New RORO route strengthens Bacolod-Iloilo trade link

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BACOLOD CITY – A new Bacolod-Dumangas roll-on/roll-off (RORO) service is launched here Saturday, adding capacity for trucks carrying food, fuel, cement and o...

PORT CALL. Aznar Shipping Corp. president and chief executive officer Kyle Alexander Aznar (left) and the captain of the MV Manoling 7 during a media tour of the vessel’s bridge in Bacolod City on Saturday (Nov. 14, 2026). The roll-on/roll-off vessel carries trucks and goods between Bacolod City and Dumangas, Iloilo. (PNA photo by Ma. Teresa Montemayor)

BACOLOD CITY – A new Bacolod-Dumangas roll-on/roll-off (RORO) service is launched here Saturday, adding capacity for trucks carrying food, fuel, cement and other goods between Negros and Panay.

Aznar Shipping Corp. deployed the 2,337-gross-ton MV Manoling 7 on the 16-nautical-mile route between Bredco Port in Bacolod City and the Port of Dumangas in Iloilo.

“Our Bacolod-Dumangas service expands Aznar Shipping’s presence into an important trade corridor connecting Negros and Panay Islands," Aznar Shipping president and chief executive officer Kyle Alexander Aznar said during a press briefing.

"By deploying Manoling 7 on this route, we are bringing additional capacity to support the movement of vehicles and goods between two of Western Visayas’ major economic centers."

The China-built vessel began operating on Oct. 19 under a soft launch.

It makes four trips daily, with two departures from each port, and can carry about 30 to 35 trucks measuring 10 meters each.

Aznar said early demand was promising and that the service was operating at around its 80-percent capacity target after cargo volumes fluctuated in the first few days.

The new service grew out of demand from customers on Aznar's Tabuelan–Escalante route between Cebu and Negros.

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