The Port of Hakata is located in proximity of East Asia and smoothly connects various international marine transportation modes such as ro/ro vessels, ferries, and container vessels with domestic sea, rail, air, or land transportation. With these characteristics, Hakata Port has enhanced and strengthened seamless international intermodal logistics system which boasts high speed & punctuality, frequent service for small cargoes, low cost, and high added value. Unique RO/RO Service of High-Speed and Punctuality Hakata Port offers high-speed ro/ro liner service to/from Shanghai (2 services a week) and Busan (daily) as well as well-developed international container services. The proximity to East Asia enables Hakata to combine the high-speed ro/ro service with various transportation modes available within less than 10km from the port. The Port of Hakata connects East Asia and various areas in Japan by the unique transportation service of high-speed and punctuality: less expensive than airplanes and faster than container ships. *ro/ro: roll-on/roll-off Ro/ro ships allow cargoes to be driven on/off vessels directly by vehicles, not cranes. Shin-Yatsushiro Kyushu Shinkansen Kitakyushu Land, Sea, and Air Transportation Networks Directly Connected to Wharves The Port of Hakata achieves an intermodal transport system between the entire island of Kyushu and the rest of the world.
680m -14m -15m -13m Most-Advanced Container Terminals Container terminals at Island City and Kashii Park Port handle nearly 90% of international marine containers at the Port of Hakata. Island City Container Terminal currently has a 14m-deep berth and a 15m-deep berth side by side equipped with five gantry cranes and 17 electric-powered transfer cranes. The terminal has been operated as the most-advanced foreign trade container terminal. Hakata Port continues to expand the terminal in stages and aims at making it a world-class environmentally-friendly container terminal. Kashii Park Port Container Terminal is equipped with two 13m-deep berths and four gantry cranes. And the adjacent International Cargo Inspection Center is equipped with Kyushu s first large x-ray inspection apparatus, further enhancing its distribution function. The container terminals at Island City and Kashii Park Port operate around the clock for 364 days a year and are integrally managed via the IT system. The terminals handled some 760,000TEUs in 2011.
A State-of-the-Art International Distribution Hub The international container terminal at Island City has a 15m-deep berth, which can accommodate 60,000t-class container ships. The terminal is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities such as Kyushu's largest and highly efficient container cranes which can deal with large-sized ships as well as the world's first fully-electric transfer cranes (electric transtainers) capable of reaching eight containers across, improving the efficiency of the operation and making the terminals greener. In conjunction with the container terminal at Kashii Park Port, Island City Container Terminal is enhancing the function as an international distribution hub port to deal with the increasing volume of international container cargoes.
16.0 22.1 6.1 Kagoshima Construction Industry 257,932 Manufacturing Industry 272,013 Finance & Insurance Industry 324,237 Transportation & Communication Industry 447,865 Real Estate Industry 837,450 9.0% 3.8% 31.8% 4.1% 4.8% 6,630,126 6.7% GDP (unit: one million yen) 12.6% Others 571,963 27.2% Service Industry 2,109,187 Wholesale & Retail Industry 1,809,479 Fukuoka City 120,054 41.6% Fukuoka Metropolitan Area 132,941 46.0% Kyushu & Yamaguchi Area (excluding Okinawa) 288,925 Fukuoka Prefecture 167,702 58.0% Fukuoka City 19,072 Fukuoka Metropolitan Area 12.9% 27,334 18.5% Fukuoka Prefecture 53,562 Kyushu & Yamaguchi Area 36.3% (excluding Okinawa) 147,632
Hakata Port International Terminal provides passenger liner routes to Busan and handled approximately 664,000 international passengers in 2011. In terms of the annual number of international passengers, the Port of Hakata ranks first among Japanese sea ports for 19 consecutive years since 1993 when the terminal was opened at Chuo Wharf.
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