Trends in Cargo Volume at Tsuruga Port

Cargo Volume Handled in 2023

Container Cargo Volume Handled in 2023

Breakdown of Handled Cargo Items (2023)

Foreign currency

Domestic Currency

Cargo Volume by Year (Details)

Preliminary Container Handling Volume in 2023

○ NMonthly Container Handling Volume (TEU)

	Export	Import	Outgoing Transfer	Incoming Transfer	Total
Jan.	930	822	1,234	2,452	5,438
Feb.	999	858	1,459	2,586	5,902
March	978	1,103	1,716	2,577	6,374
April	1,138	1,022	1,645	2,368	6,173
May	853	1,074	1,106	1,750	4,783
June	1,196	1,133	1,332	2,055	5,716
July	1,224	1,383	1,471	2,778	6,856
Aug.	1,207	1,351	1,532	4,986	9,076
Sept.	1,132	1,380	1,672	4,540	8,724
Oct.	1,204	1,221	1,352	4,204	7,981
Nov.	1,532	1,481	1,224	2,586	6,823
Dec.	1,099	1,358	1,477	2,211	6,145
Meters	13,492	14,186	17,220	35,093	79,991

Maritime Cargo Throughput in 2023 (Preliminary Report)

○ Monthly Maritime Cargo Throughput (Unit: Tons)

	Export	Import	Outgoing Transfer	Incoming Transfer	Total
Jan.	21,188	414,754	460,958	468,981	1,365,881
Feb.	25,052	363,175	477,391	520,705	1,386,323
March	18,343	230,494	553,461	626,984	1,429,282
April	18,095	242,492	513,342	603,679	1,377,608
May	35,409	160,706	456,017	540,462	1,192,594
June	21,910	247,029	521,726	599,842	1,390,507
July	12,172	104,652	527,029	669,298	1,313,151
Aug.	23,449	400,153	556,196	646,641	1,626,439
Sept.	11,967	217,550	606,617	651,593	1,487,727
Oct.	20,776	335,446	577,901	663,566	1,597,689
Nov.	15,079	231,752	470,324	533,874	1,251,029
Dec.	25,658	311,444	485,476	596,255	1,418,833
Meters	249,098	3,259,647	6,206,438	7,121,880	16,837,063

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Annual Transition Table of Container Cargo

2017-2023

○Total Container Volume Handled (TEU)　*Numbers in parentheses indicate loaded containers 

Category/Year	Export	Import	Outgoing Transfer	Incoming Transfer	Total
2017	19,975	19,590	9,986	28,281	77,832
	(10,680)	(17,671)	(5,394)	(28,073)	(61,818)
2018	18,275	18,315	10,201	29,980	76,771
	(10,175)	(17,536)	(5,769)	(29,808)	(63,288)
2019	16,494	15,990	22,259	40,046	94,789
	(8,030)	(15,287)	(8,238)	(31,441)	(62,996)
2020	13,285	13,287	26,010	52,919	105,501
	(6,627)	(12,932)	(8,841)	(34,149)	(62,549)
2021	13,992	14,013	17,150	43,806	88,961
	(6,932)	(13,265)	(9,454)	(33,974)	(63,625)
2022	13,173	13,397	17,576	35,086	79,232
	(6,459)	(12,079)	(11,640)	(35,048)	(65,226)
2023	13,492	14,186	17,220	35,093	79,991
	(7,047)	(13,219)	(11,923)	(35,043)	(67,232)

(Reference) Container Cargo Volume by Port (FY2023 Preliminary Data – Extract: Sea of Japan Side of Honshu) (TEU)

Port name	Total container handling volume	Foreign Trade Containers	Domestic Trade Containers
Akita Port	46,615	30,340	16,275
Niigata Port	218,860	154,630	64,230
Fushiki Toyama Port	75,834	68,307	7,527
Kanazawa Port	67,251	67,251	0
Tsuruga Port	79,991	27,678	52,313

  (From the 2023 MLIT Report: Container Cargo Volume by Port)

