Mon 15 Oct, 2007
| Posted in: A completely new concept in ferry travel in Japan was introduced in September when the largest, most fuel-efficient diesel-powered fast ferry in the world, Natchan Rera, entered service for Higashi Nihon Ferry across the Tsugaru Strait between the islands of Hokkaida and Honshu, writes Sandra Speares.
The first of two sisterships ordered from Australian fast ferry specialist InCat in Tasmania, Natchan Rera covers the 61 nautical mile run in just 95 minutes, half the time taken...