Nippon Maru (ship, 1990)

Nippon Maru

The Nippon Maru in Honolulu Harbor, May 2010

Ship data flag  Japan Ship type Cruise ship Callsign JNNU home port Tokyo Shipping company Mitsui OSK Passenger Line Shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , Kobe Build number 1188 Keel laying October 1989 Launch March 8, 1990 takeover September 22, 1990 Commissioning September 27, 1990 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 166.65 m ( Lüa ) 147 m ( Lpp ) width 24 m Draft Max. 6.5 m measurement 16,879 GT

Machine system machine 2 × Mitsubishi 8UEC52LA diesel engines Machine performance 15,370 kW (20,897 hp) Top speed 18 kn (33 km / h)

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 607

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 8817631

The Nippon Maru ( Japanese に っ ぽ ん 丸 ) is a cruise ship of the Japanese Mitsui OSK Passenger Line , which entered service in 1990. She is the only cruise ship flying the Japanese flag.

history

The Nippon Maru was laid down in October 1989 under construction number 1188 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kobe and launched on March 8, 1990. On September 22, 1990, the delivery to the Mitsui OSK Passenger Line based in Tokyo took place before the ship was put into service on September 27 for cruises to Hong Kong and Taiwan .

Since 2001, the Nippon Maru , previously only used in Asia, has also been used for cruises around the world. From May 20th to 21st, 2008 the ship was at the Cruise Terminal in Hamburg and thus for the first and only time in a German port. In the same year the hull of the Nippon Maru , which had been white until then, was painted black.

Since the Fuji Maru, which is also part of the Mitsui OSK Passenger Line, was retired in December 2013, the Nippon Maru has been the only active cruise ship flying the Japanese flag.

Web links

Commons : Nippon Maru  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Nippon Maru (Japanese)
• Entry on Nippon Maru on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
• Entry for Nippon Maru on schiffe-in-hamburg.de