Project for the Improvement of Domestic Shipping Services (Landing Craft Type Passenger-Cargo Vessel)

OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT

In the Marshall Islands, an island nation, shipping between the capital, Majuro, and the outer islands is a lifeline that supports people's daily lives. The Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation (MISC), which provides this service, operated three passenger-cargo vessels, but frequent breakdowns of two of them led to reduced sailings, overcrowding, and other problems that hindered safe operation. The government requested two passenger-cargo vessels from Japan, but in January 2011, just before the field survey, a landing craft (LC) type passenger-cargo vessel owned by the corporation sank, and the request was revised to one passenger-cargo vessel and one LC. This project provided these two vessels, aiming to improve the safety and stability of shipping between the capital and the outer islands.