Japan: private-use coastal cargo volume 2021

In the fiscal year 2021, coastal freight shipped via private-use vessels amounted to approximately 901 thousand tons in Japan, decreasing from roughly 1.74 million tons in the previous year.
Private-use coastwise vessels have a volume of at least 100 gross tons or at least 30 meters in length. Although they transport goods between domestic ports, they do not engage in any coastal shipping business.

Volume of freight transported domestically via private-use coastwise vessels in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons)

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2012 to 2021; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year

Special properties

excluding vessels navigating rivers or lakes only

Supplementary notes

The Coastwise Shipping Business Act (Act No. 151 of 1950) obliges shipowners to register/report vessels used for domestic port-to-port freight shipping businesses, as defined by this act, at/to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Moreover, shipowners must report their vessels for private use even if they do not employ them for such businesses but utilize vessels of at least 100 gross tons or 30 meters in length for coastwise shipping.

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