The city of Yokohama is working to become a Carbon-Neutral Port (CNP) in corporation with the national government and the private sector to reach its overarching target of net zero by 2050. To achieve this goal,…
Location: Japan
Port of Yokohama – Exploring the utilization of battery tankers
In March 2024, the Government approved a draft amendment to “the Act on Promoting the Utilization of Sea Areas for the Development of Marine Renewable Energy Power Generation Facilities” that would expand the location of offshore…
Port of Yokohama – Survey on hydrogen utilization for a carbon neutral port
The City of Yokohama, Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation, and Yokohama Port Corporation passed NEDO’s ((New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan) review and conducted together a…
Port of Yokohama – Hydrogen Supply Chain Joint Study
On 26 Nov 2021, Yokohama Mayor YAMANAKA Takeharu announced that Yokohama has concluded a memorandum with ENEOS Corporation to conduct a study on a potential business collaboration for the development of a hydrogen supply chain in...
Port of Yokohama – Container Fast Pass (CONPAS)
The number of containers handled in ports has significantly increased due to ever-larger containerships, which caused significant land-side congestion at container terminal (CT) gates. A range of peaks and off-peaks of container handling operations at CT...
Port of Tokyo – Addressing Port congestion during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Traffic congestion occurs often around the container terminals in Tokyo Port. Since many competition venues of “the 2020 Tokyo Olympics” are located in the surroundings of the port area, serious traffic congestion is expected during the...
Port of Yokohama – LNG bunkering
The Port of Yokohama is actively looking at LNG as means of compliance with the 2020 IMO regulations on marine fuels and SOx emissions. The port has welcomed in 2015 the first LNG fueled tugboat “Sakigake”...
Port of Kobe－Environmental Measures in Reclamation Projects
The coastal area of the Seto inland sea experienced rapid industrialization during the rapid economic growth era in the 1960s, leading to the deterioration of water quality and environmental issues reached a critical point. As such,...