Inaugurato il nuovo container terminal del porto di Yokohama, uno dei più moderni impianti dell'area asiatica

Con lo scalo di due navi è stato inaugurato lunedì scorso nel porto giapponese di Yokohama il container terminal della Maersk Sealand alla Minami Honmoku Pier, che ha fondali di 16 metri ed è dotato di cinque gru di banchina postPanamax. Le gru sono alte ben 130 metri ed hanno uno sbraccio di 63 metri. Il terminal, che dispone di un'area di circa 35 ettari, può così accogliere le superportacontainer in progetto, capaci di trasportare 10.000-12.000 teu.

Le prime due banchine dell'impianto (MC-1 e MC-2), della lunghezza di oltre 350 metri ciascuna, hanno una capacità di movimentazione di 1.100.000 teu l'anno. Successivamente verranno costruite altre due banchine (MC-3 e MC-4), anch'esse dotate di fondali di oltre 16 metri.

Il progetto per la realizzazione al Minami Honmoku Pier di uno dei container terminal principali dell'area asiatica è stato avviato nel 1990.

Nel 2000 il porto giapponese ha movimentato 116,99 milioni di tonnellate di merci, con un incremento del 2,1% rispetto al 1999. I carichi con destinazione o provenienza estera sono ammontati a 72,16 milioni di tonnellate (+5,0%), quelli nazionali a 44,83 milioni di tonnellate (-2,2%). Le esportazioni hanno totalizzato 28,7 milioni di tonnellate (+5,8%) e le importazioni 43,46 milioni di tonnellate (+4,5%).

Le merci containerizzate destinate o provenienti dall'estero sono cresciute a 34,57 milioni di tonnellate (+9,8%), per una movimentazione complessiva pari a 2,26 milioni di teu (+6,2%) (oltre a 55.718 teu di traffico nazionale).

Yokohama Port's Statistics In 2000
(Source: Port of Yokohama)

Ships Arriving

				Unit	2000	2000/ 1999	Share	1999	1999/ 1998	Share
Grand Total			Number of Ships	Ships	48,044	101.6	100.0	47,276	95.7	100.0
			Gross Tonnage	Tons	233,802,045	99.6	100.0	234,704,854	98.7	100.0
x	Oceangoing Ships*		Number of Ships	Ships	11,114	103.2	23.1	10,772	97.1	22.8
			Gross Tonnage	Tons	197,280,987	100.6	84.4	196,053,691	99.4	83.5
	x	Full Container Ships	Number of Ships	Ships	4,920	107.5	44.3	4,578	100.5	42.5
			Gross Tonnage	Tons	99,368,493	105.6	50.4	94,089,767	102.2	48.0
x	Coasting Ships		Number of Ships	Ships	36,930	101.2	76.9	36,504	95.3	77.2
			Gross Tonnage	Tons	36,521,058	94.5	15.6	38,651,163	95.0	16.5

* Full container ships included. Seaborne Cargo Traffic

				Unit	2000	2000/ 1999	Share	1999	1999/ 1998	Share
Grand Total Container Cargo Number of Containers*				Tons Tons TEUs	116,993,449 35,099,019 2,317,393	102.1 109.9 106.6	100.0 30.0 100.0	114,537,861 31,945,455 2,172,919	97.2 101.9 103.9	100.0 27.9 100.0
x	Foreign Cargo		Total	Tons	72,161,163	105.0	61.7	68,719,585	96.1	60.0
			Export	Tons	28,703,412	105.8	24.5	27,126,824	89.2	23.7
			Import	Tons	43,457,751	104.5	37.1	41,592,761	101.2	36.3
	x	Container Cargo	Total	Tons	34,567,795	109.8	47.9	31,479,169	101.8	45.8
			Export	Tons	15,621,836	108.3	54.4	14,426,171	97.9	53.2
			Import	Tons	18,945,959	111.1	43.6	17,052,998	105.3	41.0
		Number of Containers*	Total	TEUs	2,261,675	106.2	100.0	2,129,575	103.5	100.0
			Export	TEUs	1,115,935	106.9	49.3	1,043,812	101.9	49.0
			Import	TEUs	1,145,740	105.5	50.7	1,085,763	105.2	51.0
x	Domestic Cargo		Total	Tons	44,832,286	97.8	38.3	45,818,276	98.9	40.0
			Outgoing	Tons	20,051,605	99.6	17.1	20,134,349	100.8	17.6
			Incoming	Tons	24,780,681	96.5	21.2	25,683,927	97.5	22.4
	x	Container Cargo	Total	Tons	531,224	113.9	1.2	466,286	111.4	1.0
			Outgoing	Tons	263,446	104.8	1.3	251,323	148.3	1.2
			Incoming	Tons	267,778	124.6	1.1	214,963	86.3	0.8
		Number of Containers*	Total	TEUs	55,718	128.5	100.0	43,344	125.4	100.0
			Outgoing	TEUs	24,364	121.6	43.7	20,028	135.0	46.2
			Incoming	TEUs	31,354	134.5	56.3	23,316	118.2	53.8

