Port in Japan
This nautical chart shows the Port of Yokohama in 1874.
The
Port of Yokohama
(
?浜港
,
Yokohama-k?
)
is operated by the Port and Harbor Bureau of the City of
Yokohama
in
Japan
. It opens onto
Tokyo Bay
. The port is located at a latitude of 35.27?00°N and a longitude of 139.38?46°E. To the south lies the
Port of Yokosuka
; to the north, the ports of
Kawasaki
and
Tokyo
.
History
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The
Treaty of Amity and Commerce
of 1858 specified Kanagawa as an open port. The Port of Yokohama formally opened to foreign trade on the 2nd of June 1859. The port grew rapidly through the Meiji and Taisho periods as a center for raw silk export and technology import.
Current facilities
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?sanbashi Pier
symbolizes the modern port.
Sovereign Maersk
container ship at Minami Honmoku Pier, Yokohama
Yokohama Port has ten major piers. Honmoku Pier is the port's core facility with 24 berths including 14 container berths.
[1]
Osanbashi Pier
handles passenger traffic including cruises, and has customs, immigration and quarantine facilities for international travel.
[2]
Detamachi, the "banana pier," is outfitted for receiving fresh fruits and vegetables.
[3]
Daikoku Pier
, on an artificial island measuring 321 hectares, is equipped with container logistics facilities including seven container berths and houses a million square meters of warehouse space at the Yokohama Port Cargo Center.
[4]
At Minami Honmoku, the newest facility to be developed, there are two 350 meter operational berths with a depth of 16 meters capable of handling larger post
Panamax
container ships with 6 mega container cranes for 22 lines of containers. Additional berths are under construction for larger ships in dimensions equal to or exceeding the size of a
Mærsk E-class container ship
.
Seven berths of Mizuho Pier are used by the
United States Forces Japan
.
[5]
Additional piers handle timber and serve other functions.
Statistics
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In 2013, the Port of Yokohama served 37,706 ships. It handled 271,276,977 tons of cargo and 2,888,220
TEU
containers. The total value of the cargo was 10,921,656 million
yen
.
[6]
APM Terminals
Yokohama facility at Minami Honmoku was recognised in 2013 as the most productive
container terminal
in the world averaging 163 crane moves per hour, per ship between the vessel's arrival and departure at the berth.
[7]
See also
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References
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- ^
[1]
Archived
June 29, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
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[2]
Archived
June 26, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
[3]
Archived
September 30, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
"City of Yokohama - Port and Harbor Bureau -Daikoku PIER"
. Archived from
the original
on June 29, 2007
. Retrieved
July 1,
2007
.
- ^
"City of Yokohama - Port and Harbor Bureau -Mizuho PIER-"
. Archived from
the original
on June 29, 2007
. Retrieved
July 1,
2007
.
- ^
[4]
[
dead link
]
- ^
"Chinese Ports Lead the World in Berth Productivity, JOC Group Inc. Data Shows"
(Press release). AXIO Data Group. JOC Inc. 24 June 2014
. Retrieved
20 March
2015
.
External links
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35°27′00″N
139°38′46″E
/
35.45000°N 139.64611°E
/
35.45000; 139.64611