About Company
About Harbor Star
”The Integrated Maritime Service Provider of choice. Our reliability was founded on safety and forged by experience. “
Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. is the leading integrated maritime service provider in the Philippines. Its service lines include harbor assistance, lighterage, towage, ship salvage, ship management, diving, underwater marine works, and other diversified services.
The Company operates and manages more than sixty (60) tugboats, barges, and other specialized vessels throughout the Philippines and South East Asia.
Harbor Star recently expanded its business activities to include energy and construction.
History
Harbor Star is a leading Philippines-based provider of tug assistance services, ship salvage, wreck removal, firefighting, oil spill abatement, recovery, handling hazardous chemicals, deep-sea towing, diving, and underwater services.
The Company was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (*SEC”) on July 5, 1988, under the name “Seatows, Inc.” The name was amended ten years later to its present name on December 14, 1998, and led by its President Mr. Geronimo P. Bella, Jr.
It has geared its energy towards the acquisition of modern and higher-powered tugs, manned by crews with wealthy sea-faring experience in order to provide prompt, safe, and speedy services to the utmost satisfaction of its customers. Harbor Star is a leader of change and is constantly shining its way to becoming the industry leader.
In 2015, the company expanded its services and expertise to engage in General Engineering and Construction Works including but not limited to Engineering Design, Investigation, and Structural Assessments, into major building and infrastructure constructions and development, and has catered structure rehabilitation, recoveree maintenance, underwater survey, recording and structure repairs. Further engaged in power plant construction and turnkey packages, government road, port, and even land and on-shore development projects.
