Cebu Ferries Explained

Cebu Ferries Corporation
Type:	Subsidiary
Location Country:	Philippines
Industry:	Ferry Services
Parent:	Aboitiz Transport System
Area Served:	Philippines
Homepage:	www.cebuferries.com

Cebu Ferries was a shipping company based in Cebu City, Philippines. Its hubs were at Pier 4 in Cebu City. It is now part of 2GO Travel.

Formerly the shipping company was a subsidiary of William Gothong & Aboitiz,^[1] better known as WG&A. Cebu Ferries was created to serve the VisMin Operations of WG&A.<ref>News: Market Holding On To Thursday Big Gains . 9 June 2023 . Manila Standard . 18 December 1995 . en. When WG&A split up, Jon Ramon Aboitiz retained Cebu Ferries and its sisters SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation and SuperFerry. And Cebu Ferries became part of Aboitiz Transport System which was later purchased by Negros Navigation, which in turn was purchased by the Chinese government through its wholly owned private equity firm the China-Asean Investment Cooperation Fund and renamed 2GO Travel.^[2]

Destinations

Before the merger in 2012, Cebu Ferries main port of call was Cebu. Other destinations are:

Visayas

• • Dumaguete Ormoc
• Tacloban
• Jagna, Bohol

Mindanao

• Butuan (via Nasipit)
• Cagayan de Oro
• Iligan
• Ozamis
• Surigao

Vessels

During its history, Cebu Ferries operated the following vessels:

Ferries

• Cebu Ferry 1

• Cebu Ferry 2 (renamed M/V St. Anthony de Padua under 2GO Travel. sold to breakers in 2024)

• Cebu Ferry 3
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel^[3] (sold to George and Peter Lines & renamed as M/V GP Ferry 2. Was later sold to Lite Shipping Inc. and was renamed to M/V Lite Ferry 3.)
• Our Lady of Lourdes
• Our Lady of Montserrat
• Our Lady of Good Voyage (sold to Gothong Southern and renamed as M/V Doña Conchita Sr., but was later sold by the company to Trans-Asia Shipping Lines and was renamed as M/V Trans-Asia 9. Was sold to local breakers and was broken up in Cebu)
• Our Lady of Manaoag
• Our Lady of Banneux
• Our Lady of Fatima^[4]
• Our Lady of Guadalupe
• Our Lady of the Rule^[5] (broken-up by ship breakers in Alang, India)
• Our Lady of Lipa
• Our Lady of Akita 2
• Dona Cristina
• Dona Lili
• Don Calvino
• Misamis Occidental

Cargo Vessels

• Our Lady of Charity
• Our Lady of Rosary

See also

• List of shipping companies in the Philippines

Notes and References

1. News: WG&A to absorb operations of Cebu Ferries . 9 June 2023 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 28 August 2003 . en.
2. News: Chinese firm to become top Philippine ferry operator. 3 February 2013. ABS-CBN News. 2010-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20110126192557/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/12/01/10/aboitiz-oks-sale-shipping-unit-negros-navigation. 2011-01-26.
3. Web site: Wakanatsu - Photo of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. www.wakanatsu.com. 2016-11-15.
4. News: Napallacan . Jhunnex . Fire Stalls Trip To Cebu Of Ship With 620 Passengers . 9 June 2023 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 19 September 2005 . en.
5. Web site: Wakanatsu - Photo of Our Lady of Rule. www.wakanatsu.com. 2016-11-15.