A new shipbuilding of the prestigious Ocean ferry "Ferry Osaka II" A ceremony ceremony · Report all of the exhibition in 120 photos

The prestigious ocean ferry connecting Osaka / Nanko and Fukuoka / Shimoji Port will be a new shipbuilding from Wednesday, September 16, 2015Ferry Osaka II"I debuted. On the day of the flight, an exhibition and a ceremony commemorating ceremony was held for the press, so we decided to take advantage of the rare opportunities to see the new shipbuilding ship, and look around the inside of the ship.

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Arrived at Osaka Nanko Branch of the prestigious Ocean Ferry where ceremonies and exhibitions will be held. Unfortunately it was raining on the day.


As I approached the reception desk and aimed at the venue as I was guided, a new ship "Ferry Osaka II" suddenly appeared suddenly beyond the pier. All the events, including ceremonies, were supposed to be held onboard this newly built ship.


When approaching nearby, the hull of 183 meters in total length, 27 meters in width, 8th floor structure with a total tonnage of 10,4920 tons is quite impressive. Go up the gentle uphill pier to the 6th floor venue.


When you enter the ship, you first saw it in the entrance hall. A very bright entrance has a stairway leading to the venue, coupled with the structure of the colonnades, I get the impression of being on a "passenger boat" rather than "ferry".


The sofa was placed in the entrance hall, making it a comfortable and relaxing space.


Prior to the ceremony, a brief explanation of the new shipbuilding was given from President Abe of the prestigious Ocean ferry, and Mr. Yamamoto, Managing Director. New shipbuilding "Ferry Osaka II" is a machine to be introduced into the route connecting Osaka · Nangang and Fukuoka · Shimoji Port, and has been in operation for 23 yearsFerry Osaka"It is supposed to take over the route in the form of a baton touch. The shipping industry has frequently faced tough circumstances, such as Lehman shock and experiments on freeway free trials, but the shipping industry is converting cargo and person transportation from conventional cars and planes to ships and railroadsModal shiftWith the increasing momentum of the company, the company emphasized that it entered an aggressive stance of introducing new shipbuilding.


After that, we relocated the entrance to the entrance again and a ceremony was held such as President Abe, Captain of the "Ferry Osaka II", Director of the Port Authority of Osaka City Port and Commemorative Director, and a ceremony such as presentation of bouquets and commemorative shields.


When the ceremony ends, it is the start of the exhibition. So, go to the room at once.


First of all, we decided to look around the rooms on the 6th floor.


◆ Tourist (ladies' room)
On the 6th floor, there is a "tourist" room in the center divided into half by a curtain. The regular fare until September 30, 2015 is 7870 yen. First of all, I will look at a room that will be dedicated to women even in a tourist.


When opening the door of the corridor, the inside has become a corridorlike structure as shown in the following picture further.


After further turning down the corridor in the room, it became a booth and there were two private rooms on the second floor part that climbed the stairs. The contents are based on beige and red is included in the accent, it has become a design conscious of women. The fact that female staff is involved in the design of the interior is said to be involved a lot, and it seems that power is being focused on making women feel at ease and being able to relax.


A bed on the stairs. Hanger and small storage are arranged in the head part.


Space to keep life jacket at the end of the stairs.


The whole picture of the private room is like this. The bed is 2 meters long and 80 centimeters wide, so it's got a relaxed size so it seems like it will not make me cramped except for height.


In the corner of the private room, there were fans for ventilation, lighting, power supply, storage type small storage. It seems to be useful when charging smartphones while sleeping.


By the way, in booths with no stairs there is a private room on the first floor.


◆ Tourist (unisex)
This tourist is a unisex type. Size and fare for private rooms are the same as for ladies.


The unisex tourist is decorated in grainy wood grain on the gray carpet.


It is also the same that the booths on the second floor and the first floor are arranged alternately.


The inside of the room was also the same as the ladies' room.


