SUNFLOWER TOMAKOMAI / HOKKAIDO MARU
Fastest Vehicle Ferries in Japan
SUNFLOWER TOMAKOMAI and HOKKAIDO MARU are the fast RORO vessels, and recorded a maximum speed 31 knots. SUNFLOWER TOMAKOMAI was delivered to Blue Highway Line Corp. /Corporation for Advanced Transport & Technology on August 12, 1999 and HOKKAIDO MARU to Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. on August 29, 1999 at Shimonoseki Shipyard and Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
SUNFLOWER TOMAKOMAI and HOKKAIDO MARU entered service in September, 1999 on the 1,037 km Japanese domestic route between Tokyo and Tomakomai in Hokkaido.
The vessels have 30 knots service speed, and it takes only 20 hours, while the existing RORO vessels need 30 hours, so that the can realize "daily service" between Tokyo and Tomakomai. The are expected to be the pioneers of the "modal-shift" (shifting transportation from land vehicles to vessels).
PRINCIPAL PARTICULARS
Length (o.a.) ... 199.00 m
Length (b.p.) ... 187.70 m
Breadth (mld.) ... 24.50 m
Depth (mld.) ... 21.32 m (to B-deck)
Draft (mld.) ...6.90 m
Gross tonnage ... 12,520 (Japanese Government Rule)
Deadweight ... 5,618 MT
Main engine ... NKK 18PC4-2B x 2 sets
MCR ... 23,830 kW x 430rpm x 2
NOR ... 21,447 kW x 415rpm x 2
Speed (max. trial) ...31.01 knots
(service) ...30.0 knots
Complement ... 20
Classification ... NK, NS* (RGCS) (Vehicles Ferry) MNS* (M0)
Ramp way ...
Outboard side ramp (Bow) x 1
Outboard side ramp (Stern) x 1
Fixed ramp with cover x 1
Loading capacity
(tank) ... H.F.O.: 1,678 m3, D.O.: 322 m3, F.W.: 445 m3, W.B.: 4,436 m3
(passenger) ... 12
(car/vehicle) ... 12 m trucks 161 units, 9 m trucks 2 units, car 46 units
