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An Outline of Japanese Maritime Administration
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Basic Data on Marine Transport (Japan)
(1) Role of marine transport
[1] International marine transport trade amount and percentage in Japan's entire international trade.
| |
Export (Unit: 1,000 tons) |
Import (Unit: 1,000 tons) |
| |
Total |
Marine |
Marine(％) |
Total |
Marine |
Marine(％) |
| 1997 |
103,080 |
101,932 |
98.9％ |
777,210 |
775,908 |
99.8％ |
| 1998 |
102,016 |
100,905 |
98.9％ |
731,486 |
730,217 |
99.8％ |
| 1999 |
103,281 |
101,995 |
98.8％ |
750,343 |
748,855 |
99.8％ |
[2] Shipping amount and percentage in Japan's entire domestic cargo transport.
| |
|
Total |
Ship |
Railroad |
Truck |
Airplane |
| 1997 |
1,000 tons |
6,677,063(100％) |
541,437(8.1％) |
69,228(1.0％) |
6,065,384(90.8％) |
1,014(0％) |
| Mil. ton・km |
568,880(100％) |
237,018(41.7％) |
24,618(4.3％) |
306,263(53.8％) |
981(0.2％) |
| 1998 |
1,000 tons |
6,397,912(100％) |
516,647(8.1％) |
60,369(0.9％) |
5,819,881(91.0％) |
1,015(0％) |
| Mil. ton・km |
551,555(100％) |
226,980(41.2％) |
22,920(4.2％) |
300,670(54.5％) |
985(0.2％) |
| 1999 |
1,000 tons |
6,445,607(100％) |
522,602(8.1％) |
58,685(0.9％) |
5,863,259(91.0％) |
1,061(0％) |
| Mil. ton・km |
560,160(100％) |
229,432(41.0％) |
22,541(4.0％) |
307,148(54.8％) |
1,039(0.2％) |
[3] Marine passenger transport amount and percentage in Japan's entire domestic passenger transport.
| |
|
Total |
Ship |
Railroad |
Truck |
Airplane |
| 1997 |
Million people |
84,675(100％) |
145(0.2％) |
22,245(26.3％) |
62,200(73.5％) |
86(0.1％) |
| Mil. person・km |
1,418,805(100％) |
5,368(0.4％) |
395,238(27.9％) |
944,972(66.6％) |
73,243(5.2％) |
| 1998 |
Million people |
84,068(100％) |
128(0.2％) |
22,013(26.2％) |
61,839(73.6％) |
88(0.1％) |
| Mil. person・km |
1,424,356(100％) |
4,620(0.3％) |
388,939(27.3％) |
954,807(67.0％) |
75,990(5.3％) |
| 1999 |
Million people |
84,008(100％) |
120(0.1％) |
21,751(25.9％) |
62,047(73.9％) |
92(0.1％) |
| Mil. person・km |
1,424,482(100％) |
4,470(0.3％) |
385,101(27.0％) |
955,563(67.1％) |
79,348(5.6％) |
(2) Japanese merchant fleets
[1] Oceangoing vessels of 2,OOOGT or more.
| |
Japanese flag ships |
Foreign ships chartering |
Total |
| Number |
GT (1,000 tons) |
Number |
GT (1,000 tons) |
Number |
GT (1,000 tons) |
| 1997 |
182 |
12,376 |
1,839 |
55,005 |
2,021 |
67,381 |
| 1998 |
168 |
11,686 |
1,802 |
54,564 |
1,970 |
66,250 |
| 1999 |
154 |
11,283 |
1,842 |
55,987 |
1,996 |
67,270 |
Percentage of cargos loaded aboard Japanese flag vessels in the whole cargos bound for and from Japan.
| |
Export |
Import |
| Jap. flag ships |
Chartered ships |
Total |
Jap. flag ships |
Chartered ships |
Total |
| 1997 |
1.9％ |
37.5％ |
39.4％ |
16.6％ |
53.6％ |
70.2％ |
| 1998 |
1.7％ |
41.7％ |
43.4％ |
16.4％ |
55.4％ |
71.8％ |
| 1999 |
1.4％ |
34.7％ |
36.1％ |
15.8％ |
54.8％ |
70.6％ |
[2] Domestic shipping vessels exclusive of fishing boats, work boats, pleasure boats as of the end of March 1999.
| Sizes |
＜100GT |
100-200GT |
200-300GT |
300-400GT |
400-500GT |
500-700GT |
700-1000GT |
| Number |
2,115(29.1％) |
1,782(24.5％) |
320(4.4％) |
314(4.3％) |
1,413(19.4％) |
469(6.5％) |
275(3.8％) |
| GT total |
69,778(1.9％) |
313,764(8.6％) |
83,847(2.3％) |
110,763(3.0％) |
684,689(18.7％) |
313,573(8.6％) |
236,815(6.5％) |
| Sizes |
1000-2000GT |
2000-3000GT |
3000-4500GT |
4500-6500GT |
6500GT≦ |
Total |
| Number |
222(3.1％) |
129(1.8％) |
126(1.7％) |
67(0.9％) |
37(0.5％) |
7,269(100％) |
| GT total |
325,961(8.9％) |
352,687(9.6％) |
463,579(12.7％) |
352,930(9.7％) |
348,680(9.5％) |
3,657,066(100％) |
(3) Number of seafarers of Japanese nationality
| |
For foreign routes |
For domestic routes |
| 1997 |
4,561 |
35,123 |
| 1998 |
4,076 |
32,226 |
| 1999 |
3,703 |
30,635 |
(4) Ports
(a) Amount of cargos handled at Japanese ports.
| |
All ports |
5 largest ports |
| 1996 |
3,465 mil. Tons |
894 mil. Tons |
| 1997 |
3,465 mil. Tons |
901 mil. Tons |
| 1998 |
3,165 mil. Tons |
797 mil. Tons |
Note: Five largest ports include Keihin (gateway to Tokyo and Yokohama), Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kanmon.
(b) Number of oceangoing/domestic shipping vessels entering Japanese ports.
| |
Oceangoing vessels |
Domestic shipping vessels |
Total |
| Number (1,000) |
GT (million) |
Number (1,000) |
GT (million) |
Number (1,000) |
GT (million) |
| 1996 |
117 |
1,699 |
6,840 |
2,532 |
6,958 |
4,231 |
| 1997 |
121 |
1,732 |
6,749 |
2,574 |
6,889 |
4,310 |
| 1998 |
116 |
1,685 |
6,504 |
2,357 |
6,640 |
4,046 |
(5) Occurrence of marine disasters and marine pollutions
[1] Recent marine disasters occurred in Japanese territorial waters or involving Japanese flag vessels.
| |
Vessels rescued |
Dead or missing |
| 1997 |
1,678 |
2,565 |
| 1998 |
1,726 |
2,498 |
| 1999 |
1,920 |
2,625 |
[2] Recent marine pollutions occurred in Japanese territorial waters or involving Japanese flag vessels.
| |
Oils |
Others |
Red tide |
Total |
| 1997 |
405 |
254 |
54 |
713 |
| 1998 |
388 |
283 |
26 |
697 |
| 1999 |
339 |
224 |
26 |
589 |
Note: Others include hazardous liquid substance, industrial wastes, factory waste water and blue tide.
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