2GO Travel

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2GO Travel
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Transport
Predecessor SuperFerry
Negros Navigation
Cebu Ferries
FoundedJanuary 1, 2012;13 years ago (January 1, 2012) in Manila, Philippines
Headquarters8F Tower 1 Double Dragon Plaza, Macapagal Blvd. cor. EDSA Ext., Pasay 1302 Philippines
Area served
 Philippines
Key people
Parent 2GO Group
Website travel.2go.com.ph
Transit type Inter-Island Ferry
No. of vessels9
Hubs
No. of terminals18

2GO Travel is the passenger ferry business unit under the Sea Solutions division of 2GO Group Inc., a Philippine-based logistics and transportation company, and one of the only remaining passenger-cargo ferry operators providing services to and from Manila to the Visayas and Mindanao. Its main hubs are located at Pier 4 in the Manila North Harbor and the Batangas International Port. It has one of the more modern shipping fleets in the Philippines and operates a fleet of large inter-island vessels in the country, which As of August 2025 has a total of 9 operating vessels. [2] [3]

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2GO Travel was formed in 2012 after the merger of the Aboitiz Transport System brands (SuperFerry, Cebu Ferries, and SuperCat) and the passenger division of Negros Navigation which made it the second largest merger in Philippine shipping history after the William, Gothong and Aboitiz (WG&A) merger in 1996.

Destinations and routes

Destinations

This is a list of destinations that 2GO Travel has served As of August 2025, consisting of destinations across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

2GO's Main Hub at Pier 4, Manila North Harbor. Manila North Harbor Pier 4 with containers (Tondo, Manila; 12-04-2023).jpg
2GO's Main Hub at Pier 4, Manila North Harbor.

Routes

The routes shown below are the ships' usual route assignments As of August 2025. The ships may be assigned to other routes when needed (such as when the original assigned vessel was on a drydock). [7]

Manila - Cebu - Cagayan de Oro - Cebu - Manila (Every Sunday 9:00 AM and Wednesday 9:00 PM) - Flagship Route

Served by:

Manila - Bacolod - Iloilo - Cagayan De Oro - Iloilo - Manila (Every Tuesday 12:30 PM)

Served by:

Manila - Iloilo - Bacolod - Manila (Every Saturday 7:00 PM)

Served by:

Manila - Cebu - Tagbilaran - Manila (Every Tuesday 5:00 AM / Will be possibly back on November 2025)

Served by:

Manila - Bacolod - Cagayan de Oro - Bacolod - Manila (Every Friday 5:00 AM / Will be possibly back on November 2025)

Served by:

Manila - Davao - General Santos - Iloilo - Manila (Every Sunday 3:00 PM)

Served by:

Manila - General Santos - Davao - Cebu - Manila [8] (Every Friday 11:00 PM)

Served by:

Manila - Cebu - Batangas (Cargos Only) - Manila (Every Thursday 11:00 AM)

Served by:

Manila - Ozamiz - Butuan (Nasipit) - Manila (Every Monday 6:30 PM)(This route will be back at October 2025)

Served by:

Manila - Tagbilaran - Ozamiz - Butuan (Nasipit) - Manila (Every Monday 6:30 PM/Temporary Route Only)

Served by:

Manila - Cebu - Siargao - Cebu - Manila or Manila - Ozamiz - Butuan (Nasipit) - Siargao - Manila (Possible Routes / Will be launched on October 20, 2025)

Served by:

Manila - Coron - Puerto Princesa - Coron - Manila (Every Friday 5:30 PM)

Served by:

Manila - Dumaguete - Dipolog (Dapitan) - Zamboanga - Manila (Every Sunday 9:30 PM)

Served by:

Manila - Batangas - Iloilo - Bacolod - Manila (Every Thursday 9:30 PM)

Served by:

Batangas - Caticlan - Roxas - Caticlan - Batangas (Every Monday 9:00 PM)

Served by:

Batangas - Odiongan - Caticlan - Odiongan - Batangas (Every Wednesday and Friday 9:00 PM)

Served by:

Batangas - Caticlan - Batangas (Every Sunday 9:00 AM)

Served by:

Current fleet

Branding

Logo History

2012-2018

2012-2018 logo with stylized "TRAVEL" wording 2GO Travel logo.svg
2012-2018 logo with stylized "TRAVEL" wording

The first logo consists of bold, stylized text. The letter "G" is stylized to resemble an arrow. The large "2GO" is written in magenta, while the word "TRAVEL" appears in a smaller, handwritten-style font below it, also in magenta.

2018–present

Present logo 2GO Travel logo (2018).svg
Present logo

2GO revised its logo to a much simple and cleaner design. The word "TRAVEL" is placed below the "2GO" portion in all capital letters, in a slightly smaller font but still bold and magenta.

2018–present (secondary logo)

2018 secondary logo 2GO logo.svg
2018 secondary logo

This secondary 2GO Travel logo is still identical to the primary logo but the "TRAVEL" text seen in the primary version is removed.

Livery history

2GO's livery has undergone many changes throughout its history. Despite the differences in the design, all of their ships were predominantly painted with their company colors: white and magenta.

2012–2019

M/V "St. Leo The Great" painted on 2012-era livery MV St Leo the Great 2.jpg
M/V "St. Leo The Great" painted on 2012-era livery

Their first livery is composed of an all-white color dominating the ship with the funnel and the waterline painted with magenta. The sides of the hull featured the "2GO Travel" branding as well as the then company's signature logo, a large stylized letter "G" painted near the bow and to the funnel. The decks were painted light blue.

