Ports & Ferries is a travel hub for Philippine interisland trips. You will find route schedules, sample passenger fares, port notes, and pointers to official carrier and ticketing channels. We compile listings from public notices and from direct checks with shipping lines and their agents, then refresh pages when operators publish new sailings or fare bands.
Alongside timetables we track the small details travelers ask about at the gate: typical terminal fees, where fastcraft berths sit inside large ports, and how to reach a pier from the city center. Much of that comes from field research and from readers who send updates after their own crossings.
What you can look up here
Each route article pairs timetable snapshots with context about how often trips run, which vessel class operates, and which weekend sailings tend to sell out first. When a line shifts a departure from one pier wing to another, we adjust the write-up after we can line it up with an official advisory. Port pages explain walk-in ticketing, usual terminal charges, and tricycle or jeepney access so you are not guessing on arrival day.
Browse company hubs under Ferries for fleet-wide news, or follow place tags such as Batangas, Cebu, Dumaguete, and Siargao when you want every post tied to one island cluster. The News category collects carrier bulletins and weather holds when several operators move trips on the same storm day.
New here? Read the ferry booking and check-in guide for pier arrival times, IDs, and ticket windows, or the ferry ticket types guide for fastcraft versus RORO fares. Both guides link back to this home page so you can jump to schedules or search in one step.
Ferries
The Philippine fleet mixes passenger-only fastcraft with roll-on, roll-off ferries (RORO) and ROPAX ships that carry people and vehicles on the same sailing. Fastcraft wins on speed for many short hops but cannot load cars or trucks. RORO and ROPAX sail slower yet handle cargo decks, motorcycles, and family vans on major Visayas and Mindanao links.
Ports & Piers
The guides below are a sample of the pier coverage on the site. Open any link for gate tips, nearby transport, and schedule tables where we publish them.
Cebu City
Bohol Island
Negros Oriental
Siquijor
Before you travel
Carrier rules and local travel memos change faster than many printed brochures suggest. Treat every timetable here as a planning aid, not a binding contract. Confirm departure time, baggage limits, and ID or paperwork requirements on the operator website, mobile app, or ticket window when you pay.
Weather fronts and pier congestion still cancel sailings with little warning during monsoon months and around major holidays. If a flight or long-distance bus locks you to a fixed hour, choose an earlier boat or keep a same-day backup route in mind. Several Filipino lines post flash advisories on social pages before they rotate older PDF schedules on static sites.
Plan your vacation
Book flights, ferry legs, and hotel rooms early when you travel on a holiday weekend or during school break. Peak weeks fill fastcraft cabins, sell out RORO vehicle decks, and exhaust resort blocks that still look open online. Spread bookings across trusted reservation tools and direct carrier sites so you hold confirmed seats instead of last-minute waits at the pier.