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The SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation, commonly known as SuperCat was a shipping company that operated a fleet of High Speed Catamarans (HSC) in the Philippines. It is now part of 2GO Travel, subsidiary brand of the 2GO Group.〔(SuperCat - SuperFerry Travel and Leisure - About Us )〕 Supercat was the sister company of SuperFerry and Cebu Ferries. Supercat operated 7 vessels in 7 ports around the Philippines. ==Brief history== Batangas - Calapan route is one of the most important shipping routes in the Philippines. During the early 1990s, the route was dominated by a single large shipping company. Travelling during those days could take up to 3 hours and be uncomfortable. In 1994, Rodolfo G. Valencia, former governor of Oriental Mindoro, invited the Aboitiz group to ply the route. His intention was to bring a more convenient alternative to Mindoro. Under the management of Universal Aboitiz Inc., M/V Supercat 1, their pioneer vessel, traveled between Batangas and Calapan in only 45 minutes. Supercat added routes throughout the Visayas Region. Fast craft became popular in the Philippines. In 1997, Sea Angels (owned by Negros Navigation) merged with Aboitiz Equity Ventures and Hong Kong Park View Holdings to form the Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation.〔(An assessment of Year One of the Aquino administration ) (30 June 2011), (philippinebusiness.com.ph ) (archiveed from (the original ) on 2011-07-22).〕 Supercat also acquired 2 vessels from Waterjet Shipping Corporation (owned by Waterjet Netherlands Antilles). They renamed it as Supercat 17 (former Waterjet 1, currently FastCat Ryde) and Supercat 18 (former Waterjet 2, currently FastCat Shanklin).〔(Wightlink Ferry Postcards & Photographs )〕 The merger was eventually dissolved in 2002 and SuperCat became solely owned by Aboitiz. The abolition of the WG&A merger then soon unraveled. Supercat sacrificed some of its vessels and their corresponding routes in order to sustain its fast craft operations. Supercat also downsized from 200 to just 100 employees.〔 From the 1990s to early 2000s, all Supercat vessels were jet-powered. Due to economic problems, Aboitiz was forced sell ships reducing an original fleet of fourteen down to just seven.〔〔(SuperCat attacks Philippine ferry standards ) (May 1, 2005), (allbusiness.com ) (archived from (the original ) on 2008-03-19),〕 To cope with the soaring fuel prices, Supercat started replacing their previous fleet with more fuel-efficient vessels. At present, all jet-powered Supercat HSC vessels were replaced by more fuel efficient vessels using a simple propulsion system.〔(SuperCat buys new vessel for $1.7M ) (October 17, 2007), (supercat.com.ph ). (archived from (the original ) on 2009-03-19).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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