Ocean Fast Ferries

OceanJet Fast Ferries, Inc.

Formerly	Socor Shipping Lines
Company type	Private
Industry	Ferry Services
Founded	1995 (1995)
Headquarters	Pier 1, Warehouse Building, North Reclamation Area, Cebu City , Philippines
Area served	Philippines
Website	oceanjet.net

OceanJet Fast Ferries, Inc. is a wholly owned Filipino corporation that operates high-speed crafts commonly known as OceanJet, serving destinations in the Visayas, Luzon region in the Philippines.

History

The company started in the late 1990s as Socor Shipping Line, operating one vessel, the M/V Oceanjet 1. The company was not aggressive to expansion until 2001, when the company acquired their second vessel, M/V Oceanjet 2. In the same year, the company changed their name into Ocean Fast Ferries Corporation. They acquired 3 new ships from 2001 to 2003: the sister ships Oceanjet 3, Oceanjet 5 and Oceanjet 6, all built in Hong Kong.

OceanJet 288

Starting 2011, the company continued their expansion, with the arrival of Ocean Jet 8 into service. She was the first among the ships acquired by the company to be designed by Global Marine Design, based in Australia, who manufactured the marine kits of these ships, which were later assembled here in the Philippines by Golden Dragon Shipyard, located in Mandaue, Cebu.

As of August 2022, the company is serving 11 destinations, and has a fleet of 17 vessels.

Destinations

The company serves 14 different destinations, namely:

• Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
• Batangas City
• Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro
• Poro, Cebu Camotes Island
• Cebu City
• Liloan, Cebu
• Dumaguete City
• Getafe, Bohol
• Iloilo City
• Ormoc City
• Palompon, Leyte
• Larena, Siquijor
• Tagbilaran City, Bohol
• Loon, Bohol

Routes

Oceanjet presently operates in the following routes:

• Cebu-Ormoc & Vice Versa
• Cebu-Palompon & Vice Versa
• Cebu-Tagbilaran-Dumaguete & Vice Versa
• Cebu-Getafe & Vice Versa
• Cebu-Loon & Vice Versa
• Liloan-Poro & Vice Versa
• Dumaguete-Siquijor & Vice Versa
• Bacolod-Iloilo & Vice Versa
• Batangas-Calapan & Vice Versa

Fleet

The company operates a total of 17 vessels, a mix of monohulls and catamarans, making them the largest operator of high-speed crafts in the Visayas region.

Oceanjet 388 at the Port of Tagbilaran

OceanJet vessels

Name	IMO	Total Seats	Built	Notes
Oceanjet 1		208	1985	A monohull bought from Japan.
Oceanjet 2	8823197	241	1989	A monohull bought from Japan.
Oceanjet 3	8979398	332	2001	These 3 sister ships were built by Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong.
Oceanjet 5	8979403	332	2002
Oceanjet 6	8979415	332	2003
Oceanjet 7	7908990	338	1979	Acquired in 2010, a Westermoen Westamaran (catamaran), and the company's first catamaran.
Ocean Jet 8	8664058	352	2011	These vessels were designed by Global Marine Design in Australia, and were assembled in Mandaue City by Golden Dragon Shipyard. Ocean Jet 188 was the first to feature an Axe Bow design, followed by Ocean Jet 288. Later on, existing vessels were retrofitted with the bow design that enabled lower fuel consumption and a gain in sprint speed. New vessels would then sport the Axe Bow design.
Ocean Jet 88	9712929	357	2012
Ocean Jet 888		357	2014
Ocean Jet 168		357	2015
Ocean Jet 188		357	2016
Ocean Jet 288		357
Ocean Jet 388		357
Ocean Jet 588		357
Ocean Jet 688		357
Ocean Jet 788		357
Oceanjet 9		290	1997	Formerly the M/V Paras Sea Cat, a catamaran.
Ocean Jet 10		288	1999	Formerly Lite Jet 8, a catamaran of the Lite Ferries/Lite Shipping Corporation.
Ocean Jet 11		172	1989	Formerly Lite Jet 1, a monohull ferry of the Lite Ferries/Lite Shipping Corporation.
Ocean Jet 12	9175341	332	1998	Formerly Lite Jet 9, a catamaran of the Lite Ferries/Lite Shipping Corporation. She was built by Afai Southern Shipyard in Guangzhou, China, and was previously the Aquan One (until 2001), and First Ferry I (until 2014).
Ocean Jet 15		203	1997	A monohull ferry acquired in 2016 from Japan.

External links

• Official website