* Total of full and empty containers. Air Cargo Traffic*

	Unit	2000	2000/ 1999	Share	1999	1999/ 1998	Share
Total	Occasions	288,218	105.3	100.0	273,729	102.2	100.0
	Tons	58,249	116.5	100.0	50,003	93.6	100.0
Export	Occasions	274,270	106.1	95.2	258,503	102.8	94.4
	Tons	54,451	117.5	93.5	46,326	92.8	92.6
Import	Occasions	13,948	91.6	4.8	15,226	93.5	5.6
	Tons	3,797	103.3	6.5	3,677	105.9	7.4

* Yokohama Air Cargo Terminal handled. Trade Value *

	Unit	2000	2000/ 1999	Share	1999	1999/ 1998	Share
Total	Million Yen	8,962,179	106.4	100.0	8,425,698	85.3	100.0
Export	Million Yen	6,108,719	105.3	68.2	5,801,627	84.6	68.9
Import	Million Yen	2,853,460	108.7	31.8	2,624,072	86.9	31.1

* Sources: Yokohama Custom House (the final trade value). Yearly Ship Movements

	Total		Oceangoing Ships				Domestic Ships
	No.	GT.	No.	GT.	(Full Container Ships)		No.	GT.
					No.	GT.
1989	62,016	230,026,911	11,991	193,304,751	3,109	59,354,266	50,025	36,722,160
	98.1	103.4	104.4	104.5	114.4	110.8	96.6	98.2
1990	61,736	235,022,030	11,893	194,113,536	3,270	62,698,015	49,843	40,908,494
	99.5	102.2	99.2	100.4	105.2	105.6	99.6	111.4
1991	58,831	233,217,607	11,688	190,894,319	3,427	67,827,817	47,143	42,323,288
	95.3	99.2	98.3	98.3	104.8	108.2	94.6	103.5
1992	56,390	245,354,404	12,258	204,053,109	3,949	79,696,749	44,132	41,301,295
	95.9	105.2	104.9	106.9	115.2	117.5	93.6	97.6
1993	55,691	265,081,856	12,488	220,188,087	4,332	96,616,988	43,203	44,893,769
	98.8	108.0	101.9	107.9	109.7	121.2	97.9	108.7
1994	56,943	261,328,574	12,334	215,282,292	4,654	96,512,198	44,609	46,046,282
	102.2	98.6	98.8	97.8	107.4	99.9	103.3	102.6
1995	55,473	250,257,290	12,036	206,149,303	4,944	95,086,314	43,437	44,107,987
	97.4	95.8	97.6	95.8	106.2	98.5	97.4	95.8
1996	53,976	245,448,226	11,917	204,369,839	4,935	93,723,544	42,059	41,078,387
	97.3	98.1	99.0	99.1	99.8	98.6	96.8	93.1
1997	51,897	250,655,796	11,908	209,681,307	4,820	96,608,885	39,989	40,974,489
	96.1	102.1	99.9	102.6	97.7	103.1	95.1	99.7
1998	49,387	237,893,461	11,091	197,216,393	4,554	92,044,017	38,296	40,677,068
	95.2	94.9	93.1	94.1	94.5	95.3	95.8	99.3
1999	47,276	234,704,854	10,772	196,053,691	4,578	94,089,767	36,504	38,651,163
	95.7	98.7	97.1	99.4	100.5	102.2	95.3	95.0
2000	48,044	233,802,045	11,114	197,280,987	4,920	99,368,493	36,930	36,521,058
	101.6	99.6	103.2	100.6	107.5	105.6	101.2	94.5
Jan	3,681	18,040,664	819	15,000,412	348	7,266,718	2,862	3,040,232
Feb	4,095	18,877,155	879	15,767,502	358	7,470,338	3,216	3,109,653
Mar	4,254	20,646,552	967	17,476,443	405	8,433,550	3,287	3,170,109
Apr	3,827	20,503,604	932	17,710,118	387	8,116,536	2,895	2,792,486
May	3,802	19,048,239	937	16,327,274	417	8,416,843	2,865	2,720,965
Jun	3,893	19,452,074	955	16,416,393	415	8,275,641	2,938	3,035,681
Jul	4,008	20,229,628	950	17,082,739	427	8,509,744	3,058	3,146,889
Aug	3,951	18,829,076	922	15,824,471	441	8,405,673	3,029	3,004,605
Sep	4,053	19,290,171	921	15,932,740	427	8,626,401	3,132	3,357,431
Oct	4,076	20,177,736	953	17,191,881	439	8,856,934	3,123	2,985,155
Nov	4,102	18,713,667	921	15,741,914	414	7,971,594	3,181	2,971,753
Dec	4,302	19,995,179	958	16,809,100	442	9,018,520	3,344	3,186,079

