Sado Steam Ship
# Sado Steam Ship

Sado Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (佐渡汽船株式会社, Sado Kisen Kabushiki-gaisha) is a marine transportation company based in Sado, Niigata, Japan, founded as Sado Shosen on February 3, 1913. And, in 1932, this company was established by merging three ferry companies that Sado Shosen, Etsusa Shosen and Niigata Kisen into Sado Kisen as a joint public-private venture for the first time in Japan. On March 31, 2022, a 66.54% of this company's shares are transferred to Michinori Holdings. Now, this company belongs to Michinori Holdings.

## Routes

Sado Steam Ship has two routes which connect the mainland to Sado Island.

* Niigata – Ryotsu
* Naoetsu – Ogi (From spring to autumn)

### Former routes

* Teradomari – Akadomari

## Terminals

Sado Steam Ship operates from six terminals.

### Niigata port terminal

    Located in Chūō-ku, Niigata (37°55′47″N 139°03′44″E﻿ / ﻿37.9298°N 139.0622°E﻿ / 37.9298; 139.0622﻿ (Sado Kisen Niigata Terminal))

### Naoetsu port terminal

    Located in Jōetsu (37°10′57″N 138°15′03″E﻿ / ﻿37.1825°N 138.2508°E﻿ / 37.1825; 138.2508﻿ (Sado Kisen Naoetsu Terminal))

### Teradomari port terminal

    Located in Nagaoka (37°38′25″N 138°45′45″E﻿ / ﻿37.6404°N 138.7624°E﻿ / 37.6404; 138.7624﻿ (Sado Kisen Teradomari Terminal))

### Ryotsu port terminal

    Located in Sado (38°04′54″N 138°26′18″E﻿ / ﻿38.0816°N 138.4382°E﻿ / 38.0816; 138.4382﻿ (Sado Kisen Ryotsu Terminal))

### Ogi port terminal

    Located in Sado (37°48′58″N 138°16′57″E﻿ / ﻿37.8162°N 138.2824°E﻿ / 37.8162; 138.2824﻿ (Sado Kisen Ogi Terminal))

### Akadomari port terminal

    Located in Sado (37°52′00″N 138°24′44″E﻿ / ﻿37.8666°N 138.4123°E﻿ / 37.8666; 138.4123﻿ (Sado Kisen Akadomari Terminal))
* Ryotsu port terminal
* Naoetsu port terminal
* Ogi port terminal

## Fleet

As of December 2016, the following ships are in service.

| Name | Type | Gross tonnage | Speed | Passenger capacity | Route | In service from |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ginga | Jetfoil | - | 47 kn | 250 | Niigata | 1986 |
| Tsubasa | Jetfoil | - | 47 kn | 250 | Niigata | 1989 |
| Suisei | Jetfoil | - | 47 kn | 250 | Niigata | 1991 |
| Tokiwa-maru | Car ferry | 5,380 t | 19.1 kn | 1,500 | Niigata | 2014 |
| Okesa-maru | Car ferry | 5,862 t | 23.4 kn | 1,705 | Niigata | 1993 |
| Akane | High-speed car ferry | 5,702 t | 30 kn | 628 | Naoetsu | 2015 |
| Aibisu | High-speed ferry | 263 t | 25 kn | 216 | Teradomari | 2005 |

* Ginga and Tsubasa
* Suisei
* Okesa-maru
* Akane
* Aibisu
