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FastCat
FastCat runs 18 crossings listed here, 378 sailings a week, busiest at Batangas, Calapan and San Carlos. The most frequent is Cebu to Tubigon.
- 18
- routes
- 378
- sailings a week
- Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila
- based in
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What to know
- Online booking runs through fastcat-book.com, linked from the company site.
- Students, senior citizens and persons with disability get lower fares on showing a valid ID.
- Children up to 3 years old ride free; from 4 to 7 they are charged the student fare.
- The vehicle tariff reaches 40-foot container vans and heavy machinery weighing up to 30 tonnes.
- The company was incorporated in 2003 and says it is aiming for a fleet of 30 vessels by 2030.
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About FastCat
Twin hulls set FastCat apart. Its ships are catamaran RoRo ferries, and the operating company, Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation, says it brought the type to the Philippines and is still the only line running it. They load passengers and anything on wheels, and the vehicle tariff climbs from bicycles and tricycles to buses, container lorries and heavy plant.
The routes are short sea links on the nautical highway, timetabled between 60 and 240 minutes, and every one runs daily: Matnog at the southern tip of Luzon to Allen (Dapdap) on Samar, Batangas to Calapan, Bulalacao to Caticlan, Dumangas to Bacolod (Banago), San Carlos to Toledo, Cebu to Tubigon, Dumaguete to Dapitan, Maasin to Surigao, and Zamboanga to Isabela on Basilan. Cebu to Tubigon, Dumaguete to Dapitan and Dumangas to Bacolod have four departures a day each way, San Carlos to Toledo and Zamboanga to Isabela three, and Maasin to Surigao one.
The company also runs several terminals itself, among them Dapdap and Allen in Northern Samar and Liloan in Southern Leyte, though its current timetable has no sailing from Liloan. Its fares list prices seats in Business, Premium Economy and Economy.
18 crossings
Routes they sail
Ordered by how often each crossing runs.
BatangasCalapan
00:0001:0002:0004:00+14 more, last 22:00
126 a week
from₱576
CalapanBatangas
00:0002:0004:0006:00+10 more, last 21:00
112 a week
from₱576
San CarlosToledo
05:0007:3008:3009:00+6 more, last 18:00
77 a week
from₱278
ToledoSan Carlos
05:0007:0007:3009:30+6 more, last 19:00
77 a week
from₱278
CebuTubigon
00:3001:0001:3007:00+7 more, last 20:00
76 a week
from₱384
TubigonCebu
04:0005:0007:0010:00+7 more, last 22:30
76 a week
from₱384
12 more crossings
Before you sail
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Boarding, baggage and vehicle rules apply across the network, not just to one operator.