In addition, the vending machine space is arranged in the center of the room area.


◆ Gentleman's Perspective Bathroom
Ferry Osaka II has a bathroom for observation. I could see the interior.


It is like this inside men's bath. There was a washout for 10 people and two bathtubs were laid out.


Outside is spread beyond the window of the bathtub. The ferry service is mainly late at night, but it seems that you can see the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge that was lighted up after leaving Osaka for a while.


The dressing room for men's bath is like this.


The toilet was designed to color blue.


◆ Women's Perspective Bathroom
I tried stepping into the female hot water.


The basic making is the same as men's hot water, and windows are also set up in the female hot water so you can enjoy the outside scenery.


Dressing room is also the same type.


At the toilet is a circular mirror with a border, a little gorgeous atmosphere. Like the ladies' room, it is also based on beige.


◆ Powder Room
By treating the woman's eyes well, the powder room is also complete.


It seems that you can relax and make-up.


There is a private room with a curtain with a mummy bed in the back of the powder room, so you can take care of your baby.


◆ Driver Room
On the 6th floor, the "driver room" dedicated to the truck driver is divided into sections. Many people have also seen the state of the driver room which will not step in first.


Open the door from the corridor and enter inside, there is a mini corridor in the room like a "tourist".


When opening a mini corridor and entering a private room, it is like this. There is a desk, a mirror, and a bed.


Closing the entrance door makes it a perfect single room, so it seems to be perfect for healing the fatigue of driving. Television is installed at the foot of the bed.


Also in the driver room is a private toilet and laundry.


There were two washing machines and two dryers, and there was a toilet behind it.


In addition, there is also a private bathroom for the driver.


It is small, but there is a bathtub, so it seems to be nice to shed sweat and refresh. In addition, in the case of female truck drivers, it seems that they will use the same female hot water as ordinary users.


Dressing room also reached the minimum feeling.


Furthermore, there is also a "driver salon" that the driver can relax.


There are six 4-seater tables in it.


Smoking room is located ahead of the door.


Simple sink, microwave, towel, cold water machine


Also a beer and soft drink vending machine. The beer's vending machines are stuck with "Student trip excursion prohibited", but are there some other actually used tuberos ...?


◆ Economy
Also on the 6th floor part is "Economy", that is, a small frozen room is laid out. The fare is 6480 yen per person.


Inside is like this. The capacity is 20 people.


Unlike old grandparents' room, the head part is separated by a wall, so it seems that the minimum privacy is preserved. The size of the blanket is 1800 × 700 mm, and overhead there is space to hold luggage.


In Ferry Osaka II, we reduced the capacity of "economy", which was about 200 in the past, to 40 people. Instead, "Tourist" has been increased significantly from 96 of the former ships to 380, and tourists have set up a new ladies room. It seems that it is shaped to respond to diversifying passenger needs.

◆ Shops
There is a shop next to the entrance. Just like Halloween time decorations are also Halloween specifications.


Souvenirs and foods such as "Famous Ocean Ferry Cookies" in the shape of a ferry are sold.


We have souvenirs in Kansai and Kyushu ......


Cup noodles and snacks are sold, so even if you are hungry in the middle of the night it is a no problem.


Next to the entrance there was a kids room where mats were laid.


◆ Move to the 7th floor
After seeing the 6th floor part, proceed to the 7th floor. I climb the big staircase in the center of the entrance, but it feels kind of nice.


When I climbed the big staircase and look back, the landscape of Setouchi was drawn on the wall.


So I will look at the 7th floor part. On the 7th floor, 4 kinds of "first" rooms are main and some are set as "tourist".


◆ First A (Western-style room)
First First is A Western-style room. It is 12 square meters in size and has a capacity of 2 to 3 people. The two main beds are 2000 x 800 mm, the third person's pullman bed is 1900 x 750 mm, which is a little small type. The point is that a toilet is installed in the room, and amenities such as yukata, tooth brush set, slippers, tea set etc are provided in common in 4 types of rooms in "First". The fare is 14,450 yen per person.


