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Japan Maritime Transportation
In 1986 the Japanese merchant fleet included 10,011
ships with
a total displacement of 38.5 million gross tons, a steady
decrease
from 10,425 ships with a total gross tonnage of 40.4
million in
1984. Of the nearly 1,200 Japanese ships of 1,000 gross
registered
tons and over, there were more than 300 bulk carriers;
more than
250 petroleum, oils, and lubricants tankers; some 240
vehicle and
cargo carriers; and more than 150 refrigerated cargo
ships. The
remainder were passenger and passenger-cargo ships,
container
ships, roll-on/roll-off cargo ships, chemical tankers,
combination
ore and oil carriers, and other specialized types of large
ships.
Japanese ports, mainly Yokohama, Nagoya, and Kobe,
received
40,129 ships in 1986, loaded 88.1 million tons of cargo,
and
unloaded 598.9 million tons. Other major ports included
Chiba,
Hakodate, Kitakyushu, Kushiro, Osaka, Tokyo, and
Yokkaichi.
Almost all shipping operated from coastal ports. Japan's
rivers
were short and were unnavigable except in the lower
reaches.
Data as of January 1994
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