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Kobe Ports and Harbors Office Kinki Regional Development Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

1 – An International Port in Harmony with its City ~End of the Heian Period : Second Half of the 12th Century~

830 years ago, Taira-no- Kiyomori built a man-made island (Kyougashima) of roughly 40 hectares to the southeast of the present JR Hyogo Station.

Fukuhara Villa

Planned Area for Shin-kyo

Oowadanotomari ▼ Kyougashima as it looked Red －Heian Period Kyougashima Kobe Port (during Heian and Hyogoshima Kamakura Period） during its construction Blue －Kamakura period Hyogotu 2 Kobe Port during the Heian and Kamakura Periods TheThe OpeningOpening ofof KobeKobe PortPort inin 18681868 ~Meiji Period : 2nd Half of the 19th Century ~

Kobe Port was opened in 1868. At that time, it had the best wharves and yards of all the ports in Bay.

The town of Kobe soon after the opening of the port

A view of Kobe port as it was 3 at its opening The Beginning of Construction for a Modern Port Latter half of the Meiji Period until the beginning of the Taisho period - The first stage of construction (1907-1922) -

Kameichirou Morigaki

The 1st stage of construction works in 1907 (40th Year of Meiji) saw the first caisson installation in (an L-type floating dock). 4 L-type floating dock Taisho Period – Beginning of the Showa Period - The 2nd stage of construction (1919-1937) -

Hinode-Cho Reclamation Area

Naka Piers Fourth Breakwater Cross-section of a caisson used Shinko Piers in the 2nd stage of construction

Third Breakwater Hyogo Piers The year 1919 saw the beginning of a second building phase to Karumojima Second Breakwater enable Kobe Port to handle Reclamation increasing volumes of cargo. The Area Wada Point Breakwater result was the largest berth in First Breakwater Japan, with a depth of 12m, built to cope with the trend for larger ships. Kobe Port in the 6th Year of Taisho – red areas underwent change up until 1937 5 Post World War II Reconstruction ~1945 – 1970 ~

Previous development As Kobe entered the post- New main development war reconstruction period, new piers were built, starting with the Nada wharf Ikuta River and continuing with Piers No. 7 and 8. Nada Wharf (completed Naka Piers in the 27th Shin-Minato River Year of 8th West Pier Showa) (completed in the 34th Year of Hyogo Piers 7th Pier Showa) (completed in the 31st Year of Showa)

Kobe Port in the 34th Year of Showa (1959)

th Kobe Port in the 35 Year of Showa (1960) 6 ~Mid Showa Period (High Economic Growth Period)~ The Construction of Maya Wharf (1959-1967)

Steel Sheet Cell Caisson Engineering Technology

Maya Wharf

Maya Wharf was rebuilt based on new caisson engineering methodology between 1959-1967 (34-42th Year of Showa) 7 Mid Showa Period (High Economic Growth Period) ~The 1960’s~ Cooperation with the Development of New Towns

Mt. Tsurukabuto Estate: Residential Uzumori Suma Estate: Management Estate: Residential Residential Mt. Takao Management Management Estate: Planning Area Residential Planning Area Management Planning Area Motomachi Sannomiya

Kobe Hyogo

Source of sand/earth for reclamation Development of New Towns in the 1960’s Reclaimed Area

Materials were brought to the shoreline by conveyor belt and deposited at the fill site by barges transported by ships.

8 • The Progression towards Large-scale Ship Handling and the Development of Kobe Port Container Terminals

PortIslandStageⅡ: completedin2003 14,000 13,000（推定）Expected 12,000 ）

TEU 10,000 RokkoIsland:

（ 8,000~10,000 completedin1981 8,000 7,060 PortIslandStageⅠ: 6,400 6,000 completedin1981

Capacity 4,600 4,258 4,950

MayaWharf: 4,700 Ultra-Super 4,000 completedin1967 4,300 Post-P'max Super 2,500 Post-P'max Post-P'max 2,000 Vessel 1,096 738 752 Panamax 0 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 YearofCompletion 出典：「港湾 Vol.80 September2003」（（社）日本港湾協会）を基に作成 9 • West Side Port Island as a fully functional container terminal ~1980’s~

