Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. is a domestic shipping company based in Lucena City, Quezon, Philippines. It was established in 2008 by entrepreneur and politician Victor Reyes, who was a former board member in Quezon Province. It mainly serves the provinces of Marinduque, Masbate, Quezon, and Romblon and is one of the leading domestic shipping companies operating in the Calabarzon, Bicol, Visayas, and Mimaropa regions.
History
Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. (SSLI) was established in 2008 by entrepreneur and Quezon Province provincial board member Victor A. Reyes, who was previously the President of the defunct domestic shipping company Viva Shipping Lines, Inc. in the 1990s. SSLI is now being managed by Victor Reyes' wife, Merian Hernandez-Reyes, following Reyes' death in 2016.[1]
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the company was one of several ferry companies that assisted the Philippine government in helping locally stranded individuals return to their provinces.[6]
Starhorse Shipping Lines operates fifteen RORO vessels (Including the vessels from their sister company, Viva Peñafrancia Lines) as of October 2024. Some of these vessels were leased from DBP Leasing Corporation, while four were built by Moon-chang Shipbuilding Dockyard in Mokpo, South Korea:[8]
Virgen de Peñafrancia Series
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia I
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia II
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia Tres Reyes
Starhorse MV Virgen de Peñafrancia II (before her refitting) MV Virgen de Peñafrancia V
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VI
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VII
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia VIII
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia IX
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia X
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XI
Starhorse MV Virgen De Peñafrancia XIMV Virgen de Peñafrancia XII
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XV [New Vessel]
Viva Series
MV Viva Sto. Domingo
MV Viva Marian Queen
MV Viva San Lorenzo Ruiz
Future Vessels
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XVI
MV Virgen de Peñafrancia XVII
Former Vessels
These are the former vessels of Starhorse Shipping Lines:
