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{{Short description|Shipping company in the Philippines}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[BC Ferries]], [[Hawaii Superferry]] and [[S class ferry|Super ferries]]}}
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{{Infobox company
| logo = SuperFerry logo.svg
| name = SuperFerry
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1989}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everythingcebu.com/transportation/shipping-guide/wga-superferry/|title=WG&A SuperFerry|website=Everything Cebu|date=28 June 2011|access-date=July 31, 2019|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731104528/http://www.everythingcebu.com/transportation/shipping-guide/wga-superferry/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| fate = Merged with [[Negros Navigation]] to form [[2GO Travel]]
| defunct = {{End date and age|2012}}
| area_served =
| predecessor =
*William Lines Inc. *[[Gothong Lines|Carlos A. Gothong Lines Inc.]] *Aboitiz Shipping Corporation | location = [[Philippines]]
| key_people =
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| num_employees =
| successor = [[2GO Travel]]
| parent =
*[[Aboitiz Equity Ventures|Universal Aboitiz Inc.]](1989-1996)
*William, Gothong and Aboitiz (WG&A) (1996-2004)
*[[Aboitiz Equity Ventures|Aboitiz Transport System]] (2004-2012)
*[[Negros Navigation|Negros Navigation Co. (NENACO)]] (2010-2012)
| subsid =
| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100724034502/http://www.superferry.com.ph:80/ www.superferry.com.ph]
| footnotes =
}}
'''SuperFerry'''
==Destinations==
The following
===[[Luzon]]===
*[[Coron Island|Coron]]
*[[Masbate]]
*[[Puerto Princesa]]
===[[Visayas]]===
*[[Bacolod]]
*[[Cebu]]
*[[Dumaguete]]
*[[Dumaguit]]
*[[Iloilo City]]
*[[Palompon]]
*[[Roxas City]]
*[[Tacloban]]
===[[Mindanao]]===
Line 42 ⟶ 61:
*[[Cotabato]]
*[[Davao City|Davao]]
*[[Dipolog City]]
*[[General Santos]]
*[[Iligan]], [[Lanao del Norte]]
Line 49 ⟶ 69:
==Vessels==
[[File:SuperFerry 12 (1).jpg|240px|position|center]]
SuperFerry has operated 27 vessels during its lifetime:
===SuperFerries===
* '''SuperFerry 1''' - Was transferred and renamed ''M/V St. Rita de Casia'' by 2GO Travel and eventually sold to an Indonesian shipping company and was renamed ''KM Mutiara Persada 1''. In 2021, she was sold to local shipbreakers in Indonesia.
* '''SuperFerry 2''' - Was transferred and renamed ''[[MV St. Thomas Aquinas|M/V St. Thomas Aquinas]]'' by 2GO Travel. collided with ''M/V Sulpicio Express Siete'' of [[Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation]] (Formerly Sulpicio Lines), on August 16, 2013, and sank near [[Talisay, Cebu|Talisay]] in [[Cebu Province]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/16/world/asia/philippines-ships-collision/index.html?hpt=hp_t2|title = 38 dead, 82 unaccounted for after Philippines boat collision|website = [[CNN]]|date = 16 August 2013|access-date = 17 August 2013|archive-date = 17 August 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130817120730/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/16/world/asia/philippines-ships-collision/index.html?hpt=hp_t2|url-status = live}}</ref>
* '''SuperFerry 3''' - Lost due to fire incident in 2000, while the vessel was undergoing ship repairs in Keppel Cebu Shipyard, hot works on certain parts of the ship started a fire and caused evasive damages,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/16/10/keppel-shipyard-liable-fire-gutted-aboitiz-ship|date=2010|title=Keppel shipyard liable for fire that gutted Aboitiz ship|access-date=2018-08-13|archive-date=2018-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210445/http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/16/10/keppel-shipyard-liable-fire-gutted-aboitiz-ship|url-status=live}}</ref> effectively gutting the whole vessel. WG&A later held the shipyard owners liable for the incident.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.atsc.com.ph/IR/AnnualReports/ATS_AnnualReport_2000.pdf |title=WG&A Annual report, 2000 |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904160211/http://www.atsc.com.ph/IR/AnnualReports/ATS_AnnualReport_2000.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''[http://www.wakanatsu.com/philippine/photo/sf5.html SuperFerry 5]''' - Transferred to 2GO Travel and renamed ''M/V St. Joan of Arc''; was retired from service and sold to breakers in Alang, India.
