2GO


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. It is the largest ferry company in the Philippines with its main hub located in Pier 4 at the Manila North Harbor.
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. 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. Because Negros Navigation was a privately held firm the exact amount invested by the Fund was not disclosed.
2GO has one of the most modern shipping fleets in the Philippines and operates the largest fleet of inter-island vessels in the country, having a total fleet of 27 operating vessels of which 23 are company-owned. It has a total passenger capacity of 7,450,162 passengers and an aggregate cargo capacity of 338,305 twenty-foot equivalent units.
Dennis A. Uy is the chairman of 2GO Group, replacing Sulficio O. Tagud, Jr.

Destinations

The following ports of call are served by 2GO Travel:
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.
, Iloilo Strait, Iloilo City
ferries, from 2GO Travel and OceanJet, to Bacolod on Iloilo River in Iloilo City.
catamaran ferry to Bacolod on Iloilo River in Iloilo City

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
Route: Manila - Iloilo - Cagayan de Oro,
Manila - Bacolod - Cagayan de Oro

Negros Navigation-acquired fleet

Routes: Manila - Iloilo - Bacolod,
Manila - Dumaguete - Dipolog - Zamboanga

Cebu Ferries-acquired fleet

Routes: Batangas - Romblon - Roxas,
Batangas - Odiongan - Caticlan
Routes: Batangas - Romblon - Roxas,
Batangas - Odiongan - Caticlan
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,
Manila - Cebu - Iligan - Ozamiz, Manila - Cebu - Cagayan
Cargo vessels
SuperCat operated the following vessels that are now part of the 2GO fleet:
Route: Batangas - Calapan
Route: Batangas - Calapan
Route: Bacolod - Iloilo
Route: Bacolod - Iloilo
Route: Cebu - Ormoc
Route: Cebu - Ormoc
Route: Batangas - Calapan
Route: Cebu - Ormoc
Route: Cebu - Tagbilaran
Route: Batangas - Calapan
Route: Bacolod - Iloilo

Former Vessels of 2GO

Ship/ that was part of 2GO fleets that were retired, sunk, or sold.

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 collided with the cargo ship Sulpicio Express Siete of Sulpicio Lines and sank in 100 feet deep off Talisay, Cebu. The ship was carrying 831 people—715 passengers and 116 crewmembers. 629 people were rescued immediately and as of August 17, 2013, 31 bodies have been recovered leaving 172 unaccounted for. The Sulpicio Express Siete with 36 crew members on board did not sink and returned safely to port. It had a large hole in its bow above the water line, clearly visible in news photos.