Ro/ro passenger & vehicle ferry “Konpira II” (????2) departing Kobe on 8th January 2013
Owner: Kato Kaiun, Kobe (not Kato Kisen, Osaka, as some sources give)
Port of registry: Kobe, Japan
Builder: Hayashikane Shipbuilding Co., Nagasaki (Hull-976)
Gross tons: 3,639
Deadweight: 2,168
Length overall: 115.90 m
Engines: 2 x diesels, total 12,000 b.h.p.
Service speed: 18.5 knots
Capacities: 475 passengers & 61 x 8-ton trailers
Present service: Kobe-Sakate-Takamatsu (Jumbo Ferry service)
Completed December 1989
Underwent rennovation in 2000
Several sources give her name in Roman lettering as “Konpira No.2” but “Konpira II” is clearly shown on this & other photos
Officially withdrawn from service 17 December 2022; had been replaced earlier that year by a new vessel, the “Aoi” (IMO 9928278). Several of the tracking websites now list her flag as Mongolia