is a marine transportation company based in Japan.
Shin Nihonkai Ferry collaborated with
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding in demonstrating the first successful sea voyage using an unmanned, fully
autonomous navigation system on 17 January 2022, ferrying 240 kilometres, from Shinmoji in Northern
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's Japanese archipelago, four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa Island, Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Ryukyu Islands, Islands ...
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the Iyonada Sea, over seven hours, with a maximum speed of 26 knots.
Ships and Routes
Highspeed Ferries
Conventional Ferries
Terminals
Shin Nihonkai Ferry operates from six terminals.
;Maizuru ferry terminal
:Located in
Maizuru, Kyoto
is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,644 in 34,817 households and a population density of 230 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Maizuru is located in northern Kyoto Prefectu ...
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Tsuruga ferry terminal
:Located in
Tsuruga, Fukui
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,123 in 28,604 households and the population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Geography
Tsuruga is l ...
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;Niigata ferry terminal
:Located in
Niigata, Niigata
is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture (). It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is ...
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Akita ferry terminal
:Located in
Akita, Akita
is the capital and most populous Cities of Japan, city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and has been designated a Core cities of Japan, core city since 1 April 1997. , the city has an estimated population of 300,502 persons in 136,628 households and a ...
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;Tomakomai east ferry terminal
:Located in
Atsuma, Hokkaido ()
;Otaru ferry terminal
:Located in
Otaru, Hokkaido
is a city and port in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. The city faces Ishikari Bay and the Sea of Japan, and has long served as the main port of the bay. With its many historical buildings, Otaru is a popular tour ...
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Transport companies established in 1969
Japanese companies established in 1969
Ferry companies of Japan
Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
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