MV Lady Mary Joy 3 is a passenger ferry owned and operated by Aleson Shipping Lines.

By the time she was commissioned for Aleson Shipping Lines, she became the regular ferry for Zamboanga City to Jolo, Sulu.

[4][5] On March 29, 2023, MV Lady Mary Joy 3 caught fire off Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan while traveling to Jolo, Sulu from Zamboanga City.

[7][8] The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on April 5 that the ferry was carrying a total of 249 individuals;[note 1] 216 of them survived.

[note 3] Search, rescue, and retrieval operations became difficult due to an inaccurate manifest;[6] as well as identification of the burned remains of the reported fatalities.