Cebu Ferries

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Cebu Ferries Corporation
Company type Subsidiary
IndustryFerry Services
Founded1994;30 years ago (1994)
Defunct2012;12 years ago (2012)
Headquarters
Area served
Philippines
Parent Aboitiz Transport System
Website 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.

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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. [2] 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. [3]

Destinations

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

Visayas

Mindanao

Vessels

During its history, Cebu Ferries operated the following vessels:

Ferries

M/V Cebu Ferry 1 as M/V St. Augustine of Hippo 2GO Travel MV Saint Augustine of Hippo.jpg
M/V Cebu Ferry 1 as M/V St. Augustine of Hippo
M/V Cebu Ferry 2 as M/V St. Anthony de Padua 2GO Travel MV Saint Anthony De Padua.jpg
M/V Cebu Ferry 2 as M/V St. Anthony de Padua
M/V Cebu Ferry 3 as M/V St. Ignatius of Loyola 2GO Travel MV Saint Ignatius of Loyola.jpg
M/V Cebu Ferry 3 as M/V St. Ignatius of Loyola

Cargo Vessels

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