QUEEN BEETLE High Speed Passenger Jet Ferry in the Kanmon Straits

Ship's Name: QUEEN BEETLE

Vessel Type - Generic: High Speed Craft

Vessel Type - Detailed: High Speed Passenger Jet Ferry

MMSI: 431736000

Call Sign: 7KLX

Flag: Japan [JP]

Gross Tonnage: 2582

Summer DWT: 115 t

Length Overall: 83.42 meters

Breadth Extreme: 20.46 m

Built: 2020

IMO: 9874777

QUEEN BEETLE a JR Kyushu ship - high speed passenger jet ferry vessel in Moji

The Queen Beetle unexpectedly passed thru the Kanmon Straits on April 10, 2022. It was photographed by Ship Freakazoid with an Olympus E-520 DSLR camera equipped with a Zuiko 150mm lens. The idiots that they are, JR Kyushu has the name Queen Beetle plastered all over the ship. The name they choose sounds more like a rock band's name than a ship's name, too. Oh well, ho hum, it was still fun to see it as it chugged slowly thru the Kanmon Strait between Moji in Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki City.

Queen Beetle passing by the factories of Kokura in Garden Paradise Kitakyushu

***BREAKING NEWS (Broken News?)***

More proof JR KYUSHU sucks!!! They KNEW the ship had LEAKAGE problems and kept it operating with passengers riding it!!! For THREE MONTHS until they got caught!!! To me, this sounds like they have no regard for human life or safety, and only for profit. While this is only my opinion, I'll bet many more people think the same way.

Read up on it in this Japan Times article:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/14/japan/jr-kyushu-ferry/

THERMOPYLAE vehicles carrier RoRo ship passing thru Kanmon Straits Japan

THERMOPYLAE is a vehicles carrier (RoRo ship) and was recently photographed passing thru the Kanmon Straits between Shimonoseki City and Kitakyushu City, Japan. Thermopylae is a large vessel, and while not as long as some others, is quite tall. It dwarfed the buildings and other ships and boats it passed on the afternoon of April 2, 2022. Photographed by Ship Freakazoid using an Olympus e520 DSLR with a 150mm Zuiko lens. Enjoy. A Wallenius Wilhelmsen vessel, Thermopylae is a vehicles carrier Roro ship Vessel Name: THERMOPYLAE Ship type: Vehicles Carrier / RORO Flag: Malta Gross Tonnage: 75283 Summer Deadweight (t): 23786 Length Overall: 200 meters Beam: 37 meters Built: 2015 IMO #: 9702443 Thermoylae vehicles carrier Roro ship passing under the Kanmon Kaikyo Bridge Thermopylae car carrier vessel photographed from Moji Thermopylae vehicles carrer ship heading from Japan to Korea

JOSCO ALMA passing thru Kanmon Straits enroute to Osaka Japan from Zhoushan China

The container ship JOSCO ALMA was photographed by Ship Freakazoid as it was passing thru Kanmon Straits enroute to Osaka Japan from Zhoushan China on the morning of January 26, 2024. JOSCO ALMA container ship sailing under Flag of Kong Kong in Kanmon Straits After several gloomy winter days, there was finally some sunshine in the Garden Paradise Kitakyushu, so it was a perfect day to hit up some photo ops in Moji. Josco Alma is still new and good looking, having been built just two years before in 2022. Name: JOSCO ALMA IMO: 9931501 General vessel type: Cargo Detailed vessel type: Container Ship MMSI: 477811500 Call sign: VRUR3 Flag: Hong Kong [HK] Gross Tonnage: 9972 Summer DWT: 13713 t Length: 146 meters Width: 23.39 meters Year built: 2022 Josco Alma - Cargo ship registered in Hong Kong passing by Shimonoseki Japan The vessel Josco Alma in the Kanmon Straits of Moji Kitakyushu Japan Josco Alma captured on digital film by Ship Freakazoid This vessel apparently is part

DAIWAN JUSTICE Bulk Carrier - Vessel photographed passing Shimonoseki Japan Aug. 2023

Ship Freakazoid captured the bulk carrier Daiwan Justice as it sailed thru the Kanmon Straits between Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu Japan on August 4, 2023. It is always a pleasure to see a vessel with a colorful paint job on it. An Olympus E-520 DSLR camera was used. DAIWAN JUSTICE - Bulk Carrier - Kanmon Straits Japan August 4, 2023 IMO: 9709312 Name: DAIWAN JUSTICE Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo Vessel Type - Detailed: Bulk Carrier MMSI: 374515000 Call Sign: HOZK Flag: Panama [PA] Gross Tonnage: 21525 Summer DWT: 34327 t Length: 179.96 meters Width: 30 meters Year Built: 2016 Home Port: Panama Daiwan Justice bulk carrier cargo ship sailing past Kitakyushu Japan Daiwan Justice bulk carrier cargo ship sailing past Kitakyushu Japan

Ships of Kanmon Strait

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