Toyofuji Shipping Co is a

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shipping company based in

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, Japan and owned by

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. It has a subsidiary branch in Europe for short sea operations within the region, located in

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Overview

The company was created in March 1964. 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

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, and from Japan to Australia and

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. These services are performed by a fleet of six smaller ships, and eighteen larger

oceanic vessels. In September 2017, the company announced plans to build and purchase new ships powered by

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. The company logo is painted on each

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hull, and depicts a blue

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shooting three water bubbles.

References

Ships gallery

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External links

Official website
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References

Ships gallery

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