Qualla: SuperFerry 9 https://qualla.com/superferry-9 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: SuperFerry 9 https://qualla.com/superferry-9 SuperFerry 9: Introduction https://qualla.com/superferry-9/ The warning signs were already in the logbook. In April 2006, repeated engine problems stranded SuperFerry 9's passengers for a day and a half at sea. In February 2007, engine failure left her dead in the water off Negros Island, and the Maritime Industry Authority revoked her safety certificate. In May 2009, engine trouble again stranded 900 passengers off Camiguin. Four months after that last incident, on September 6, 2009, the ferry capsized off the southwest coast of the Zamboanga Peninsula with 971 people on board. Ten of them died. The rest survived because of a rescue effort that was heroic -- and because luck held where mechanical reliability had not.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/q/d/superferry-9-wp/w9qd-superferry-9-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full SuperFerry 9: A Ship of Many Names https://qualla.com/superferry-9/ SuperFerry 9 was born in Japan in 1986 as the Ariake, built at the Usuki Iron Works Saiki Factory for Ooshima Transportation Company. She ran the Tokyo to Naha route through Amami Island until 1995, when she was retired and sold to William Lines Incorporated in the Philippines. R...

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