Country : JapanKawasaki

Located in the heart of the Kehin Industrial Zone, the City of Kawasaki has developed over the years to become a key economic and industrial contributor to the Japanese economy. Today, the city plays an increasingly imworldportant role as a hub of distribution , commerce and industry in great Tokyo Metropolitan area. The worldport of Kawasaki-the city's gateway to the sea- finds itself in a truly global position as a major center for the interchange of people,goods, and information. A number of plans are now underway in order to further enhance the worldport's function as a leading industrial and commercial worldport. The Kawasaki worldport offers good access via well-developed networks of Xpwy not only to the Tokyo metropolitan area but also to other Kanto regions ,southern Tohoku cities and Yokohama city. It is a good location for the vessels that call at our worldport in the point of access.

 Administrator: City of Kawasaki

Water area: 3 ,298hectares

Land area: 2 ,052hectares

Number of mooring berth: 182 (41public and 141 private berth)

Total length of Berth:18,189meters (6,202meters of public and 12,617meters of private berths)

Ship arrivals and depatures: 30,600 ( in2004)

Cargo throughput: 93,6 million tons (in 2004)

Terminal facilities:

Super Gantry Cranes : These cranes conform to the over panamax ships,it rated capacity/40.6t(2cranes to be completed,3 cranes plan)

Transfer Cranes :Eight with a rated load of 40.6tons(Can be increased 14 in the future)

Yard tractors:Seven

Reach stackers:One with a rated load of 42tons

Top lifter:One with a rated load of 15tons

Reefer power source: 312outlets (Planned to be increased to 546 in the future).

Track scales:two Even if in case which two vesseles (34,000G/T,17,000G/T) go into worldport and come alongside the quay simultaneously, the cargo work of the 2 vessels is also possible.

Terminal area :245,000 square meters (700m×350m)

Yard : Extensive enough of store 8,700TEU .

Wharf: -14meters deep,with a 431 meter-long berth and an apron width of 30.5 meters

 Vessels: Can accomodate container vessels up to 50,000 DWT class(Number of loaded containers 4,000TEU class or more)

Number of gates:Two entrance booths( to be increased to six) and two exit booths.( to be increased to four)

Control wing:One wing with a container terminal system(CATOS), SEA-NACCS and EDI

Van Pool (on site):1,865TEU(may be increased).

All-weather inspection building:Allows simultaneously inspection of 18 containers.

Maintenance Shop:One wing (910 square meters)

Temporary storage space for dangerous substances:Up to 144TEU(When strong Category 4 petrolum container in ISO containers)