Ro/ro passenger/vehicle ferry “Kobe Express” (こうべエキスプレス ) alongside the Sannomiya Ferry Terminal, Kobe, on 5th October 2021
Owner: Miyazaki Marine Co.
Operator: Miyazaki Car Ferry
Port of registry: Tokyo
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki
Gross tons: 11,933
Length overall: 170 m
Engines: diesel
Passenger capacity: 690
Completed: 1997 as “Osaka Express” for operation on the Miyazaki-Osaka service with her sister “Miyazaki Express”.
On 1st October 2014 the eastern terminus of the service was changed to Kobe & the ship renamed “Kobe Express”