Sado Steam Ship

Sado Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
(Sado Kisen)

Native name	佐渡汽船株式会社
Type	Corporation
Industry	Public Transportation
Founded	February 3, 1913 (1913-02-03)^[1]
Headquarters	Sado, Japan
Area served	Niigata Prefecture
Website	www.sadokisen.co.jp/language/en/

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.

Routes

Niigata port terminal

Sado Steam Ship has six terminals.^[2]

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 Teradomari, 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))

As of December 2016, the following ships are in service.^[3]

Name	Type	Gross tonnage	Speed	Passenger capacity	Route	In service from
Ginga	Jetfoil	-	47 kn	250	Niigata	1986
Tsubasa						1989
Suisei						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

Transit in Niigata Prefecture

JR East	Jōetsu Shinkansen ■Ban'etsu West Line ■Echigo Line ■Hakushin Line ■Iiyama Line ■Jōetsu Line ■Shin'etsu Main Line ■Tadami Line ■Uetsu Main Line ■Yahiko Line ■Yonesaka Line

JR West	Hokuriku Shinkansen ■Ōito Line

Echigo Tokimeki Railway	■Myōkō Haneuma Line (former Shin'etsu Main Line) ■Nihonkai Hisui Line (former Hokuriku Main Line)

Hokuetsu Express	■Hokuhoku Line

Named trains	Inaho Shirayuki Banetsu Monogatari Koshino ShuKura* Kirakira Uetsu Oykot Genbi Shinkansen Setsugekka

Bus	Bandai-bashi Line Niigata City Loop Bus Niigata Kotsu Echigo Kotsu(ja) Kubiki Mortor(ja)

Public ferries	Sado Steam Ship Awashima-Line(ja) Shin Nihonkai Ferry

Misc	Niigata Station Cards Suica Ryuto Niigata Airport

Japan transit: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Sendai Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

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