Go to Minato!　History of Yokohama Port (4)

　History of Yokohama Port (for the general public)
　Opening of the Port of Civilization and Civilization Municipal Organization-Reconstruction of the Great Kanto Earthquake Earthquake-World War II
　Postwar period of high economic growth period Container Age ~ present

Yokohama Port since the end of the war in 1945 (Showa 20), Yokohama Port has taken a particularly difficult path.

Most of the facilities in the port were requisitioned by the Allied Forces, mainly in the United States, and the work of non-military ports was temporarily stopped.

Private trade was also canceled immediately after the end of the war, but resumed in 1949 (Showa 24), and wharf facilities were returned one after another in the order of Takashima, Yamauchi, Osanbashi, and Shinko.

However, Mizuho Wharf and a part of Shinko Wharf are still managed by the United States Army.

In 1951 (Showa 26), the work of managing ports that the government had been doing until then was moved to each region due to the enactment of the Port and Harbor Law (Kowanho). I was managed and became a port manager (Kowankansha).

After the resumption of trade, foreign transactions became increasingly active, and the port has become an increasingly important role.

Around 1957 (Showa 32), even at Yokohama Port, including the amount of foreign trade, the number of vessels to enter the port (Nyuko Senpakutonus), and cargo volume handled (Ryo Tsukamotsu Ryo) were recorded before the pre-war record. I jumped up.

Yokohama City has made a new port plan (Kowan Keikaku) to respond to the ever-increasing number of vessels and cargo handled, and has continued to develop various facilities such as wharfs. In 1963 (1938), Izutacho Wharf and Yamashita-Futo, a part of Honmoku Futo was completed in 1970 (Showa 46).

In addition, with the development of the heavy chemical industry, the Keihin Industrial Zone was expanded, and factories began to be built in the surrounding area. Negishi Bay was reclaimed, the coastal industrial site was completed, and Yokohama Port became an industrial port industrial port.

And since factories were mixed in residential areas and deteriorating the environment, a landfill was created at Kanazawa as a relocation site.

Also, in 1964 (Showa 39), after the Tokyo Olympics, facilities for passenger ships were set up at Osanbashi Pier.

"Major import products of this era"

Non-ferrous metals

Oil (Sekiyu)

"Major exports of this era"

Iron rope

Automobile

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