M/V "St Ignatius of Loyola" painted on the Boracay Funship livery 2go St Ignatius loyola.jpg
M/V "St Ignatius of Loyola" painted on the Boracay Funship livery

A special version of this livery was briefly used on one of their vessel, MV "St. Ignatius of Loyola". This special livery features a wave-like shape on the bow and on the stern, with several shapes of birds, ball, star, and maskara and is added to the bow, also with the stern section featuring the phrase "Sarap Maglakbay! (traveling is fun!)". It was called the Boracay Funship Livery

2019–present (S Series)

M/V St. "Therese of the Child Jesus" painted on the 2019 livery. MV Saint Therese of Child Jesus 2GO North Harbor (Manila; 12-04-2023).jpg
M/V St. "Therese of the Child Jesus" painted on the 2019 livery.

2GO revised its livery during this time to a much cleaner and simpler design. Although similar to its previous livery with the ships featuring an all-white livery dominating the hull and the superstructure, this time the funnel which is previously painted with magenta, is now painted in white. The "2GO Travel" branding which is previously seen on the hull was revised to feature only the word "2GO" and is now painted also to the funnel. The large letter "G" at the bow was removed making the livery much simpler. The waterline and the deck retained their original colors.

In 2023, a new version of this livery was unveiled, it is still identical with the old livery except for the addition of a large wave-like figure in the bow and stern mimicking the 2021 livery used by the newer 2GO ships. It was applied on the S Series vessels of 2GO.

This livery is currently used on all of The S Series vessels.

2021–present (M Series)

M/V "2GO Maligaya" painted on the current 2021 livery. MV 2GO Maligaya.jpg
M/V "2GO Maligaya" painted on the current 2021 livery.

A new livery was unveiled in 2021 with the introduction of 2GO Maligaya, and later, 2GO Masagana. The livery was overhauled giving the ships a much modern and festive appearance. Although still dominated with white and magenta colors, the livery features several colorful shapes scattered around the vessel representing 2GO's brand identity, core pillars, and values. The bow features a large wave-like figure painted in magenta with white stripes, with vessels' names in a new font, painted in different colors akin to a rainbow. The future vessels will be painted with this version of livery.

Incidents and accidents

MV St. Gregory the Great

On June 15, 2013, MV St. Gregory the Great, bound from Iloilo to Bacolod and Cagayan de Oro allegedly took a wrong shortcut and was involved in a grounding incident off Siete Pecados Islands near Iloilo and Guimaras, damaging its hull and flooding its engine room with seawater. [9] All 364 passengers onboard safely disembarked.

MV St. Thomas Aquinas

On August 16, 2013, at 9 pm as it approached Cebu City's harbor, MV St. Thomas Aquinas, [10] collided with the cargo ship MV Sulpicio Express Siete of Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation and sank in 100 feet deep off Talisay, Cebu. [11] The ship was carrying 831 people—715 passengers and 116 crewmembers. [11] 629 people were rescued immediately and as of August 17, 2013, 31 bodies have been recovered leaving 172 unaccounted for. [11] MV Sulpicio Express Siete with 36 crew members on board did not sink and returned safely to port. [11] It had a large hole in its bow above the water line, clearly visible in news photos. [11]

MV St. Anthony de Padua

On August 7, 2021, MV St. Anthony de Padua was undergoing quarantine in Bauan, Batangas after 28 of the 82 crew members aboard tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. There were no known passengers on board the said vessel. [12] The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) in Calabarzon suspended the vessel's passenger safety certificate, and Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade tasked MARINA, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to investigate possible lapses leading to the incident. [13]

MV St. Francis Xavier

On June 8, 2024, MV St Francis Xavier experienced engine trouble while departing Coron and bound to Puerto Princesa. During its undocking maneuver, the vessel lost all power and was left dead in the water so the crew anchored the ship to prevent it from drifting. While engineers worked on restoring power, the vessel's stern ran aground in a shallow area near the pier due to low tide. The power was restored at 10PM, but the ship remained immobilized as the stern was still grounded. [14] All passengers were safely disembarked. [15] There are no signs of leakage or oil spills around the vessel. On June 9, MV St. Francis Xavier returned to the port of Coron for a thorough assessment and later continued its voyage.

Trivia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Frederic C DyBuncio, 2go Group Inc: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News .
  2. ↑ "2GO Sea Solutions". September 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2GO's loss balloons to P1.3B in 2018". PortCalls Asia. April 17, 2019. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ "C'mon sa Coron! Now na!". Facebook. 2GO Travel. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "How about sailing to our next destinations Davao and Gensan aboard our newest ship, M.V. 2GO Masigla? That's some great Monday morning news indeed!". Facebook. 2GO Travel. September 18, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ "2GO lines up new route in Mindanao". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Schedules". travel.2go.com.ph. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Bagong BiyaHolidays, Bagong Adventures! ✨🚢". www.facebook.com. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ship that almost sank off Iloilo port has 8 holes". Inquirer.net . June 17, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ See photo at http://www.wakanatsu.com/philippine/photo/sf2.html
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 De Jesus, Julliane (August 17, 2013). "40 dead, 172 missing as two ships collide". Philippine Daily Inquirer (Agence France-Presse). Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ No-ot Magsumbol, Caecent (August 10, 2021). "Cebu mulls mass grave for COVID-19 fatalities". Philippine Star . Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  13. ↑ Mercurio, Richmond (August 14, 2021). "DOTr orders probe of COVID-19 stricken RoRo vessel". Philippine Star . Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  14. ↑ "𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓: The Coast Guard Station (CGS) Northeastern Palawan responds to aground MV St Francis Xavier, approximately 1 nautical mile from the port of Coron". www.facebook.com. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  15. ↑ "𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐕 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭". www.facebook.com. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Philippine Span Asia ruling revealed". February 17, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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