Marina promotes PH-designed RoRoBy GENIVI FACTAOhome/Business/Maritime/Marina promotes PH-designed RoRoThe Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has encouraged local shipbuilders to manufacture Filipino designed Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) ships to meet the demands of the domestic shipping industry. Marina Officer in Charge Vice Adm. Narciso Vingson Jr. said Marina sees the necessity to market more the capabilities of the Philippines to manufacture ships. “Starlite’s ship is a Filipino-designed ship, but it was built in Japan, while Archipelago’s ship was built in China,” he explained. It will take time to develop our own steel industry,” he said. Now, we incentivize the local shipbuilding industry, because one of our priority programs is the modernization of domestic shipbuilding,” he added.

Source: Manila Times June 11, 2019 16:17 UTC