Port of Kobe

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The Port of Kobe refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Japan's harbours and which handle Japan's shipping.

Contents 1 History 2 Operators 3 Sister ports 4 Related matters 5 External links

[edit] History

10th,Port of Kobe is the largest port trading east asia in Japan,Kobe was temporarily capital of Japan.(Taira no Kiyomori moved his grandson Emperor Antoku to Kobe.)From the end of 19th to 1970s,port of Kobe was most treated containers in asia.

[edit] Operators

• Container berths: 34
• Area: 3.89 km²
• Max draft: 18 m
• Trading: 2,262 kTEU and 91,182 tones

It has regular passenger service to Busan(South Korea,twice a week),Shanghai(China,once a week) and Tianjin(China,once a week) .

[edit] Sister ports

• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam port, Netherlands - 1967
• Image:Flag of the United States.svg Seattle port, United States - 1967
• Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tianjin port, China - 1980

[edit] Related matters

• Hanshin Industrial Region
• Port Island
• Rokko Island
• Kobe Port Tower
• Harborland
• Kobe Airport

[edit] External links

• Kobe Ports and Harbors Office(English)ja:神戸港