Nisshin Maru

Nisshin Maru
History
Japan
NameNisshin Maru (Previously Chikuzen Maru)[2]
OwnerKyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd[2]
Port of registryJapan[2][3]
BuilderHitachi Zosen Corporation Innoshima Works
LaunchedAugust 30, 1987[2]
Decommissioned2020
In serviceDecommissioned[4]
Out of service2020
HomeportShimonoseki Harbor, Tokyo, Japan
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
TypeWhaling factory ship
Tonnage8,145 gross tonnage (GT)[2]
Length129.58 m (425 ft 2 in) o/a[2][3]
Beam19.4 m (63 ft 8 in) (moulded)[3]
Draft11.7 m (38 ft 5 in)
Propulsion5,383 kw (7315 bhp)[2]
Speed
  • Max: 16 knots (29.6 km/h)
  • Cruise: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)

The Nisshin Maru (日新丸) was the primary vessel[5] of the Japanese whaling fleet and was the world's only whaler factory ship.[6] It was the research base ship for the Institute of Cetacean Research for 2002 to 2007.[7] It had a tonnage of 8,145 GT and is the largest member and flagship of the five-ship whaling fleet, headed by leader Shigetoshi Nishiwaki. The ship was based in Japan in Shimonoseki harbor[8] and was owned by Tokyo-based Kyodo Senpaku, which is a subsidiary of the Institute of Cetacean Research.[9]

Minke whales, including a 1-year-old juvenile, being loaded aboard Nisshin Maru. This photograph was taken in the Southern Ocean by agents from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service vessel, during a 2008 surveillance mission.[10]
Nisshin Maru in Innoshima
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  3. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register – Fairplay. Retrieved February 20, 2007
  4. ^ "Ship NISSHIN MARU (Fishery Research Vessel) Registered in Japan - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 8705292, MMSI -8705292, Call Sign JJCJ".
  5. ^ "農林水産省/Assistance Transportation for Damaged Areas by the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast Tohoku Earthquake (March 28)". Archived from the original on August 4, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  6. ^ Darby, Andrew (July 18, 2009). "New rules for safe shipping may save whales". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. ^ "Proposed Research Plan for New Scientific Whale Research Program in the western North Pacific (NEWREP-NP)" (PDF). Government of Japan. n.d. p. 155 (Annex 21). Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "Protest as Japan whaling factory ship returns to port". AFP. April 14, 2009. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009.
  9. ^ Nisshin Maru. ClassNK Register of Ships.
  10. ^ Hon. P. Garrett MP, Australian Minister for the Environment, and Hon. B. Debus MP, Australian Minister for Home Affairs (February 7, 2008). "Whaling Announcement – Release of images from the Oceanic Viking, Interview Transcript" (PDF). Maroubra, NSW, Australia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)