Toyofuji Shipping Co is a

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shipping company based in

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and owned by

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. It has a subsidiary branch in Europe for short sea operations within the region, located in

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The company was created in March 1964. It specializes in maritime transport and distribution of cargo such as automobiles, trucks, trailers, Mafi roll trailers, heavy construction machineries and further types of rolling freight. The main trade lanes covered include domestic transport, from Japan to

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, and from Japan to

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and

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. These services are performed by a fleet of six smaller ships, and eighteen larger

oceanic vessels. In September 2017, the company announced plans to build and purchase new ships powered by

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. The first to be delivered in July 2024 by

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the prede ...

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was ''mv Trans Harmony Green'', with a GRT of 49,500, and deck space for 3000 cars. The company logo is painted on each

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hull, and depicts a blue

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shooting three water bubbles.

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External links

Official website
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Ships gallery

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