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Marcos touts promise of PHL yards building ‘green’ vessels
Business World Philippines
|January 16, 2026
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said the shipbuilding industry is positioning itself to take part in the shift to low-carbon maritime transport after helping launch a methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier in Cebu.
Speaking on Thursday at the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries, Inc. yard in Balamban, Cebu, Mr. Marcos said the delivery of the 81,200-deadweight-ton vessel underscores the Philippines’ readiness to compete in greener shipbuilding as global emissions rules tighten.
The vessel conforms to the Kamsarmax standard, making it suitable to call at many shallow ports such as the Port of Kansas in Guinea.
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