(The Upper Line=No. of Ships and Gross Tonnage , The Lower Line=Comparison with the previous year(%)) Yearly Seaborne Cargo Traffic

	Total	Foreign Cargo									Domestic Cargo
		Total	Export	Import	Container Cargo			No. of Containers (Full&Empty)			Total	Outgoing	Incoming
					Total	Export	Import	Total	Export	Import
1986	110,296,276	54,234,716	27,988,723	26,245,993	17,307,161	10,749,988	6,557,173	1,310,498	675,656	634,842	56,061,560	25,851,344	30,210,216
1987	108,601,618	54,345,650	25,640,170	28,705,480	18,584,937	10,967,010	7,617,927	1,348,383	682,539	665,844	54,255,968	24,836,455	29,419,513
1988	114,631,830	60,471,895	25,678,693	34,793,202	20,428,800	11,564,552	8,864,248	1,452,857	736,802	716,055	54,159,935	25,409,272	28,750,663
1989	119,025,200	64,349,641	26,447,482	37,902,159	21,530,605	11,949,406	9,581,199	1,506,338	771,349	734,989	54,675,559	26,478,359	28,197,200
1990	123,873,138	64,279,071	27,824,152	36,454,919	23,578,060	13,250,473	10,327,587	1,647,891	848,169	799,722	59,594,067	27,396,725	32,197,342
1991	121,942,262	63,528,669	27,432,529	36,096,140	25,432,357	14,141,750	11,290,607	1,796,368	929,564	866,804	58,413,593	26,360,840	32,052,753
1992	122,495,514	64,893,283	31,054,371	33,838,912	26,896,270	15,336,823	11,559,447	1,886,789	975,100	911,689	57,602,231	25,833,782	31,768,449
1993	123,699,513	68,242,210	31,973,391	36,268,819	31,591,888	17,248,960	14,342,928	2,167,792	1,126,792	1,041,000	55,457,303	23,934,464	31,522,839
1994	128,274,553	67,661,096	31,083,543	36,577,553	33,440,207	17,110,661	16,329,546	2,317,102	1,199,353	1,117,748	60,613,457	26,023,285	34,590,172
1995	131,482,976	77,405,108	33,906,456	43,498,652	40,579,130	19,892,549	20,686,581	2,727,153	1,386,069	1,341,085	54,077,868	23,389,715	30,688,153
1996	126,448,307	76,281,978	30,646,682	45,635,296	35,381,109	17,054,002	18,327,107	2,334,433	1,178,226	1,156,207	50,166,329	22,524,373	27,641,956
1997	126,453,146	77,516,415	33,296,403	44,220,012	36,233,945	17,693,245	18,540,700	2,327,937	1,183,401	1,144,536	48,936,731	21,736,635	27,200,096
1998	117,820,417	71,512,984	30,414,008	41,098,976	30,922,479	14,730,816	16,191,663	2,056,856	1,024,526	1,032,330	46,307,433	19,972,204	26,335,229
1999 (%)	114,537,861	68,719,585	27,126,824	41,592,761	31,479,169	14,426,171	17,052,998	2,129,575	1,043,812	1,085,763	45,818,276	20,134,349	25,683,927
2000 (%)	116,993,449	72,161,163	28,703,412	43,457,751	34,567,795	15,621,836	18,945,959	2,261,675	1,115,935	1,145,740	44,832,286	20,051,605	24,780,286
