2GO, formally2GO Travel, is a passenger ferry company which is based inManila, 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 equityfirm wholly owned by the Chinese government, took a controlling stake in Negros Navigation through anequityinfusion.^[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]

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.

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 – Bacolod – Cagayan de Oro

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

Routes: Batangas – Romblon – Roxas, Batangas – Odiongan – Caticlan

Routes: Batangas – Romblon – Roxas, Batangas – Odiongan – Caticlan

Routes: Batangas – Romblon – Roxas, Batangas – Odiongan – Caticlan

Other vessels that were acquired by 2GO:

Routes: Manila – Cebu – Nasipit, Manila – Coron – Puerto Princessa

Route: Cebu – Ormoc

Route: Cebu – Tagbilaran

Route: Batangas – Calapan

SuperCat operated the following vessels that are now part of the 2GO fleet:

Route: Batangas – Calapan

Route: Batangas – Calapan

Route: Bacolod – Iloilo

Route: Cebu – Ormoc

Route: Bacolod – Iloilo

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

On August 16, 2013, at 9 pm as it approached Cebu City’s harbor, the MVSt. Thomas Aquinas, formerlySuperFerry 2^[18]collided with the cargo shipSulpicio Express Sieteof 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]TheSulpicio Express Sietewith 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]