Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, an arm of Japan’s giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has handed over the first of two large energy-efficient car ferries, the 14,300GT Keyaki.
Courtesy of MHI
As disclosed, the delivery ceremony for the 199-meter-long and 25.5-meter-wide environmentally friendly ferry was held at the Enoura Plant of MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture on November 11.
The ship—built for the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) and the Osaka-headquartered Shin Nihonkai Ferry—entered service on November 14. It is to serve a shipping route between the cities of Otaru in Hokkaido and Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, according to officials from MHI.
As informed, Keyaki—which touched the water for the first time back in April this year—is able to carry around 286 passengers and transport approximately 150 trucks
