Remote island route - Ritoukouro

Japanese: 離島航路 - りとうこうろ

The original concept of remote island routes refers to routes that transport passengers and cargo using passenger ships, cargo-passenger ships, and cargo ships between the mainland and remote islands, or between remote islands themselves. However, in white papers published by the Japanese government and among the shipping industry, the term is generally used to mean "regular passenger routes" to remote islands that are operated as licensed businesses under the application of the "Maritime Transportation Law" (Article 2, Section 4), as defined in the "Remote Island Route Development Law" (Article 2, Section 2). [Masao Oda]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

離島航路という場合，本来の概念は本土と離島との間または離島相互間で旅客船，貨客船および貨物船等により旅客や貨物を輸送する航路を指すが，日本政府発表の白書や海運業界等の間では一般に〈離島航路整備法〉(2条2項)で定義されている，〈海上運送法〉(2条4項)の適用を受けて免許事業として営まれている離島の〈旅客定期航路〉の意味で使われている。【織田政夫】

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