"Yokohama Kawasaki Port Seminar in Bangkok" was held!

　The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced in February this year the final report of the Committee on the Study of New International Container Strategic Port Policy, which will continue to strongly promote initiatives of the three pillars of "collection," " coins," and "enhance competitiveness." It is supposed to go. In particular, in the case of "collection", "building a transportation route for wide-area collection from Southeast Asia, etc." was newly indicated.
　In response to this, on July 17, 2024, a seminar was held in Bangkok, the Kingdom of Thailand, inviting the Port Authority of Thailand, the Embassy of Japan in Thailand, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to hold a seminar for shipping companies, logistics companies, shipowner companies, etc.
　Yokohama Port and Kawasaki Port are central ports in Japan, with many main routes and domestic feeder routes connecting Japan and the world. At the seminar, along with an overview of the New International Container Strategic Port Policy, he introduced the advantages of using Yokohama Port and Kawasaki Port not only cargo for Japan as a transportation route from Thailand but also for transportation to North America and Central and South America.
　Yokohama City and Yokohama Kawasaki International Port and Harbor Co., Ltd. will continue to work with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to increase the volume of international transship cargo and maintain and expand its main routes.