Shin Nihonkai Ferry

Marine transportation company in Japan

Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd.

Native name	新日本海フェリー株式会社
Company type	Corporation
Industry	Marine transportation
Founded	June 11, 1967 (1967-06-11)
Headquarters	Osaka , Japan
Website	www.snf.jp

Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd. (新日本海フェリー株式会社, Shin Nihonkai Ferry Kabushiki-gaisha) 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 January 17, 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

Ship	Built	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Trucks	Cars	Speed	Routes
Hamanasu	2004	16,810	224.5 m	26.0 m	746	158	66	31	Maizuru - Otaru
Akashia	2004	16,810	224.5 m	26.0 m	746	158	66	31	Maizuru - Otaru
Suzuran (2nd Generation)	2012	17,382	224.5 m	26.0 m	613	158	58	28	Tsuruga - Tomakomai
Suisen (2nd Generation)	2012	17,382	224.5 m	26.0 m	613	158	58	28	Tsuruga - Tomakomai

Conventional Ferries

Ship	Built	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Trucks	Cars	Speed	Routes
Lilac	2002	18,229	199.9 m	26.5 m	846	146	58	23	Tsuruga - Niigata - Akita - Tomakomai
Yuukari	2002	18,229	199.9 m	26.5 m	846	146	58	23	Tsuruga - Niigata - Akita - Tomakomai
Lavender	2017	14,125	197.5 m	26.7 m	600	150	22	24	Niigata - Otaru
Azalea	2017	14,125	197.5 m	26.7 m	600	150	22	24	Niigata - Otaru

Terminals

Shin Nihonkai Ferry operates from six terminals.^[3]

Maizuru ferry terminal: Located in Maizuru, Kyoto (35°28′53″N 135°23′31″E / 35.4815°N 135.3919°E / 35.4815; 135.3919 (Shin Nihonkai Ferry Maizuru Terminal))

Tsuruga ferry terminal: Located in Tsuruga, Fukui (35°40′43″N 136°04′21″E / 35.6786°N 136.0725°E / 35.6786; 136.0725 (Shin Nihonkai Ferry Tsuruga Terminal))

Niigata ferry terminal: Located in Niigata, Niigata (37°56′17″N 139°04′13″E / 37.9381°N 139.0702°E / 37.9381; 139.0702 (Shin Nihonkai Ferry Niigata Terminal))

Akita ferry terminal: Located in Akita, Akita (39°45′18″N 140°03′31″E / 39.7551°N 140.0586°E / 39.7551; 140.0586 (Shin Nihonkai Ferry Akita Terminal))

Tomakomai east ferry terminal: Located in Atsuma, Hokkaido (42°36′33″N 141°49′09″E / 42.6092°N 141.8193°E / 42.6092; 141.8193 (Shin Nihonkai Ferry Tomakomai Terminal))

Otaru ferry terminal: Located in Otaru, Hokkaido (43°11′27″N 141°01′08″E / 43.1908°N 141.0188°E / 43.1908; 141.0188 (Shin Nihonkai Ferry Otaru Terminal))

References

^ Emir, Can (19 January 2022). "The World's First Autonomous Ship Just Finished Its First Run in Japan". interestingengineering.com. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
^ marinecurrents (22 January 2022). "MHI completed demonstration test of fully autonomous ship systems smoothly". MarineCurrents. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
^ "Terminal Access" (in Japanese). Shin Nihonkai Ferry. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

External links

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Official website (in Japanese)

Mass transit in Hokkaido

JR Hokkaido lines

Hokkaido Shinkansen
■■ Chitose
■ Furano
■■■ Hakodate
■ Hidaka
■ Kaikyō
■■ Muroran
■■ Nemuro
■ Rumoi
■ Sasshō
■ Sekihoku
■ Sekishō
■ Senmō
■ Sōya

JR named trains

Hayabusa
Hayate
Hokuto
Kamui
Kitami
Lilac
Okhotsk
Ōzora
Sarobetsu
Sōya
Suzuran
Taisetsu
Tokachi

Discontinued JR named trains

Cassiopeia
Hakuchō
Hamanasu
Ishikari
Super Hakuchō
Super White Arrow
Twilight Express
White Arrow

Sapporo Municipal Subway

Namboku Line
Tōzai Line
Tōhō Line

Other railways

Terminals

Rail
Airports
- Asahikawa
- New Chitose
- Hakodate
- Kushiro
- Memanbetsu
- Monbetsu
- Nakashibetsu
- Okadama
- Okushiri
- Rishiri
- Tokachi–Obihiro
- Wakkanai
Ports
- Hakodate
- Otaru
- Tomakomai
- Kushiro

Public Ferries

Heart Land Ferry (ja) (Wakkanai—N. Islands)
Silver Ferry (Tomakomai—Hachinohe)
Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry (Hakodate—Aomori)
Seikan Ferry (Hakodate—Aomori)
Shin Nihonkai Ferry
MOL Ferry
Taiheiyō Ferry
Haboro-Enkai Ferry (ja) (Haboro—Yagishiri Island)

Miscellaneous

Cards
- Kitaca
- SAPICA
Tunnels
- Seikan Tunnel

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Metro systems
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trams (list)
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v t e Transit in Akita Prefecture
JR East	Akita Shinkansen Gonō Line Hanawa Line Kitakami Line Oga Line Ōu Main Line Tazawako Line Uetsu Main Line
Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway	Akita Nairiku Line
Yuri Kōgen Railway	Chōkai Sanroku Line
Named trains	Akebono Inaho Komachi Nihonkai Resort Shirakami Tsugaru
Bus	Akita Chūō Kōtsū [tl] Shūhoku Bus [ja] Ugo Kōtsū [ja]
Public ferries	Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Misc	Akita Station Akita Airport Odate-Noshiro Airport Ports Akita Funagawa Noshiro
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

v t e Transit in Niigata Prefecture
JR East	Jōetsu Shinkansen ■Banetsu West Line ■Echigo Line ■Hakushin Line ■Iiyama Line ■Jōetsu Line ■Shinetsu Main Line ■Tadami Line ■Uetsu Main Line ■Yahiko Line ■Yonesaka Line
JR West	Hokuriku Shinkansen ■Ōito Line
Echigo Tokimeki Railway	■Myōkō Haneuma Line (former Shinetsu Main Line) ■Nihonkai Hisui Line (former Hokuriku Main Line)
Hokuetsu Express	■Hokuhoku Line
Aizu Tetsudo	■ Aizu Line
Named trains	Inaho Shirayuki Banetsu Monogatari Koshino ShuKura* Kirakira Uetsu Oykot Genbi Shinkansen Setsugekka
Bus	Bandai-bashi Line Niigata Kotsu Echigo Kotsu Kubiki Motor
Public ferries	Sado Steam Ship Awashima-Line Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Misc	Niigata Station Cards Suica Ryuto Niigata Airport
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)