Dumaguete Port has added a new service route with the maiden call of Kho Shipping Lines' MV Pio Corpus Star on 7 September, the Philippine Ports Authority reported on its Facebook page.

Pio Corpus will run the Cebu City-Dumaguete-Lazi-Cagayan de Oro and vice versa route three times a week to serve passengers from Negros Oriental and Siquijor.

The following are Pio Corpus Star's schedules as posted on the PPA's Facebook page:

Monday, Thursday, Saturday

Departs Cebu City at 5 p.m. and arrives in Dumaguete City at 11 p.m.

Tuesday, Friday, Sunday

Departs Dumaguete City at 1 a.m. and arrives in Lazi, Siquijor at 4 a.m.

Departs Lazi at 6 a.m. and arrives in Cagayan de Oro City at 12 p.m.

Monday, Thursday, Saturday

Departs Dumaguete City at 6 a.m. and arrives in Cebu City at 12 p.m.

Departs Lazi at 1 a.m. and arrives in Dumaguete City at 4 a.m.

Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

Departs Cagayan de Oro at 5 p.m. and arrives in Lazi at 11 p.m.