In the fiscal year 2022, coastal freight shipped via private-use vessels amounted to approximately 985 thousand tons in Japan, increasing from roughly 0.9 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 2013 to 2022
(in 1,000 metric tons)
fiscal years 2013 to 2022; 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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e-Stat (Japan). (June 30, 2023). Volume of freight transported domestically via private-use coastwise vessels in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053894/japan-private-use-coastwise-cargo-shipping-volume/
e-Stat (Japan). "Volume of freight transported domestically via private-use coastwise vessels in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. June 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053894/japan-private-use-coastwise-cargo-shipping-volume/
e-Stat (Japan). (2023). Volume of freight transported domestically via private-use coastwise vessels in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053894/japan-private-use-coastwise-cargo-shipping-volume/
e-Stat (Japan). "Volume of Freight Transported Domestically via Private-use Coastwise Vessels in Japan from Fiscal Year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053894/japan-private-use-coastwise-cargo-shipping-volume/
e-Stat (Japan), Volume of freight transported domestically via private-use coastwise vessels in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053894/japan-private-use-coastwise-cargo-shipping-volume/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Volume of freight transported domestically via private-use coastwise vessels in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), June 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1053894/japan-private-use-coastwise-cargo-shipping-volume/
