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• Sulpicio Lines is a Philippine ferry company based in Manila. The company owned the MV Princess of the Stars ferry that capsized in the Philippines during Typhoon Fengshen.

• Fast Facts

  1. 1973: Sulpicio Lines foundedOfficial Site: Sulpicio Lines
  2. Founder: Don Sulpicio GoOfficial Site: Sulpicio Lines
  3. Company is family-ownedOfficial Site: Sulpicio Lines
  4. Fleet: 16 passenger/cargo vessels, 16 cargo and container vessels, 3 tugboats and 5 bargesOfficial Site: Sulpicio Lines
  5. Sulpicio Lines serves nearly every port in the PhilippinesOfficial Site: Sulpicio Lines
  6. 2,500 employeesOfficial Site: Sulpicio Lines
  7. Fleet suspended after MV Princess of the Stars ferry capsized on June 21, 2008Bloomberg.com: Philippines Suspends Ferry Company After Ship Sinks (June 23, 2008)
  8. Princess of the Stars was Sulpicio's fifth sea disaster since 1987The Age: Ferry Firm Selling Tickets Despite Ban (June 23, 2008)
  9. Sulpicio Lines owned the Dona Paz ferryReuters: Deadliest Ferry Disasters in the Philippines (June 23, 2008)
  10. 1987: Dona Paz collided with an oil tanker, killing nearly 4,400 peopleReuters: Deadliest Ferry Disasters in the Philippines (June 23, 2008)
  11. Dona Paz considered the world's worst peacetime shipping disasterReuters: Deadliest Ferry Disasters in the Philippines (June 23, 2008)

• MV Princess of the Stars

  On June 21, 2008, the Sulpicio Lines' ferry MV Princess of the Stars capsized in high seas from Typhoon Fengshen. At the time, more than 800 passengers were on board. As of June 23, 2008, only 38 people had been rescued.The New York Times: Hopes Fading for Philippine Ferry Survivors (June 24, 2008)

  Philippine President Gloria Arroyo harshly criticized Sulpicio Lines and the country's coast guard for letting the ferry depart during bad weather.The Associated Press: 700 Missing After Philippines Typhoon... (June 22, 2008)

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  MV Princess of the Stars | Typhoon Capsizes Philippines Ferry | Fengshen Typhoon

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