ATTY. BRENDA PIMENTEL
For the most part of my career which I spent navigating the maritime field with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on many occasions I boarded ships of different sizes and types, from small fishing vessels to cargo ships and dredgers, from passenger ferries to hovercrafts. The ships I took crossing the English Channel from Zeebrugee, Belgium to Felixstowe, United Kingdom and also from Calais, France to the UK were, I thought, the best I will ever experience in my entire life. I knew then that in my beloved Philippines we might never have such exceptional inter-island ferry service.