Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd. (新日本海フェリー株式会社) 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,[1] ferrying 240 kilometres, from Shinmoji in Northern Kyushu, to the Iyonada Sea, over seven hours, with a maximum speed of 26 knots.[2]
Ships and Routes
Highspeed Ferries
Conventional Ferries
Terminals
Shin Nihonkai Ferry operates from six terminals.[3]
- Maizuru ferry terminal
- Located in Maizuru, Kyoto (35.4815°N, 135.3919°W)
- Tsuruga ferry terminal
- Located in Tsuruga, Fukui (35.6786°N, 136.0725°W)
- Niigata ferry terminal
- Located in Niigata, Niigata (37.9381°N, 139.0702°W)
- Akita ferry terminal
- Located in Akita, Akita (39.7551°N, 140.0586°W)
- Tomakomai east ferry terminal
- Located in Atsuma, Hokkaido (42.6092°N, 141.8193°W)
- Otaru ferry terminal
- Located in Otaru, Hokkaido (43.1908°N, 141.0188°W)
See also
- Hankyu Ferry
- List of ferry operators in Japan
External links
References
- Can Emir. The World's First Autonomous Ship Just Finished Its First Run in Japan interestingengineering.com, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2023-02-08^
- marinecurrents. MHI completed demonstration test of fully autonomous ship systems smoothly MarineCurrents, 2022-01-22, retrieved 2023-02-08^
- Terminal Access Shin Nihonkai Ferry, retrieved 3 December 2016^