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The Port of Kitakyushu is located in east of Asia, near to other Asian countries and keeps close relations with them in history. There is only 230km from Pusan in Korea, and Chinese principal trade ports, such as Shanghai, Qingdao and Dalian, are within the radius of 1000km, same distance as Kanto area. Domestically the port is in the centre of Kyushu and Chugoku region, since old times it has been thriving on the important geographic location as a vital link between Kyushu and Honshu. History and Role of the Port of Kitakyushu The port of Kitakyushu acted as a node connecting Japan with Asian continent in the old days and played a great role in Japanese modern industrialization. Today as the largest international trading port in west Japan and domestic physical distribution base, it continues to contribute herself to the industry and economic development of Kyushu and Yamaguchi area other than Kitakyushu city only. Furthermore, with the geographic benefits of proximity to the Asian continent it has become a main port to connect the daily developing Asian countries. The city of Kitakyushu was the product of the merger of five independent municipalities which were Moji, Kokura, Yahata, Wakamatsu, Tobata in 1963, and the port of Kitakyushu is called by a joint name of the port of Moji-famous for international trade, the port of Kokura- mostly for domestic physical distribution and the port of Doukai- famous for industry in the new city. In correspondence with the earliest containerization ( Tanoura container terminal built in 1971), today the port of Kitakyushu has been grown to a base of international physical distribution in west Japan centered on Tachinoura container terminal. In 2003, with the opening of Hibiki container terminal, further services will be provided. Worldwide Container Routes The number of calls by regular container liners to the Port of Kitakyushu now reaches 241 a month, including 181 calls by foreign liners (Jan, 2002 data). Among these regular foreign liners, 90% are from Asia, particularly from China, which is on the increase year by year. Moreover, the port makes it possible to connect with all over the world through the internal feeder networks spreading from here. Nationwide Transportation Network The port of Kitakyushu which has the most foreign container services in the area west to Kobe, also offers sufficient services to domestic lines. There are two feeder services one day between the port of Kobe and our port. The ferry terminal is now consolidated in Shinmoji area. Ferries offer services between Kansai region and Kitakyushu five times a day, and one service between Tokyo and Kitakyushu every day. There is also ferry service available one time a day between Kokura and Matsuyama. The role played by the Port of Kitakyushu as a connecting point between Honshu and Kyushu is getting more and more important with the completion of the East Kyushu Expressway in 2005. Tanoura Container Terminal Tanoura Container Termianl is the first container terminal of Western Japan constructed in 1971. Domestic container ships connecting the metropolitan areas have been calling at this port. Kokura Container Terminal Kokura container terminal is started since march 1997, being home to a large number of distribution centers, and accessing to the Kyushu Highway and JR easily. The Largest Container Terminal in Western Japan Tachinoura Container Terminal Tachinoura Container Terminal is the biggest container terminal of western Japan with a total area of 29 ha, consisting of terminal No.1 and terminal No.2. Its computerized operation makes for accurate, prompt and efficient handling of containers of over 180 vessels one month. Furthermore, full-time forwarders serve for both of full container and mixed cargo. Hibiki Container Terminal Hibiki Container Terminal will start in 2003. The Hibiki Container Terminal, which is under construction at Hibiki district, will be one of the nucleus international ports of Japan having 15m water-depth with a capability of calling 50,000t class vessels. On the preparation and the management of the container terminal, a system called PFI (Private Finance Initiative) is introduced, in order to build a port with international competitiveness under the utilization of nongovernment fund and solute ability. NYK, CSAV KIENHUNG HR YAL Seiho Kamigumi Geneq 2002.9 *South America:1calls per month Type Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Semi-container 1 Tachinoura ZLO,BAL BVT,GYE CLA,IQQ ANF,SAA CCNI Shinto Mojikoun *Australia,New