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(Attachment 2)
Status of service for oceangoing passengers on regularly scheduled lines

As of March, 2005
Name of route Operator (nationality) Ship's name (nationality)
(class of ship)
Service frequency
(K)
Shimonoseki - Busan
Kampu Ferry Co., Ltd. (J)
Hamayu Co., Ltd. (J) (ferry)
Round trip every day
(Joint service operated by two companies)
Pukwan Co., Ltd. (K)
Seong Hee (K) (ferry)
[Put into service May 22, 2002]
Hakata - Busan
Camellia Line Co., Ltd. (J)
New Camellia (J) (ferry)
[Put into service July 5, 2004]
6 round trips per week
Kyushu Railway Co., Ltd. (J)
Beetle II (J) (Jetfoil)
22 round trips per week
Beetle III (J) (Jetfoil)
[Put into service April 6, 2001]
JB (J) (Jetfoil)
JB 2 (J) (Jetfoil)
[Put into service July 1, 2003]
MiraeJet Co., Ltd. (K)
Kobee (K) (Jetfoil)
2 round trips every day
Kobee III (P) (Jetfoil)
[Put in service September 1, 2002]
Kobee V (P) (Jetfoil)
[Put in service March 27, 2004]
2 round trips every day
[Service commenced February 20, 2002]
Hiroshima - Busan
Pukwan Co., Ltd. (K)
Eunha (K) (ferry)
15 to 15.5 round trips per month
[Service commenced October 22, 2002]
Osaka - Busan
PanStar Line Co., Ltd. (K)
PanStar Dream (K) (ferry)
3 round trips per week
[Service commenced April 24, 2002]
Izuhara / Hitakatsu - Busan
Dae-A Express Shipping Co., Ltd. (K)
Sea Flower II (K) (high-speed vessel)
[Put into service August, 2004]
6 round trips per week
[3 to 4 round trips from Izuhara, 2 to 3 round trips from Hitakatsu]
Name of route Operator (nationality) Ship's name (nationality) (class of ship) Service frequency
(Ch)
Kobe / Osaka - Shanghai
CHINA-JAPAN INTERNATIONAL FERRY CO., LTD. (Ch)
Jianjin (Ch) (ferry)
1 round trip per week
Osaka - Shanghai
Shanghai Ferry Co., Ltd. (J)
Suzhou Hao (Ch) (ferry)
1 round trip per week
Kobe - Tianjin
China Express Line Co., Ltd. (J)
Yenjing (Ch) (ferry)
1 round trip per week
Shimonoseki - Qingdao
Orient Ferry Co., Ltd. (J)
Utopia (P) (ferry)
2 round trips per week
Name of route Operator (nationality) Ship's name (nationality) (class of ship) Service frequency
(Taiwan)
Naha / Ishigaki - Jilong / Takao (Kaohsiung) ARIMURA SANGYO CO., LTD. (J)
CRUISE FERRY HIRYU 21 (J) (ferry)
2 round trips per week
CRUISE FERRY HIRYU (J) (ferry)
Name of route Operator (nationality) Ship's name (nationality) (class of ship) Service frequency
(R)
Wakkanai - Korsakov
Higashi Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd. (J)
EINS SOUYA (J) (ferry)
60 trips per year (from April to December)
Otaru - Holmsk
SASCO (R)
Sakhalin 7 (R) (ferry)
1 round trip per month
(Exhibit) Survey by MLIT Maritime Bureau

    Note) Nationality and abbreviated designation of registry are as follows: (J): Japan, (K): Korea, (P): Panama, (Ch): China, (R): Russia
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