MISHIMA MARU (みしま丸)

Owner: Mishima Shipping Co. (Taisei Kisen)
Gross tons: 19
Engine: diesel, 450 b.h.p.
Service speed: 8 knots
Vehicle capacity: 7 passenger cars
Completed: July 1989
Route: Hinase Port to Hinase Islands, Okayama Prefecture. Operates with sister “Ferry Mishima” as a “sea taxi service” (i.e., on request, no fixed schedules)
photo: Hinase Port, 4th January 2018; sister “Ferry Mishima” (フェリーみしま), built 1999, in background