Safety
Orange Hope contacts a cargo ship off Takamatsu
Sankei reports that Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry’s Orange Hope contacted a cargo ship off Ogijima in Takamatsu at about 5:05 a.m. on 8 October 2026. The Takamatsu Coast Guard said 20 people were aboard the ferry and five aboard the cargo ship. Nobody was injured, there was no flooding or oil spill, and the ferry continued to Niihama.
Source: Sankei (opens in a new tab)
Sankei reported on 8 October 2026 that the ferry Orange Hope (おれんじホープ), of Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry in Saijo, Ehime, reported contact with a cargo ship at about 5:05 a.m. while sailing off Ogijima in Takamatsu. Nobody was injured. There was no flooding and no oil spill.
The Takamatsu Coast Guard said 20 people, passengers and crew together, were aboard the ferry, and that five people were aboard the cargo ship, which is owned by a company in Himeji, Hyogo. The bow of the cargo ship made contact with, and struck, the aft part of the port side of the ferry.
The ferry was bound from Kobe in Hyogo to Niihama in Ehime. Sankei said the route is mainly for freight, and that after the accident the ferry continued to Niihama as scheduled.