Zealand:2calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 2 Tachinoura KLG,HKG AKL,LYT PCR,WLG NPE,TRG MO NYK PONL COSCO KS YAL Nittu Sankyu Mitui Geneq Nittu 1987.7 *Indonesia:4calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG,TCG KHH,HKG JKT,SUB YM Seiho Monryo 1995.2 *Singapore :8calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG,HKG,SIN,DXB, SSZ,BUE,MVD,RGA, PNG,RIO,PLZ, NYK CSAV KIENHUNG HR YAL Seiho Kamigumi Geneq 2002.9 Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG @ s b f @KHH HKG @JKT @ @SUB YM Seiho Monryo 1995.2 *Thai,Indochina :12calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 4 Tachinoura LCB,BKK MO KS Monryo 1981.12 Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG,KHH HKG,LCB BKK,TCG WHL CENTRAL Mitui 1996.3 Full-container 4 Tachinoura HKG,LCB BKK,KHH TCG,KLG KL Shinto Mojikoun 2002.3 *Philippines:9calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 4 Tachinoura HKG @LCB BKK @KHH TCG @KLG KL Shinto Mojikoun 2002.3 Full-container 4 Tachinoura SHA @NIB @ KHH @HKG MNL WHL CENTRAL Mitui 2002.10 Semi-container 1 Yahata MNL,CEB ESL Kouwa Nittetu *Taiwan:12calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG,KHH,HKG CNC NS Monryo 2001.12 Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG,KHH TSK ehime ocean YAL Geneq 2000.12 Full-container 4 Kokura KHH APL Seiho Tsurumaru 2001.2 *Korea:50calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 25 Tachinoura Busan (Daily Service) Hg-A D'jin Mojikoun Mojikoun 1980.3 Semi-container 25 Tachinoura Busan (Daily Service) CK Monryo Monryo 1987.8 *China:96calls per monthName of Route Type Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Dalian Full-container 4 Tachinoura DLC SITC Azuma Azuma 1999.12 Dalian Qingdao Full-container 4 Tachinoura DLC TAO Acasia Geneq Geneq 1987.3 Xingang Dalian Yantai Full-container 4 Tachinoura XIN DLC YNT SDSG GS Sankyu 2001.4 Xingang Yantai Xiamen Quanzhou Full-container 4 Tachinoura XIN DLC YNT QUA SITC Azuma Azuma 2001.10 Dalian Yantai Full-container 4 Tachinoura DLC YNT Lufeng Azuma Azuma 1999.8 Qingdao Full-container 4 Tachinoura TAO SITC Azuma Azuma 1996.3 Full-container 4 Tachinoura TAO China Nittsu Nittsu Full-container 4 Tachinoura TAO FAIRWIND NS Mojikoun 2003.1 Lianyungang Qingdao Full-container 4 Tachinoura LIU TAO SDSG GS Sankyu 2002.12 Yantai Qingdao Shanghai Full-container 4 Tachinoura YNT TAO SHA COSCO Sankyu Sankyu 1993.10 Shanghai Qingdao Lianyungang Full-container 4 Tachinoura SHA TAO LIU COSCO Sankyu Sankyu 2000.4 Shanghai Full-container 4 Tachinoura SHA SYMS GS Sankyu 2001.3 Full-container 4 Tachinoura SHA SITC Azuma Azuma 2001.10 Full-container 4 Tachinoura SHA CK Monryo Monryo 2002.11 Shanghai Ningbo Full-container 4 Tachinoura SHA NIB China Nittsu Nittsu 1999.12 Shanghai Ningbo Kaohsiung Hong Kong Manila Full-container 4 Tachinoura SHA NIB KHH HKG MNL WHL CENTRAL Mitui 2002.10 Ningbo Full-container 4 Tachinoura NIB Ningbo Shinto Sankyu 1993.8 Xiamen Quanzhou Xingang Yantai Full-container 4 Tachinoura XIA QUA XIN YNT SITC Azuma Azuma 2001.10 Xiamen Fuzhou Full-container 4 Tachinoura XIA FUZ COSCO Sankyu Sankyu 1997.10 Full-container 4 Tachinoura XIA FUZ FUSCO Kouwa Mitsui 2000.2 Keelung Taichung Kaohsiung Hong Kong Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG TCG KHH HKG Uniglory Mojikoun Mojikoun 2000.7 Keelung Hong Kong Kaohsiung Full-container 4 Tachinoura KLG HKG KHH WHL CENTRAL Mitsui 1997.11 Hong Kong Haikou Kaohsiung Full-container 4 kokura HKG HAK KAO OOCL Sankyu Sankyu 2002.11 Kaohsiung Hong Kong Full-container 4 kokura KHH HKG OOCL Sankyu Sankyu 1998.6 *Nakhodka:5calls per monthType Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Agent Stevedore co. Date of Establishment Full-container 2 Tachinoura VOS (SLB SERVICE BY NVOCC) Navix T Azuma Azuma 1976.11 Semi-container 3 Tachinoura NDK,VVO,NDK (SLB SERVICE BY NVOCC) JNL Shinto Kamigumi *Feeder and Transship 60calls per month Name of Route Type Frequency of Call(/month) Terminal Port of call Shipping co. Stevedore co. Hanshin Full-container 16 Tachinoura Koube,Ousaka Imoto Mitsui,Kamigumi Full-container 24 Tachinoura Koube,Ousaka NKK Kitakyu Hitachi Full-container 4 Tanoura Nihama,Konahama Hitachi Kawasaki Mitsubisikagaku Shinto Mitsubisikagaku Tokyo,Yokkaichi Full-container 4 Hiagari Yokkaichi,Tokuyama Funabashi Sankyu Sankyu Naha RoRo 8 Hiagari Naha Arimura Nittsu Naha Semi-container 4 Hiagari Naha MinamiNippon The Port of Kitakyushu is located in east of Asia, near to other Asian countries and keeps close relations with them in history. Port of Kitakyushu (Japan) - Kitakyushu Port and Harbour Bureau Promotion.