Sado Steam Ship

Sado Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
Native name
佐渡汽船株式会社
Company typeCorporation
IndustryPublic Transportation
FoundedFebruary 3, 1913 (1913-02-03)[1]
Headquarters,
Japan
Area served
Niigata Prefecture
ParentMichinori Holdings (66.54%)
Niigata Prefecture (10.72%)
Sado, Niigata (3.52%)
Websitewww.sadokisen.co.jp/language/en/

Sado Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (佐渡汽船株式会社, Sado Kisen Kabushiki-gaisha) is a marine transportation company based in Sado, Niigata, Japan, founded as Sado Shosen on February 3, 1913. And, in 1932, this company was established by merging three ferry companies that Sado Shosen, Etsusa Shosen and Niigata Kisen into Sado Kisen as a joint public-private venture for the first time in Japan.[2] On March 31, 2022, a 66.54% of this company's shares are transferred to Michinori Holdings. Now, this company belongs to Michinori Holdings.

Routes connecting the mainland to Sado Island
  1. ^ "Top page". Sado Steam Ship. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ^ This company was invested by Niigata Kotsu and Niigata Prefecture when it was established