Shin Nihonkai Ferry

Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd.
Native name
新日本海フェリー株式会社
Company typeCorporation
IndustryMarine transportation
FoundedJune 11, 1967 (1967-06-11)
Headquarters,
Japan
Websitewww.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]

  1. ^ Emir, Can (19 January 2022). "The World's First Autonomous Ship Just Finished Its First Run in Japan". interestingengineering.com. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ marinecurrents (22 January 2022). "MHI completed demonstration test of fully autonomous ship systems smoothly". MarineCurrents. Retrieved 8 February 2023.