Two beds are lined up across the aisle in the interior, and a pullman bed used to pull down is arranged on one wall.


It is a thankful place that each room has its own toilet.


If you make it to a three-person room with Pullman bed, it will be like this.


◆ First A (ladies' room)
There is a ladies' room dedicated to women in "First A". The state of the interior is almost unchanged ... ...


In the ladies' room, a hairdryer and special amenity items are added.


◆ First B (Western-style room)
"First B" which is a hybrid type of western style room and Japanese style room, this type also has a capacity of 2 to 3 people. The bed size is 2000 × 800 mm, the indoor furniture is common with First A The fare is 13,670 yen per person.


The interior is designed to take off shoes and go up, with tatami on the front and flooring on the back, with 2 beds in it. The third person is going to go to bed with a futon laying on tatami.


◆ First J (Japanese Style)
It is "First J" that has an atmosphere such as a pure tatami room. The capacity is 4 people, the fare is 13,670 yen per person.


Tatami is spread in the inside, and there is a taste of a ryokan.


◆ First S (Single)
It is "First S" for those who are traveling alone. Although it becomes a slightly small room, the point is to be able to secure a private space delimited by a door. The fare is 13,670 yen per person, but the campaign price can be used at 9800 yen.


Although the room area is narrow, equipments are the same as other firsts.


◆ Shower Room
There is a shower room on the 7th floor, so that anyone can use it.


The male shower room is unified by the color of the blue as well as the toilet on the 6th floor, and there are five private shower booths in the back of the room.


The inside of the booth is like this. Shampoo · body soap is installed.


The atmosphere of the female shower room has changed completely. It is transmitted considerably that it is designed with female eyes.


Red was used also in the color inside the booth.


◆ Observation lounge
The observation lounge is set up to climb the stairs to the 7th floor.


It seems to be nice to relax relaxingly with a long sofa that stretches to full space. From the front of the room you can also go out onto the deck.


◆ And to the 8th floor, which is the top floor ......
I will go up to the 8th floor with the 7th floor behind. It is a pattern that the 8th floor is a luxurious space that consists only of "deluxe" and "suite".


Looking at the layout inside the ship, the light blue and orange and red parts are the space of the highest-class guest room. The gray area is the flight area of ​​the crew and ship.


The door leading to the guest room space is an automatic door. While feeling the difference, I will first look at the "Deluxe" room.


◆ Deluxe
"Deluxe" is a luxurious room where two people use 20 square meters of space that is about twice the "First A". The bed size is also 2000 × 1000 mm, which shows that the width is ranked up. In addition to the addition of refrigerator, bath towel, hair dryer, air purifier, tea coat and so on upgraded at a stretch of equipment, dedicated bus is installed indoors. Delivery fee is 18,820 yen per person and also here.


The interior is quite relaxing and it is like a little city hotel.


An alarm clock and a control panel for the interior light are installed between the beds.


The desk and sofa are set on the window. And also an air purifier on the wall side.


When you open the curtain, you can enjoy the scenery outside through a large glass window. Flowers are decorated above the desk.


Floor carpet is long fluffy type of hairy legs. You can feel that you are an advanced class even if you take this one.


Leave Deluxe and proceed to the "Suite" beyond that.


◆ Suite A (Western-style room)
The Western style "Suite A" is a room with 2 beds and a sofa bed that can accommodate up to 3 people. The interior area is 26 square meters, which is even wider, and you can see that the width of the bed is even larger, 1200 mm. In addition to "Deluxe" indoor equipment, a trouser press is added. The fare per person is the same as "Deluxe" but it is 18,820 yen, but a suite usage fee of 5000 yen is necessary for this.


As I step in, this is an ordinary hotel anymore. The interior which was settled down by the tone of Brown was becoming a very relaxing space and it seems that it can spend without any pain even in a cruise by about 12 hours.