* '''SuperFerry 6''' - Former ''Our Lady of Akita'' of Gothong Lines, was transferred to SuperFerry and renamed ''SuperFerry 6'' after the WG&A merger. In 2000, an engine fire on its starboard side swept the ship while en route to [[Manila]] from [[General Santos]], October 2000;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/1-000-saved-from-blazing-Philippine-ferry-20001012|title=1 000 saved from blazing Philippine ferry|access-date=2018-08-13|archive-date=2018-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210524/https://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/1-000-saved-from-blazing-Philippine-ferry-20001012|url-status=live}}</ref> all of the 862 passengers and 168 crew were saved and the fire brought under control, but the ship was a total loss.<ref name=UPIB2008-09-11>[http://www.upibalonbicol.com/2008/11/sorry-maritime-safety-record-indeed-in.html A Sorry Maritime Safety Record Indeed In The Philippines]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, UP Ibalon, Bicol, September 11, 2008</ref>
* '''[https://psssonline.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/the-mabuhay-2-superferry-7/ SuperFerry 7]''' - Former ''Naminoue Maru'' of A" Line in Japan, and built in 1980, she was sold to William Lines in 1994 and renamed the ''Mabuhay 2''; later becoming a part of the SuperFerry fleet as part of the William, [[Gothong Lines|Gothong]], and Aboitiz Shipping lines merger and was renamed ''SuperFerry 7''. She was eventually lost to an extensive fire incident in 1997, wherein the whole vessel was gutted due to a presumed electrical fire while docked at Pier 4; same incident that would happen to her fleetmate ''SuperFerry 3'' later in 2000, but this time, was caused by hot works around the ship. She only spent 3 years sailing under the Philippine flag after the acquisition from Japan.<ref name=UPIB2008-09-11 />
* '''SuperFerry 8/19''' - Built in 1977 as ''M/V Akebono Maru'' of A” Line shipping by Usuki Iron Works Ltd. in their Saiki, Japan shipyard. Sold in 1989 to William Lines and was renamed into ''M/V Sugbu''. She was refurbished in Singapore and was renamed into ''Mabuhay 3'' and eventually SuperFerry 8. Renamed into ''SuperFerry 19'' after she was re-engined in Singapore in 2004. She was leased in 2006 by Peninsula, a shipping company in Papua New Guinea; temporarily renamed into ''Milne Bay''. She later came back to SuperFerry. Was eventually sold to Jiangmen Xinhui Shipbreaking Co. Ltd; a shipbreaking company in China in 2011.<ref>[http://www.pse.org.ph/html/ListedCompanies/pdf/2005/ATS_17A_Dec2004f.pdf ATSC Annual report, 2004]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission</ref>
* '''[[SuperFerry 9]]''' - Built in 1986 by Usuki Iron Works Ltd. at Saiki, Japan, and launched as the ''Ariake'', it was later acquired by William Lines Incorporated in 1995 and renamed as ''Mabuhay 5''. but before her maiden voyage in the Philippines, the ship was renamed ''SuperFerry 9''. And she never entered service under William Lines and has been part of the SuperFerry fleet ever since. It was known to be a problematic ship, with engine problems causing delays and stranding of passengers. In 2009, due to a presumed rough sea conditions and shifting of cargo containers below decks, it capsized off the southwest coast of [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] while en route from [[General Santos]] to [[Iloilo]] and sank almost 5 hours after the first distress call sent by the captain. All 968 passengers and crew were accounted for. There were 10 fatalities.<ref>[http://www.upibalonbicol.com/search/label/Super%20Ferry%209 Three sinking boats in a row: Super Ferry 9, MV Hera & MB Minham] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717170805/http://www.upibalonbicol.com/search/label/Super%20Ferry%209 |date=2011-07-17 }}, UP Ibalon Bicol, August 9, 2009</ref>
