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MARINA suspends passenger ship safety certificate of ill-fated ferry

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Fire guts MV Esparanza" s="" stern="" off="" Panglao="" Bohol="" on="" June="" Philippine="" Coast="" Guard="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/06/18/20230618-mv-esperanza.jpg"/><figcaption>Fire guts MV Esparanza&#x27;s stern off Panglao Island, Bohol on June 18, 2023. <em>Philippine Coast Guard/Facebook</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has suspended the passenger ship safety certificate (PSSC) of a ferry that caught fire off Bohol over the weekend.</p><p>The MV Esperanza Star caught fire off Doljo Point in the Bohol Sea early Sunday morning.</p><p>In a statement, MARINA said the incident has put in question the ship&#x27;s seaworthiness.</p><p>&quot;The suspension... shall remain effective and may be restored/ reinstated after a satisfactory result of MARINA survey and/or evaluation of all available data surrounding the incident,&quot; the statement added.</p><p>At least 127 people were rescued after the ship caught fire as it traveled from Iligan City to Tagbilaran in Bohol.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/18/23/at-least-127-rescued-as-fire-guts-ferry-off-bohol">At least 127 rescued as fire guts ferry off Bohol</a></li></ul><p>Authorities are still looking into the cause of the fire. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2686409" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

MARINA has suspended the passenger ship safety certificate (PSSC) of a ferry that caught fire off Bohol over the weekend.