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Ferry Sunflower (group MOL) has ordered the construction of two ferries
will be realized by the ship yard Japan Marine United Corporation
November 20, 2015
the company of Japanese navigation Ferry Sunflower, that it is of entire property of the shipowning group Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has ordered to the ship yard Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) the construction of two new ferries of 13.500 tons of tonnage. The ships, that they will have an ability to 709 passengers, 40 members of the crew and 121 heavy vehicles, will be long 192 meters, wide 27 meters and will have a speed of service of 23 knots.
the new ferries, that March months of 2018 will be taken in delivery in the june and, will be used in order to replace the ships Sunflower Satsuma and Sunflower Kirishima currently employees on the route between the ports of Osaka and Shibushi.
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