* '''[https://psssonline.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/the-mabuhay-1/ SuperFerry 10]''' - Built in 1973 as the ''Sun Flower 5 ({{langx|ja|さんふらわあ5}}), one of the legendary Sun Flower ships of Japan's Blue Highway Line. She was later acquired and became the flagship of William Lines as the ''Mabuhay 1'', part of their luxury liners to compete with former rival Sulpicio Lines. After the merger, she became WG&A's flagship and was renamed ''SuperFerry 10''. She was eventually sold to breakers in China in 2002, still in perfectly good working condition, as a casualty of WG&A's liquidation of ships after the merger break-up. She only managed to sail for 9 years in Philippine waters after the William Lines acquisition.<ref>[http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/357095Single Ship Report for "7302108"], miramarshipindex.org.nz</ref>
* '''SuperFerry 11''' - Renamed ''Our Lady of Banneux'' and transferred to SuperFerry's sister company, Cebu Ferries; sold and broken up in 2003
* '''SuperFerry 12''' - Renamed ''M/V St. Pope John Paul II'' and was the flagship of [[2GO Travel]]. ''SuperFerry 12'' was the former ''New Miyako'' of Hankyu Ferry of Japan and was sold to WG&A in 1996 and renamed to ''SuperFerry 12''. She was involved in a collision with the passenger-cargo boat ''M/V San Nicholas'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/05/26/207584/23-dead-198-rescued-ferry-boat-collision|title=23 dead, 198 rescued in ferry-boat collision|date=2003|access-date=2018-08-13|archive-date=2023-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424151019/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/05/26/207584/23-dead-198-rescued-ferry-boat-collision|url-status=live}}</ref> She was later repaired and was later transferred to 2GO Travel in 2012. She was eventually sold to breakers in Chittagong, Bangladesh in 2021.
* '''[https://www.flickr.com/photos/42227933@N07/3894074815 SuperFerry 14]''' - Built in 1981, as the White Sanpo 2, and was later acquired by WG&A in October 2000 and was advertised as a "Festival" ship for her many on-board amenities. On February 27, 2004, at around 12:50 midnight, while the ferry was sailing from [[Manila]] bound for [[Cagayan de Oro]], an [[MV SuperFerry 14|explosion]] tore through the vessel, starting a fire that engulfed the ship and caused many fatalities. The ferry later [http://crimescenedb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/manilaferry02-full.jpg capsized half-submerged], further hampering rescue and retrieval operation of survivors and missing persons. Upon investigation, a [[Rajah Sulaiman Movement]] member confessed to planting a bomb which was triggered by a timing device on board for the [[Abu Sayyaf]] group, confirming a terrorist attack. The disaster was featured in various international news and media due to its magnitude and terrorism nature. All in all, of the 899 recorded passengers and crew on board, there were 116 fatalities, 53 remained missing and presumed dead. The ship was deemed a total loss by the company<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071111084619/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,686107,00.html The Return of Abu Sayyaf], Time Magazine, August 23, 2004</ref><ref>[https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2004/10/12/265927/superferry-sinking-terrorist-attack SuperFerry sinking a terrorist attack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320151138/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2004/10/12/265927/superferry-sinking-terrorist-attack |date=2022-03-20 }}, Philstar.com, February 27, 2018</ref> and was later broken up.
* '''[http://myship.com/imo/9025163/SUPERFERRY-15/gallery/photo/112133 SuperFerry 15]''' - Sold in 2007 and became CK Star, and was later sold to breakers.
* '''SuperFerry 16''' - Sold in 2007 to a Chinese company, renamed ''New Blue Ocean'' under Stena Daea Line and eventually was sold in 2016 to 2GO Travel. The vessel was renamed to ''M/V St. Therese of the Child Jesus''. She was the last SuperFerry vessel sailing on Philippine waters until in 2024 when she was retired and sold.
