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EDITORIAL: JR Kyushu’s cover-up of ferry water leak raises safety concern
The issue occurred with the Queen Beetle, a jet ferry, a type of high-speed passenger ferry that uses water jets for propulsion instead of traditional propellers, which can carry up to 502 passengers.
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Jet ferry services from Fukuoka to Busan to resume in November
A new-type ferry, dubbed the “Queen Beetle,” with a capacity of 502 passengers, was built in Australia and was delivered to Hakata Port in the fall of 2020. While the Hakata-Busan service was ...
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JR Kyushu to end Japan-S. Korea ferry service over water leak
The JR Kyushu group launched the route in 1991 and established the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry subsidiary in 2005. The Queen Beetle, designed and built by an Australian firm, began full service in ...
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JR Kyushu mulls ending Japan-S. Korea ferry service after coverup
The JR Kyushu group launched the route in 1991 and established the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry subsidiary in 2005. The Queen Beetle, designed and built by an Australian firm, began full service in ...