Ro-ro passenger/vehicle ferry “Marimo” (まりも) off Tokyo, 10th August 1974
Owner: Kinkai Yusen Kaisha (KYK Line)
Port of registry: Tokyo
Builder: Naikai Zosen, Setoda
Gross tons: 9,235
Deadweight: 3,669
Length overall: 166.02 m
Max. draft: 6.30 m
Engines: 2 B&W type 16U45HU diesels, total 18,800 b.h.p., by Hitachi Zosen, Osaka
Speed: 20.75 knots
Capacities: 835 passengers, 101 8-ton trucks, 101 cars
Completed March 1972. Operated on Tokyo-Kushiro (Hokkaido) route
Later changed to Hakata-Pusan route (“Camelia Line”)
Chartered to Ocean Tokyu Ferry Co. June 1992, operated on Tokyo-Kokura route
Sold 1996 to Sulpicio Lines, Cebu, Philippines, renamed “Princess of the World”
7th July 2005: severely damaged by fire off Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, & subsequently declared a constructive total loss.