News / Japan-China ferry operator orders replacement ro-ro/pax vessel

Xin Jian Zhen China Japan ro-ro. Credit VesselFinder.

Japan-China International Ferry has ordered a ’cruise containership’, which can also carry 192 passengers, for its Japan to China ferry route.

It will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard for delivery in 2024 and can carry around 334 teu, including 60 teu of reefers, about 134 teu more than its current vessels.

Part of Cosco, Japan-China services call at Shanghai and at Japan’s ports of Osaka and Kobe, alternating between Osaka and Kobe every other week, taking five days to arrive.

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