	102.1	105.0	105.8	104.5	109.8	108.3	111.1	106.2	106.9	105.5	97.8	99.6	96.5
Jan	8,623,779	4,984,926	1,870,750	3,114,176	2,314,584	1,000,258	1,314,326	162,071	77,206	84,865	3,638,853	1,570,136	2,068,717
Feb	9,784,084	5,776,577	2,361,101	3,415,476	2,693,702	1,256,851	1,436,851	175,120	88,718	86,402	4,007,507	1,615,609	2,391,898
Mar	10,564,335	6,633,307	2,777,809	3,855,498	3,102,936	1,422,293	1,680,643	204,171	96,743	107,428	3,931,028	1,706,515	2,224,513
Apr	10,033,603	6,552,905	2,493,930	4,058,975	2,863,311	1,312,016	1,551,295	192,619	86,648	92,298	3,480,698	1,696,160	1,784,538
May	9,173,682	5,694,053	2,300,964	3,393,089	2,770,506	1,235,372	1,535,134	189,345	93,346	95,999	3,481,912	1,569,875	1,912,037
Jun	9,013,332	5,402,729	2,361,144	3,041,585	2,761,259	1,299,937	1,461,322	183,030	94,234	88,796	3,610,603	1,658,589	1,952,014
Jul	10,079,789	6,210,315	2,467,473	3,742,842	2,864,932	1,339,495	1,525,437	185,596	90,999	94,597	3,869,474	1,748,800	2,120,674
Aug	9,533,981	5,859,475	2,190,889	3,668,586	2,690,728	1,175,730	1,514,998	174,342	84,787	89,555	3,674,506	1,744,282	1,930,224
Sep	10,124,713	6,069,364	2,732,139	3,337,225	3,272,282	1,560,354	1,712,028	192,169	97,622	94,548	4,055,349	1,762,515	2,292,834
Oct	9,941,218	6,557,335	2,346,583	4,210,752	3,065,577	1,325,000	1,740,577	200,850	97,666	103,184	3,383,883	1,564,457	1,819,426
Nov	9,562,574	5,846,395	2,225,833	3,620,562	2,897,320	1,212,253	1,685,067	190,383	91,310	99,073	3,716,179	1,638,860	2,077,319
Dec	10,556,076	6,573,782	2,574,797	3,998,985	3,270,558	1,482,277	1,788,281	211,281	108,495	103,486	3,982,294	1,775,807	2,206,487

(UNIT : The Upper Line=Tons and TEUs, The Lower Line=Comparison with the previous year(%)) Yearly Foreign Container Cargoes

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total		2,167,792	2,317,102	2,727,153	2,334,433	2,327,937	2,056,856	2,129,575	2,261,675
Export	Total	1,126,792	1,199,353	1,386,069	1,178,226	1,183,401	1,024,526	1,043,812	1,115,935
	Full	903,496	907,793	1,033,891	869,985	903,678	772,415	768,713	814,158
	Empty	223,296	291,561	352,177	308,242	279,723	252,111	275,099	301,777
Import	Total	1,041,000	1,117,748	1,341,085	1,156,207	1,144,536	1,032,330	1,085,763	1,145,740
	Full	874,208	985,027	1,217,478	1,075,714	1,042,232	921,285	992,223	1,050,391
	Empty	166,792	132,722	123,607	80,493	102,304	111,045	93,540	95,350

(UNIT: TEUs)