Kanda Completes Ferry, QUEEN CORAL PLUS

Kanda Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. completed construction of QUEEN CORAL PLUS, a passenger/car ferry of 6,000GT, for the co-owners, Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) and Marix Line Co., Ltd. of Kagoshima, Japan, on November 27, 2008. The ships for sale, just like this one is the replacement for the QUEEN CORAL (built in 1993). The new ferry entered service between Kagoshima and Okinawa on Dec. 3, 2008. The PLUS of the new ship name stands for “Pleasant, Luxury, and Utility Ship,” and the ship is classed as the barrier-free type. The QUEEN CORAL PLUS measures 143.3m in length and 21.6m in breadth. Two 9,000ps main engines can achieve a service speed of 21.4 knots. The ship can accommodate 470 (maximum 800) passengers and carry 26 12m trucks, 44 passenger cars, and 246 containers (238 10ft and eight 20ft containers).
The ship is really large nad had overal length of 143.30 meters, beam of 21.60 meters and draft when the ship is fully loaded of 6.25 meters. The vessel has gross tonnage of 5,910 gross tons and deadweight of 3,537 metric tons. The main engine of the ferry is JFE 12PC2-6V, which gives for is ability to realize speed of 21.4 knots. Ferries are usualy different than cruise ships, and other sailing vessels like yachts, but actually the pricipal specifications to almost all ships is the same. So we will introduce to you these beautiful cruise and cargo ships.