○ Loaded Foreign Trade Containers (Tonnage, TEU)

By division/year	Export		Import		Total
	(Tons)	(TEU)	(Tons)	(TEU)	(Tons)	(TEU)
2017	153,593	10,680	236,006	17,671	389,599	28,351
2018	122,174	10,175	203,190	17,536	325,364	27,711
2019	100,992	8,030	213,172	15,287	314,164	23,317
2020	74,529	6,627	168,923	12,932	243,452	19,559
2021	71,842	6,932	144,662	13,265	216,504	20,197
2022	86,834	6,459	156,202	12,079	243,036	18,538
2023	83,252	7,047	169,473	13,219	252,725	20,266

Including on-chassis containers
 

Annual Transition Table of Maritime Cargo Throughput

2017-2023 (Unit: Tons)

By division/year	Foreign Trade			Internal Trade			Total
	Export	Import	Meters	Outgoing Transfer	Incoming Transfer	Meters
2017	389,786	3,352,848	3,742,634	5,799,350	6,360,662	12,160,012	15,902,646
2018	296,158	3,493,542	3,789,700	5,875,909	6,295,536	12,171,445	15,961,145
2019	218,250	3,668,406	3,886,656	6,216,641	7,042,523	13,259,164	17,145,820
2020	190,691	3,589,747	3,780,438	5,962,585	6,656,455	12,619,040	16,399,478
2021	267,038	4,089,874	4,356,912	5,762,464	6,619,854	12,382,318	16,739,230
2022	296,989	3,325,336	3,622,325	6,056,063	7,035,613	13,091,676	16,714,001
2023	249,098	3,259,647	3,508,745	6,206,438	7,121,880	13,328,318	16,837,063

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Annual Table of Incoming Vessels by Type

2017-2023

By division/year		Commercial Vessel			Fishing Vessel	Other Vessels of the	Evacuation Vessel	Total
		Ocean-going Vessels	Coastal Vessels	Meters
2017	(Number)	(363)	(1,025)	(1,388)	(116)	(575)	(1)	(2,081)
	Total tonnage	4,577,739	10,732,599	15,310,338	13,503	158,538	499	15,482,878
2018	(Number)	(355)	(1,011)	(1,366)	(154)	(488)		(2,008)
	Total tonnage	4,301,498	10,869,775	15,171,273	20,312	96,259		15,287,844
2019	(Number)	(340)	(1,196)	(1,536)	(99)	(361)		(1,966)
	Total tonnage	4,204,000	12,251,702	16,455,702	11,206	86,229		16,553,137
2020	(Number)	(296)	(1,258)	(1,554)	(94)	(359)		(2,007)
	Total tonnage	3,600,873	13,181,050	16,781,923	11,156	116,991		16,910,070
2021	(Number)	(290)	(1,189)	(1,479)	(70)	(410)		(1,959)
	Total tonnage	3,834,678	12,454,921	16,289,599	8,840	142,910		16,441,349
2022	(Number)	(264)	(1,252)	(1,516)	(63)	(414)		(1,993)
	Total tonnage	3,209,041	12,707,815	15,916,856	8,343	201,285		16,126,484
2023	(Number)	(255)	(1,149)	(1,404)	(59)	(389)		(1,852)
	Total tonnage	3,340,424	12,010,970	15,351,394	7,954	170,254		15,529,602

Annual Transition Table of Ferry Usage

2017-2023

By division/year	Embarked and Disembarked Persons (persons)			Embarked and Disembarked Vehicles (units)
	Ride-on	Landing	Total	Outgoing Transfer	Incoming Transfer	Total
2017	38,427	45,123	83,550	65,221	58,062	123,283
2018	34,516	40,845	75,361	67,685	58,449	126,134
2019	39,900	44,489	84,389	67,384	60,080	127,464
2020	19,607	22,391	41,998	55,717	52,573	108,290
2021	20,154	22,189	42,343	54,383	51,767	106,150
2022	30,114	32,548	62,662	61,899	58,087	119,986
2023	39,773	42,968	82,741	65,336	59,694	125,030

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