Shipping to Japan

The Tokyo port is located in Tokyo, which is the epicenter of Japanese industry, culture, and economics. Originally known as the Edo Port, it opened in 1941 with three terminals and was later enlarged to meet the demands of World War II. Many additional container terminals were established after the 1960s.

With an annual processing capacity of almost 90 million tonnes, the Port of Tokyo is still one of Japan’s and the Pacific’s busiest seaports. At its many ports and facilities, about 40,000 people are employed. This port is owned by the Tokyo Port Authority, and it handled 2.46 million TEU of cargo shipments in 2019, more than any other Japanese port.

The Tokyo Port covers 1000 hectares and has 204 wharves, 15 container berths, various storage yards, and cold storage facilities. It transports food, steel, paper, and automobiles throughout Japan, even to Hokkaido. China, South Korea, Southeast Asian countries, the Americas, and Europe are among its foreign trading partners.

The Kobe port, which is located in Honshu and has an average cargo handling capacity of 80 million tonnes annualy, is the country’s fourth economic hub. It features 34 berths for cargo handling. It is presently an unit of the Hanshin port complex. Every year, it handles around 8500 ships, 86,000,000 tonnes of bulk cargoes, 2,500,000 TEU, and 3000 passengers.
It handled 2,864,145 TEU of containerized cargo in 2019, 1,178,488 TEU of export cargo, and 1,006,807 TEU of imports in 2019.

The government of Kobe owns and operates this port. It has a well-protected port and has long maintained trading ties with Korea and China. It is at a strategic location, with access to over 450 port cities across the world. It is a well-known tourist resort as well as an important trade port. Passenger cruises and ferries use two terminals at the port.

Nagoya port, located in Ise Bay, is the largest Japanese trading port, processing more than 10% of all Japanese foreign commerce. Toyota, a Japanese automobile manufacturer, ships the majority of its vehicles from this port to other regions of the world. Every year, around 1.4 million automobiles are exported to approximately 160 countries around the world. It also exports about 114 thousand motorcycles.

This port also handles dry bulk and liquid cargo, containerized commodities, liquid gas, metal products, packaged food, and forest goods such as logs, among other things. It features a natural harbor as well as constructed breakwaters. It has trade ties with China, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Australia, among others.

The Nagoya Port Authority owns and operates it. It contains 290 berths spanning over 33 kilometers. It contains 278 hectares of warehouse space, 53 hectares of protected storage space, 74 hectares of coal storage area, and so on.

It has 12 berths and 4 container terminals covering 146 hectares. The Tobishima Pier has two terminals: the South Terminal and the North Terminal. This pier is equipped with five tower cranes and other cutting-edge seaport equipment. North America, Western Europe, and Australia are its key trading partners.

Osaka Port is one of Japan’s most important ports, located in the Kinki district of Osaka near Osaka Bay. It can handle more than 80 million tons per year and trades with more than 140 countries. It handled 85,507,578 tonnes of cargo in 2019, including 35,669,619 tonnes of container cargo and 49,835,000 tonnes of ferry products.

It covers 4.8 million square meters and has 181 docks, including 70 for international exports, 110 for domestic trade, and 13 for containerized cargo. It transports a wide range of goods, including iron, iron ores, cars, automotive parts, steel, wood pulp, agricultural products, paper, and construction materials, including cement.

Yumeshima Container Terminal in this port is 1350 meters in length. It has three berths for North American, Australian, Taiwanese, and Southeast Asian commerce. The port’s Nanko area, or Sakishima section, offers six berths for international container shipping.