2GO
2GO
Industry | Shipping |
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Predecessor |
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Founded | 2012 (2012) |
Headquarters | Pasay, Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
Key people |
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Parent | 2GO Group |
Website | travel.2go.com.ph [44] |
2GO Travel kiosk in an Iloilo City mall
2GO, formally 2GO Travel, is a passenger ferry company which is based in Manila, Philippines and part of 2GO Group, a listed company owned by the Chinese government through the China-Asean Investment Cooperation Fund.[1][2][3] It is the largest ferry company in the Philippines with its main hub located in Pier 4 at the Manila North Harbor.[4]
Until 2012, 2GO was known as Negros Navigation. It changed its name following a significant realignment of ferry transportation in the Philippines in which long-standing companies SuperFerry, Cebu Ferries and SuperCat merged into SuperFerry, under the Aboitiz Transport System. SuperFerry was purchased by Negros Navigation, in December 2010, for US$105 million.[4] At the same time, a unit of China-Asean Investment Cooperation Fund, a Netherlands-based, private equity firm wholly owned by the Chinese government, took a controlling stake in Negros Navigation through an equity infusion.[1][3][4] Because Negros Navigation was a privately held firm the exact amount invested by the Fund was not disclosed.[2]
2GO has one of the most modern shipping fleets in the Philippines and operates the largest fleet of inter-island vessels in the country,[5] having a total fleet of 27 operating vessels of which 23 are company-owned.[6] It has a total passenger capacity of 7,450,162 passengers and an aggregate cargo capacity of 338,305 twenty-foot equivalent units.[6]
Dennis A. Uy is the chairman of 2GO Group, replacing Sulficio O. Tagud, Jr.[7]
Industry | Shipping |
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Predecessor |
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Founded | 2012 (2012) |
Headquarters | Pasay, Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
Key people |
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Parent | 2GO Group |
Website | travel.2go.com.ph [44] |
Destinations
The following ports of call are served by 2GO Travel:
Luzon Manila, Metro Manila Batangas City, Batangas Romblon, Romblon Odiongan, Romblon Puerto Princesa, Palawan Coron, Palawan
Visayas Bacolod City, Negros Occidental Caticlan, Malay, Aklan (Gateway to Boracay) Cebu City, Cebu Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Iloilo City, Iloilo Ormoc City, Leyte Roxas City, Capiz Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Mindanao Butuan City, Agusan del Norte (via Nasipit) Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Davao City, Davao del Sur Iligan City, Lanao del Norte Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental Surigao City, Surigao del Norte Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte
Fleet
2GO Travel inter-island ferry, Port of Iloilo, Iloilo Strait, Iloilo City
Fast craft ferries, from 2GO Travel and OceanJet, to Bacolod on Iloilo River in Iloilo City.
2GO Travel catamaran ferry to Bacolod on Iloilo River in Iloilo City
2GO acquired vessels from all four known shipping companies/brands: SuperFerry, SuperCat, Negros Navigation and Cebu Ferries. The vessels carry names derived from Roman Catholic saints and carries the 2GO Travel brand.
Current fleet
SuperFerry-acquired fleet
Routes: Manila - Cebu - Cagayan de Oro, Manila - Cebu - Nasipit, Manila - Cebu - Iligan - Ozamiz
Routes: Manila - Cebu - Cagayan de Oro, Manila - Cebu - Iligan - Ozamiz
St. Therese of the Child Jesus (IMO number: 8800755 [47] ) (formerly SuperFerry 16, reacquired in 2015)
Route: Manila - Iloilo - Bacolod - Cagayan de Oro
Negros Navigation-acquired fleet
St. Michael the Archangel (IMO number: 9000455 [48] ) (former flagship of Negros Navigation)
Routes: Manila - Iloilo - Bacolod, Manila - Dumaguete - Dipolog - Zamboanga
Cebu Ferries-acquired fleet
M/V St. Augustine of Hippo cruising Romblon Bay
St. Augustine of Hippo (IMO number: 8815530 [49] ) (formerly Cebu Ferry 1)
Routes: Batangas - Romblon - Roxas, Batangas - Odiongan - Caticlan
St. Anthony de Padua (IMO number: 8515128 [50] ) (formerly Cebu Ferry 2)
Routes: Batangas - Romblon - Roxas, Batangas - Odiongan - Caticlan
St. Ignatius of Loyola (IMO number: 8805157 [51] ) (formerly Cebu Ferry 3)
Routes: Batangas - Romblon - Roxas, Batangas - Odiongan - Caticlan
Other vessels of 2GO
Other vessels that were acquired by 2GO:
Routes: Manila - Cebu - Nasipit, Manila - Coron - Puerto Princessa
St. Sariel (IMO number: 9822918 [53] )
Route: Cebu - Ormoc
St. Camael (IMO number: 9822920 [54] )
Route: Cebu - Tagbilaran
St. Micah
Route: Batangas - Calapan
Cargo vessels
SuperCat-acquired vessels
SuperCat operated the following vessels that are now part of the 2GO fleet:
St. Nuriel (IMO number: 9227089 [60] ) (formerly SuperCat 22 and M/V Mt. Samat Ferry 3)
Route: Batangas - Calapan
St. Sealthiel (IMO number: 9227091 [61] ) (formerly SuperCat 25 and M/V Mt. Samat Ferry 5)
Route: Batangas - Calapan
St. Emmanuel (IMO number: 8745589 [62] ) (formerly SuperCat 26)
Route: Bacolod - Iloilo
St. Jhudiel (IMO number: 8415160 [63] ) (formerly SuperCat 30)
Route: Cebu - Ormoc
St. Braquiel (IMO number: 9135705 [64] ) (formerly SuperCat 32)
Route: Bacolod - Iloilo
Former Vessels of 2GO
Ship/(s) that was part of 2GO fleets that were retired, sunk, or sold.
St. Rita de Casia[13] (formerly Superferry 1, sold to an Indonesian shipping company, renamed as KM Mutiara Persada 1)
St. Gregory the Great (formerly SuperFerry 20, sold and broken-up)
St. Joan of Arc[14] (formerly SuperFerry 5, sold and broken-up)
St. Thomas Aquinas[15] (formerly Superferry 2, sank on August 16, 2013 off Cebu Strait near Talisay City, Cebu after colliding with MV Sulpicio Express Siete, a cargo vessel of Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation.)
St. Joseph the Worker [16] (former fleet of Negros Navigation, sold to breakers)
St. Peter the Apostle[17] (former fleet of Negros Navigation, sold to breakers)
St. Uriel (formerly SuperCat 23, sold and broken-up)
Incidents
MV St. Thomas Aquinas
On August 16, 2013, at 9 pm as it approached Cebu City's harbor, the MV St. Thomas Aquinas, formerly SuperFerry 2[18] collided with the cargo ship Sulpicio Express Siete of Sulpicio Lines and sank in 100 feet deep off Talisay, Cebu.[19] The ship was carrying 831 people—715 passengers and 116 crewmembers.[19] 629 people were rescued immediately and as of August 17, 2013, 31 bodies have been recovered leaving 172 unaccounted for.[19] The Sulpicio Express Siete with 36 crew members on board did not sink and returned safely to port.[19] It had a large hole in its bow above the water line, clearly visible in news photos.[19]
See also
Negros Navigation
Cebu Ferries
Montenegro Lines
Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation (SFFC)
Roble Shipping Inc.
Trans-Asia Shipping Lines
List of shipping companies in the Philippines