The Strong Republic Nautical Highway, apart from enhancing public access to selected tourism areas throughout the country offers an alternate route for the flow of agricultural products.

Otherwise referred to as the RORO Food Highway, this route encourages agricultural producers and fisheries suppliers to break new grounds in areas it traverses. It serves as a more efficient option for transporting goods from Mindanao to Luzon, creating new and bigger markets and building a stronger network for inter-island trade between north and south.

It also stimulates the entry of commodities to erstwhile uncharted and deficient areas, consistent with the Arroyo Administration's efforts of forging ahead a stable supply of food at affordable prices.

Significantly the facility gives our farmers and fisherfolks' and added window to distribute their products faster and better, thus helping energize and enrich the countryside.

COMPONENTS

The RORO Food Highway has three essential components:

1. The Main Route uses the main nautical highway from Manila to Dapitan/Dipolog/Iligan;
   
   
2. The Grains Highway from Cagayan de Oro to Batangas involves the use of bulk-handling ships and facilities in transporting grains, principally corn;
   
   
3. The Cagayan de Oro-Dumaguete-Batangas-Manila Long Haul Route connects to the main highway. This new route involves the use of super ferries with roll-on, roll-off cargo facilities that can transport other agricultural and fishery commodities from Mindanao to Luzon.
   
   Travelers from Mindanao can take advantage of a shorter traveling option by land from Davao and General Santos Cities to Cagayan de Oro cutting the usual traveling time by half, from 12 hours to only 6 hours and taking the long haul route all the way to Luzon via Cagayan de Oro-Batangas RoRo.

ROLLING CARGO RATES

MAIN ROUTE (Manila/Dumaguete/Dapitan)
VEHICLE TYPE	ROUTE	FREIGHT CHARGES* (PHP)
10-Wheeler truck	Batangas-Calapan	1,750.00
Buses	Roxas-Caticlan	3,427.00
	Iloilo-Bacolod	750.00
	Dumaguete-Dapitan	2,900.00
Cars/Sedan	Batangas-Calapan	370.00
	Roxas-Caticlan	725.00
	Iloilo-Bacolod	1,472.46
	Dumaguete-Dapitan	1,620.00
Vans	Batangas-Calapan	520.00
	Roxas-Caticlan	1,018.00
	Iloilo-Bacolod	1,472.46
	Dumaguete-Dapitan	1,780.00
LONG HAUL ROUTE (Cagayan de Oro-Dumaguete-Batangas-Manila)
Lane Meter Rates for Mindanao  (rates subject to 10% VAT) Batangas-Cagayan de Oro 2,150.00 Cagayan de Oro-Batangas 1,750.00 Cagayan de Oro-Batangas/Manila 1,100.00   (Corn only)

* Charges inclusive of terminal fees

PRESCRIBED PASSENGER FARE AND VEHICLE CHARGES

For motorists using the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH)

ORIGIN-DESTINATION	PASSENGER	ROLLING CARGO
		Van	Cars	10-Wheeller Truck/Bus
Manila-Caticlan	740.00	1938	1495	5927
Manila-Iloilo	975.00	1938	1495	5927
Batangas-Caticlan	621.28	1938	1495	5927
Batangas-Iloilo	856.00	1938	1495	5927
Calapan-Caticlan	511.28	1218	925	3827
Calapan-Iloilo	746.28	1218	925	3827
Manila-Dapitan	1549.70	5590.46	4987.46	12227

PASSENGER FARE

Route	Fare (In PhP)	Means of Transportation
Manila-Batangas	118.72*	Aircon Bus
Batangas-Calapan City	110.00	RORO Boat
Calapan-Roxas	155.68*	Aircon Bus
Roxas-Caticlan	210.00	RORO Boat
Manila-Caticlan	740.00**	Aircon Bus & Boat Fare
Manila Iloilo	875.00**	Aircon Bus & Boat Fare
Iloilo-Bacolod	165.00	Fastcraft
Bacolod-Dumaguete	239.70*	Aircon Bus
Dumaguete-Dapitan	170.00***	RORO Boat

SCHEDULE

Prescribed Trip Schedule - SRNH (Manila-Caticlan-Manila)
ETD from Cubao	11:00 pm
ETA Batangas	1:00 am
ETD from Batangas	2:00 am - RORO Starlite Pacific Daily
ETA Calapan	4:00 am
ETD from Calapan	5:00 am
ETA Roxas	7:30am
ETD from Roxas	8:30 am - RORO Maharlika 3 Daily
ETA Caticlan	1:00pm
ETD from Caticlan	3:00pm - RORO Maharlika 3 Daily
ETA Roxas	7:30pm
ETD from Roxas	8:30pm
ETA Calapan	11:00pm
ETD from Calapan	11:30pm - RORO Starlite Nautica Daily
ETA Batangas	1:30AM
ETD from Batangas	2:30am
ETA Cubao	4:30am
Trip Schedule - SRNH (Manila-Iloilo-Manila)
ETD from Manila	11:00pm
ETA Batangas	1:00AM
ETD from Batangas	2:00am - RORO Starlite Pacific Daily
ETA Calapan	4:00am
ETD from Calapan	5:00am
ETA Roxas	7:30am
ETD from Roxas	8:30am - RORO Maharlika 3 Daily
ETA Caticlan	1:00pm
ETD from Caticlan	2:00pm
ETA Iloilo	6:00pm
ETD Iloilo	10:00am
ETA Caticlan	2:00pm
ETD from Caticlan (see above schedule for Manila-Caticlan-Manila)

Bachelor Express will be the first to field buses to ply the SRNH route, departing at 11pm daily from  the Ali Mall Bus Station, Cubao, Quezon City, and 10am daily from Iloilo City.