（Port Island Stage I: Completed in 1981） －12m deep quays, 30,000 Ton Class Large-scale capacity for full container vessels

10 • Large container vessel capability at Rokko Island ~1990’s~

Rokko Island: Completed in 1993 14m deep quays, 50,000 Ton Class Large-scale capacity for full RC-6, 7 NYK container vessels RC-3, 4, 5 K-Line、 Meask 11 ・Adaptation Towards Further Large-scale Capacity (Port Island Stage II) ~2000 onwards~

PC-18 Kamigumi

PC-14, Port Island Stage II: Completed in 2003 15 MOL 15m deep quays, 80,000 Ton Class Large-scale capacity for full container vessels PC-16, 17 PC-13 APL Mitsui Port Island Stages I and II 12 Landfill in progress for the opening of Kobe Domestic Kobe Airport in 2006 A New Breed of Man-made Island

South Rokko Island

Serving as the new focal point for Kobe Port 13 Post-1995 Great -Awaji Earthquake Reconstruction (1) The role of Kobe Port in the face of the disaster (1995)

Emergency supplies and shipments were brought via sea instead of overland routes

Damaged port facilities Sea travel became the main means of transportation. The Port in Action 14 Post-1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Reconstruction (2) New technology was deployed in the reconstruction

Completed Emergency Container Factory Completed Jacket Berth

Jacket Installation Scene

Complete Renovation of the Work-in-progress at the Mid-pier Section Prefabrication Pier ＜Jacket Method＞ ＜Emergency Container Pier ＞ Adoption of the “Jacket Adoption of a prefabrication 15 Method” for rapid renovation method for rapid renovation The Future for Kobe Port

4 Basic Policies for the Revitalization of Kobe Port

1. Re-establishment of the Port’s Capacity for Competition

2. Promotion of Waterfront Development

3. Disaster Prevention Measures

4. Strengthened Waterfront Security

16 (1) Re-Establishment of the Port’s Capacity for Competition and Logistics Moving towards a “Super Hub Port”

Along with Osaka Port, Kobe Port is aiming for world-class standards for logistics and an increase in the capacity of the port to handle higher cargo volume and tonnage capacity through integration to transform the “Hanshin Port” into a Super Hub Port. This will lead to a shortening of ground cargo handling times, and decreased costs.

Development of the Highway and the Bay Area – Set to take off! Plans are being developed to build an 80km highway running from the Kobe Awaji- In anticipation of the opening of the port in 2006, landfill works Naruto Highway past Kobe Port, and up to have been in progress. On completion, there will also be a man- the Kansai International Airport . made lagoon for restoration of the environment.

17 (2) Promotion of Waterfront Development

Lively Waterfront Area Port-Side Town Development (HAT Kobe)

A waterfront area that complements the town, giving Kobe its special appeal

Factory space on the East Rinkai Sea Area will be converted to a new residential area for 30,000 people

Visit Kobe – We look forward to having you! Redevelopment of the Sannomiya West Side of Port Island Harbor

Redevelopment of the old container terminals Redevelopment to an attractive water Target Area (72ha) front area Port Island

Kobe Port continues its efforts to vitalize the port as a world-class cruise and tourist attraction 18 Kobe airport (under construction) (3) Disaster Prevention Measures Development of next generation Protection against further damage multi-functional environmental ships

The height of the existing seawalls built to protect To protect the natural the city from the effect of beauty of the pleasant tsunamis caused by an sea area, we are earthquake in the promoting the southeast or south sea will development of multi- be revised. functional environ- Furthermore, to lessen mental ships with damage, Kobe City is in floating trash and oil the process of collection. strengthening its communication systems.

Perimeter security camera (cliff side) Port Emergency water zone restrictions Management Center Floodlights (4) Strengthened Floodlights waterfront security Yard security camera Port Security (Revision of the SOLAS Treaty)

In conjunction with our responsibility for the security of Yard security camera the Port, further steps are being reviewed to ensure that Perimeter security camera the whole waterfront area is safeguarded. 19 ~Thank you for your attention!~

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