SuperFerry
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Not to be confused with BC Ferries Super ferries.
| Industry | Shipping |
|---|---|
| Founded | ATSC |
| Headquarters | Manila, 22x20px Philippines |
| Website | http://www.SuperFerry.com.ph |
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SuperFerry, founded as Aboitiz SuperFerry, is a shipping company based in Manila, Philippines. It is the country’s largest shipping company,with its main hub located in Pier 15 in Manila South Harbor. Considered to possess among the more modern shipping vessels operating in the Philippines,.[1]
The shipping company was a formerly known as William, Gothong & Aboitiz (WG&A). Aboitiz bought out the William Lines and Gothong Lines Group and took SuperFerry and the shipping company’s sisters SuperCat and Cebu Ferries. The Gothong Group restarted its own shipping company called Carlos A. Gothong Lines (CAGLI), while the William Group opted to concentrate on its logistics, warehousing, and courier business called Fast Logistics. Currently, SuperFerry and its sister companies SuperCat and Cebu Ferries are subsidiaries of Aboitiz.
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Destinations
The following are the destinations of SuperFerry across Philippines:
- Luzon
- Visayas
- Mindanao
- Butuan City, Agusan del Norte
- Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental
- Cotabato City, Maguindanao
- Davao City, Davao
- General Santos City, South Cotabato
- Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
- Iligan City, Lanao del Norte
- Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental
- Surigao City, Surigao del Norte
- Zamboanga City, Zamboanga
Vessels
These are the SuperFerries currently/will be on service (as of 2010[update]):
- SuperFerry 1
- SuperFerry 2
- SuperFerry 5
- SuperFerry 12
- SuperFerry 19
- Our Lady of Good Voyage
- SuperFerry 20
Former vessels
- SuperFerry 3 (Burned while in drydock, 2000)[2]
- SuperFerry 6 (Destroyed by fire, 2000[3])
- SuperFerry 7 (Burned at the dock in 1997[3])
- SuperFerry 8 (Renamed SuperFerry 19, 2004[4])
- SuperFerry 9 (Sunk, 2009[5])
- SuperFerry 10 (Broken up in China[6])(Former flagship)
- SuperFerry 11
- SuperFerry 14 (Bombed, 2004[7])
- SuperFerry 15 (Sold)
- SuperFerry 16 (Sold)
- SuperFerry 17 (Sold)
- SuperFerry 18 (Sold)
- Our Lady of Medjugorje(Sold)
Future vessels
Incidents and accidents
- On October 12, 2000, SuperFerry 6 caught fire on its starboard panel and sinks. More than 1,000 passengers were rescued.
- On March 9, 2006, SuperFerry 12 caught fire off the coast of Bantayan Island. None of the 664 passengers were injured.[8]
- On February 27, 2004, SuperFerry 14 was bombed by the Abu Sayyaf terrorists killing 116 people. It was considered as the worst terrorist attack in the Philippines.[9][10]
- On September 6, 2009, SuperFerry 9 reported engine trouble while on its way to the port of Iloilo from General Santos. The ship then listed to a 30–40 degree angle, and at 2am in the morning the captain of the vessel ordered to abandon ship. It later sank off the southern Zamboanga peninsula with more than 966 people on board. 957 people have been rescued but there are also 9 fatalities.[11]
Trivia
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- SuperFerry 12 is the only vessel in the Philippines that have escalator on board.
- SuperFerry 12 was one of the vessels in the Philippines that had a swimming pool on board (the other one was Sulpicio Line's Princess of the Stars, which sank off the central Philippine province of Romblon on June 22, 2008). Her swimming pool was removed in favor of more cargo space.
- Parts of the Pacquiao the Movie were filmed on board SuperFerry 18.
- Tataynic (a parody film of the movie Titanic) was filmed on board SuperFerry 12.
- SuperFerry is the official carrier of Philippine Idol and Pinoy Dream Academy.
- SuperFerry is the only shipping lines that offers network gaming onboard.
- SuperFerries 15, 16, 17, and 18 were sold and do not operate anymore in the country.
See also
- Negros Navigation
- Cebu Ferries
- Montenegro Lines
- Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation (SFFC)
- Roble Shipping Inc.
- Trans-Asia Shipping Lines
- List of shipping companies in the Philippines
References
- ↑ Cebu Daily News (2007-02-21). "Ship with 640 people stalls midsea, towed". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/visayas/view_article.php?article_id=50773. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ↑ WG&A Annual report, 2000
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Sorry Maritime Safety Record Indeed In The Philippines, UP Ibalon Bicol, September 11, 2008
- ↑ ATSC Annual report, 2004, Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission
- ↑ Three sinking boats in a row: Super Ferry 9, MV Hera & MB Minham, UP Ibalon Bicol, August 9, 2009
- ↑ Ship Report for "7302108", miramarshipindex.org.nz
- ↑ The Return of Abu Sayyaf, Time Magazine, August 23, 2004
- ↑ Zurbano, Joel E. (2006-03-09). "SuperFerry 12 catches fire off Bantayan Island". Manila Standard. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=regions01_mar10_2006. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ↑ Avendano, Christine (2007-07-21). "Gracia Burnham, other terror victims speak up". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=77890. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ↑ "Arroyo orders arrest of Abu leaders linked in ferry blast". Sun.Star Network Online. 2004-10-12. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2004/10/12/arroyo.orders.arrest.of.abu.leaders.linked.in.ferry.blast.html. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ↑ "MV Superferry 9 Incident Report". Philippine Coast Guard. 2009-09-07 (PHT). http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/News-Sept.htm#10. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
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