Services | Container Shipping |
| Website | http://www.cagothonglines.com/ |
Carlos A. Gothong Lines, popularly known as CAGLI and formerly once known as simply Gothong Lines, is a passenger and cargo ferry company based in Cebu, Philippines. CAGLI was formerly a part of WG&A SuperFerry, a company in January 1996 which served 23 major provincial ports throughout the Philippines, and was the first domestic shipping company in the country to be certified by the International Safety Management Code standard. CAGLI, William Lines and Aboitiz Shipping (Aboitiz Transport System Corporation) formed what is still, today, the biggest merger in the Philippine shipping industry.[1]
History
With a mandate from the patriarch, Don Alfredo D. Gothong, the three siblings Bowen D. Gothong, Ben D. Gothong and Brezilda Gothong Co lead the rebirth of CAGLI with the launching of its first vessel, Butuan Bay 1, on October 3, 2002.
Positioning the company as a low cost operator, the CAGLI President, Ben D. Gothong is helped by the fourth generation Gothongs who are actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the shipping operations and other affiliate businesses. They are Calvin Boniface Lee Gothong, COO of Coco Palms, Clement Bryan Lee Gothong, Technical Superintendent of CAGLI, Cristina Wendy Ong Gothong, COO of GT Ferry, and Jade T. Gothong, COO of PCDC.
Present fleet
Its ships call at the ports of Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Ozamis, Iligan and previously Jagna, Bohol for cargo and Butuan (Nasipit) for passengers.
CAGLI currently operates four ferries:
Former vessel
Terminals
- ADG Terminal Mandaue City, Cebu
- ADG Terminal Cagayan
- ADG Terminal Nasipit[2]
Tug boat assistance
GT Ferry (GTF), a subsidiary of Carlos A. Gothong Lines Inc. provides ship docking services and towing assistance to all types of commercial vessels and barges in the Philippines.
Real Estate Ventures
GT Landev, the lines real estate arm, started with port and warehouse developments in Cebu, Cagayan, Nasipit, Iligan, and Ozamis. Currently it is planning three projects: the 30-storey GT TimeSquare in Cebu, and one project each in Cordova and in Compostela.[4]
Danao Coco Palms Resort is a 20,000 square meter property. [5]
References
- ↑ http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2002/09/26/bus/gothong.launches.ship.html Archived June 7, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://www.cagothonglines.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=52
- ↑ http://www.cagothonglines.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=13&Itemid=21
- ↑ GT Land Development - where Good Things happen-GT Land Development
- ↑ Danao Coco Palms website | Cebu hotel