* '''[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=358228 SuperFerry 17]''' - Sold and renamed to ''Isabel Del Mar'', and later sold and broken up in [[Aliaga]], [[Türkiye]]
* '''SuperFerry 18''' - Sold and renamed to ''Huadong Pearl VI'', and was later sold to breakers in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
* '''[https://www.flickr.com/photos/46633447@N04/4779589396/sizes/m/in/pool-922345@N25/ SuperFerry 20]''' - Formerly ''M/V Sunflower Kogane'' acquired from Diamond Ferry and was renamed to M/V SuperFerry 21 she was later renamed to ''M/V St. Gregory the Great'' under 2GO Travel, ran aground in near Guimaras and sold to breakers
* '''[https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgutib/4831624470/ SuperFerry 21]''' - Formerly ''M/V Sunflower Nishiki'' from Kansai Kisen Co., Ltd.; was acquired by Aboitiz Transport System and renamed to M/V SuperFerry 21 and was later renamed to ''M/V St. Leo the Great'' under 2GO Travel. She was eventually sold to breakers in Chittagong, Bangladesh in 2021.
===Ferries===
* '''M/V Our Lady of Medjugorje''' - Sold to a shipping company in Indonesia and renamed to ''KM Makhota Nusantara''.
* '''M/V Our Lady of Sacred Heart''' - Retired and sold to breakers
*'''M/V Our Lady of Good Voyage''' - transferred from [[Cebu Ferries]] as a reliver vessel, was later sold to [[Gothong Southern]] and later, [[Trans-Asia Shipping Lines]] She was broken up in Cebu City.
* '''M/V Our Lady of Lipa''' - Retired and sold to breakers in [[Alang]], India
* '''M/V Our Lady of Naju''' - Was eventually sold to breakers in China in 2002
* '''M/V Doña Virginia''' - Retired and sold to breakers
* '''M/V Zamboanga City''' - Retired and sold to breakers
*'''M/V Maynilad''' - Retired and sold to breakers in 2003
*'''M/V Masbate Uno''' - Transferred to Cebu Ferries and renamed to M/V Our Lady Of Manoag, broken up in 2005
==Incidents and accidents==
*On March 26, 1997, SuperFerry 7 was hit by fire while docked in Pier 4 in Manila North Harbor. There were no more passengers left as the ship had already finished discharging them. It was WG&A's first major accident.
*On February 8, 2000, SuperFerry 3 caught fire while undergoing repair in [[Keppel Shipyard]] in [[Cebu]].
*On October 12, 2000, SuperFerry 6 caught fire on its starboard panel and sank. More than 1,000 passengers were rescued.
*On May 25, 2003, SuperFerry 12 was involved on a collision with a small passenger-cargo vessel, ''MV San Nicholas'' near Limbones Point, off Cavite province 33 nautical miles (61 kilometres) south of Manila. All 1,506 passengers and 184 crew members of the Superferry 12 were safe but unfortunatly at least eight people were killed and 132 had been rescued from ''MV San Nicholas''.
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*On March 9, 2006, SuperFerry 12 caught fire off the coast of [[Bantayan Island]]. None of the 664 passengers were injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=regions01_mar10_2006|title=SuperFerry 12 catches fire off Bantayan Island|last=Zurbano|first=Joel E.|date=2006-03-09|publisher=[[Manila Standard]]|access-date=2008-06-07|archive-date=2011-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111155/http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=regions01_mar10_2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
*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 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.<ref>{{cite news | title =MV Superferry 9 Incident Report | publisher =Philippine Coast Guard | date =2009-09-07 | url =http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/News-Sept.htm#10 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090922205045/http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/News-Sept.htm#10 | url-status =dead | archive-date =2009-09-22 | access-date =2009-09-07 }}</ref>
== Trivia ==
* Before 2GO Maligaya, Masagana, and Masigla, ''SuperFerry 12'', ''15'', ''16'', ''17'' and ''18'' were the only Philippine ships with an escalator on board.
* Parts of the film ''Pacquiao'' about the boxer of the same name were filmed on board SuperFerry 18.
* The Titanic parody ''Tataynic'' was filmed on board SuperFerry 12 and SuperFerry 19.
* SuperFerry was the official logistics partner of [[Pinoy Dream Academy]].
==See also==
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==External links==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100724034502/http://www.superferry.com.ph:80/ Former official website]
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