The cushion etc put on the bed is already the hotel itself.


You can feel the size of the room even from two glass windows. The brown sofa in the back becomes the third bed.


I felt that the trip that I enjoy in such a room will surely be wonderful.


The private bathroom also feels this gorgeous.


◆ Suite B (Japanese-style room)
And I will look at the last room, "Suite B". This room has become a Japanese-style room type, so that you can relax relaxingly with tatami. The capacity is 2 to 4 people, and the fare also costs 5,000 yen as a suite usage fee in addition to 18,820 yen per person.


"Suite B" which is so gorgeous as to think as "moment of inn" at the moment of entering. Without the "shaking" of the waves that we feel occasionally, it was a space that forgot to forget that this is on board.


In the back of the room is a tatami room and a small desk. Light leaking from behind the sliding window.


A light that illuminates the grid work vaguely. It can be safe to say that it is a rich inn.


It was "Suite B" which is literally the highest class coziness.


Bathroom was common design with "Suite A".


In this way, the 8th floor area was the area of ​​the highest class shipboard rooms. By the way, the beer sold at the vending machine at the entrance of the 8th floor was also premium.


◆ I also got into the steering room
Finally, I tried stepping into the operation room responsible for the operation of the ship.


Main pilot board with various meters, switches, communication equipment etc.


Lever that controls the main propeller. "Ferry Osaka II" is a "two-machine single-shaft" type ship that connects two engines and rotates one propeller (screw), and in addition to this, two sets of swivel type It adopts the "hybrid propulsion system" which drives the propeller by electricity, and said that it realizes high efficiency and high maneuverability.


Panel that controls two swivel propellers "azimuth thruster". By using the azimuth thruster in the stern and the bow propulsion device, we are improving the steering performance when leaving the port. In addition, "Ferry Osaka II" carries Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' air circulation system "MALS" that reduces hull resistance by blowing out air from the bottom of the ship, and it is said to play a role in reducing fuel consumption.


Control of the rudder is a pair of thrust control of the propeller. In modern ships, we are steering with such small handles.


A drainage pump related panel beside it.


If possible, I do not want to take care of the "flood warning" display panel part.


The shrine is festivities wishing for safety of the ship so that flooding does not occur.


◆ Again to the 6th floor
I will go down to the 6th floor again, leaving the steering room behind.


A mini concert by the string quartet was also held at the entrance.


In the back of the entrance there is an observation restaurant.


The restaurant in the spacious space is now able to see the outboard ship from any position.


In addition, it was also possible to use free Wi-Fi onboard aboard this way.


◆ Also go to the vehicle deck
"Ferry Osaka II" improves the convenience of passengers by setting a parking space for passenger cars on the 6th floor where there is an entrance. In addition, as described above, the EV charging device is also complete, and the number of passenger cars that can be stored is 105 units.


The 5th floor part one level below is the track space ... ...


The lower fourth floor part is also a space for the truck. Trucks can load up to 146 cars.


The tour of the newly built ship "Ferry Osaka II" which we saw around here came to an end. In this way the bow portion opens its mouth and leads the trucks one after another into the ship.


"Ferry Osaka II" is to realize efficiency by separating the loading of passenger cars and trucks "Two-port cargo handling(Futatsuki Eki) "mechanism has been introduced. A truck from the bow part and a passenger car space on the sixth floor part are set to get in the car with a dedicated slope and it is not necessary to put in and out all the vehicles from one place like a conventional ship, so it is quick Logistics is possible.


Operation began on September 16 from the premium ocean ferry 's newly built ship "Ferry Osaka II". This ship is supposed to be in charge of the second flight out of two flights between Nanko and Shimoji Port, and in November 2015 the newly built ship "Ferry Kyushigyo II" will be the 1st flight I will be in charge of the flight. "Ferry Osaka II" was made to feel that there is a charm of a journey that is neither a train nor a car, nor an airplane.