The Port of Dipolog, originally and formerly known as the Galas Feeder Port (, ), is a seaport in Dipolog, Philippines. It is owned and managed by the City Government of Dipolog.
History The Port of Dipolog started as a landing area for smaller fishing boats or bancas. Later, the city government under the administration of Mayor Roseller Barinaga planned to erect docking platforms, and transform it into a feeder port to accommodate smaller sea vessels that cannot dock at nearby Port of Dapitan which is barely 12 kilometers away.
In 2007, the city government signified its plan to upgrade the feeder port into a passenger port and had made a memorandum of agreement between the city government and Philippine Ports Authority for the port's operation. From that time, there was no shipping company serving the port until in the year 2015. However, in 2018, allegations on the port's operation floated as then-First District Representative Bullet Jalosjos called for the port's immediate closure for it lacked port security forces like the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Philippine National Police Maritime Group.
On January 23, 2019, after four years of operating, the new Passenger Terminal was open to the public. In the same year, the Maritime Industry Authority opened a missionary route between Dipolog and Siaton, Negros Oriental, a municipality south of Dumaguete. On August 27 of 2020, the City Government, with the help of the Philippine Coast Guard, formally opened the Coast Guard Sub-Station situated within the grounds of the port.
Shipping firms and destinations Medallion Transport - Cebu City (company previously operated trips to and from Dumaguete) Lite Ferries - Oslob, Cebu (both direct and via Dumaguete; alternating with Dapitan's port)
Statistics Disembarking Embarking Ref.2015 54,856 28,996 25,860 2016 94,329 48,729 45,600 2017 112,730 60,067 52,663 2018 235,436 123,022 112,414 2019 395,942 195,005 200,937 2020 82,758 38,321 44,437 2021 48,947 25,364 23,583 2022 196,522 94,702 101,820
Incidents On the morning of May 31, 2019, onboard MV Lady of Joy of Medallion Transport, a mother jumped off that vessel with her seven-month-old infant as the ship was approaching Galas Port. Both the mother and the infant were rescued and brought to the nearest hospital for medical treatment.
See also List of ports in the Philippines Dipolog
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