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Toyofuji Shipping

Toyofuji Shipping

Shipping company

Toyofuji Shipping Co is a roll-on/roll-off shipping company based in Nagoya, Japan and owned by Toyota Group. It has a subsidiary branch in Europe for short sea operations within the region, located in Belgium.[1]

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Overview

The company was created in March 1964.[2] It specializes in maritime transport and distribution of cargo such as automobiles, trucks, trailers, Mafi roll trailers, heavy construction machineries and further types of rolling freight.

The main trade lanes covered include domestic transport, from Japan to South East Asia,[3] and from Japan to Australia and New Zealand.[4] These services are performed by a fleet of six smaller ships, and eighteen larger roll-on/roll-off oceanic vessels.[5]

In September 2017, the company announced plans to build and purchase new ships powered by LNG.[6]

The company logo is painted on each ship hull, and depicts a blue dolphin shooting three water bubbles.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Toyofuji Shipping Company Zeebrugge ships one millionth vehicle". Port of Zeebrugge. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION GLOBAL WEBSITE | 75 Years of TOYOTA | Product Logistics | Completed Vehicle Logistics (toyota-global.com)
  3. [3]
    "Toyofuji Shipping - PortCalls Asia - Asian Shipping and Maritime News". Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Four car carriers turned away due to stink bugs". Autofile.co.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Japanese Lines to order tonnage". World maritime News. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Toyota to go green in moving cars by sea". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
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