Japan’s Kegoya Dock Company has launched the ro/ro passenger ferry Starlite Venus for Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corporation of the Philippines. To be delivered later this year the 97.78-meter vessel will be operated in the inter-island trades by Chelsea subsidiary, Starlite Ferries. The new ship has a carrying capacity of 740 passengers, 22 buses, and six commercial trucks and brings Chelsea’s combined fleet to 74 vessels consisting of ferries, tankers, cargo ships and tugboats.
