The Bureau of Port and Harbor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the port authority for the Port of Tokyo. The Bureau is responsible for managing, administering, maintaining, and upgrading the Port of Tokyo. It also develops reclaimed lands, the waterfront sub-center, and seaside parks. The Bureau is also responsible for implementing measures to mitigate high tides and for developing harbors and fishing ports in the outer islands.

The Port of Tokyo serves not only the local metropolis but much of the Shin'etsu Region and the southern Tohoku area, encompassing a population of some 40 million people. The Port of Tokyo plays a vital role in area-wide transportation, linking land and sea transport of goods for both imports and exports. The Bureau has worked hard to assure the Port of Tokyo keeps up with the changing maritime commerce environment by enhancing terminals for containers, ferries, and specialized cargoes and by providing ample warehouse storage and distribution centers located conveniently on reclaimed lands behind the terminals and transportation networks.

In 2009, the Port of Tokyo served more than 28.1 thousand vessels carrying 72.4 million tons of cargo. Foreign trade accounted for 40.7 million tons, and domestic trade accounted for 31.7 million tons of cargo. Foreign cargoes in the Port of Tokyo in 2009 included 12.1 million tons of exports and 28.6 million tons of imports. Domestic cargoes moving through the Port of Tokyo in 2009 included 21.2 million tons of inbound cargo and 10.5 million tons of outbound cargoes.

The vast majority of 2009 foreign trade (72%) moving through the Port of Tokyo is with countries in Asia. Of a total 27.7 million tons of trade with Asia, including 19.8 million tons of imports and 7.8 million tons of exports. The Port of Tokyo's second largest foreign trade partner in 2009 was North America (total of 6.2 million tons), including 4.1 million tons of imports and 2.1 million tons of exports. Foreign trade with countries in Europe totaled 3.7 million tons in 2009, including 1.3 million tons of exports and 2.4 million tons of imports.

Foreign Imported commodities in the Port of Tokyo in 2009 were dominated by chemical industry products (12.8 million tons), clothing and personal items (3.7 million tons), electrical equipment (2.4 million tons), furniture and equipment (2.2 million tons), processed foods (2.1 million tons), fruits and vegetables (1.5 million tons), industrial machinery (1.1 million tons), and pulp and paper (1.0 million tons).

The Port of Tokyo's foreign exports in 2009 were dominated by chemical industry products (4.1 million tons), reusable materials (3.1 million tons), industrial machinery (1.3 million tons), and auto parts (1.2 million tons). Other exports included scrap metal, electrical equipment, rubber products, and metal products.

Domestic trade in the Port of Tokyo in 2009 included 21.2 million tons of inbound cargoes and 10.5 million tons of outbound cargoes. Among inbound domestic cargoes were sand and gravel (4.9 million tons), cars (4.0 million tons), petroleum products (3.7 million tons), cement (2.3 million tons), pulp and paper (1.7 million tons), and oil products (1.5 million tons). Outbound domestic cargoes through the Port of Tokyo included cars (5.1 million tons), waste soil (1.1 million tons), and a variety of miscellaneous cargoes like drinks, processed food, pulp and paper, and heavy oil.

The Port of Tokyo covers over a thousand hectares of land area and 5.2 hectares of water surface. Its breakwater is almost 8.4 thousand meters long (27.5 thousand feet). The Port of Tokyo's wharves and piers total over 22.7 thousand meters (74.6 thousand feet) with some 204 berths including 15 container berths of almost 4.5 thousand meters (14.7 thousand feet) for containers.

The Port of Tokyo contains over 203.9 thousand square meters (50.4 acres) of public transit sheds and 514.4 thousand square meters (127 acres) of public open-air storage yards. The timber basins in the Port of Tokyo cover more than 999 thousand square meters (almost 247 acres), and the Port of Tokyo's Heliport covers more 147 thousand square meters (36.3 acres) containing 38 spots.

Since it was known as Edo Port, the Port of Tokyo has been a center for distribution of goods throughout Japan. With a long history as the country's major domestic marine transport base, the Port of Tokyo has long handled cargoes of foodstuffs, paper, steel, automobiles, and other products that satisfy domestic consumers. Regular routes move traffic between the Port of Tokyo and Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Recently, intermodal transport has increased, as have containers and roll-on/roll-off cargoes. The Port of Tokyo plans to continue to develop modern terminals that can handle these domestic cargoes quickly and efficiently. The Port of Tokyo is a base for ferries that link the city with Shikoku and Kyushu, transporting both passengers and goods, including automobiles.

• Container terminals

The Port of Tokyo's Oi Container Terminal is one of Japan's most modern facilities, and it is central to the international distribution of goods. The Oi Container Terminal in the Port of Tokyo covers a total 945.7 thousand square meters (almost 234 acres). It contains seven berths with a total length of 2,354 meters (7.7 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 15 meters (49.2 feet). The Oi Container Terminal can accommodate vessels to 50 thousand DWT.

Equipped with 20 cranes, the Port of Tokyo's Oi Container Terminal can handle over 57.6 thousand TEUs of containerized cargo, and it has 2,578 reefer slots. Forty companies operate ultra-modern distribution facilities at the Oi Container Terminal in the Port of Tokyo with 33 hectares of warehouse space.

The Aomi Container Terminal in the Port of Tokyo has five berths with a total length of 1,570 meters (over 5.1 thousand feet). Two of these berths have alongside depth of 13 meters (42.7 feet) and can accommodate vessels to 35 thousand DWT. The remaining three berths in the Port of Tokyo's Aomi Container Terminal have alongside depth of 15 meters (49.2 feet) and can accommodate vessels to 50 thousand DWT. The Aomi Container Terminal has space for 24,883 TEUs of containerized cargo, including 1,335 reefer slots.

The Port of Tokyo's Shinagawa Container Terminal is a public terminal managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Opened in 1967, it is the oldest container terminal in Japan. Today, it serves container routes to China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and coastal routes. The Shinagawa Container Terminal in the Port of Tokyo covers a total of 96.7 thousand square meters (23.9 acres).

The Port of Tokyo's Shinagawa Container Terminal serves both foreign and domestic trade. It has three berths devoted to foreign trade containers totaling 190 meters (623 feet) with alongside depths of 10 meters (32.8 feet). It is equipped with four container cranes and has space for 5,598 TEUs of containerized cargo including 272 reefer slots.

The Wakasu Terminal handles domestic container cargo in the Port of Tokyo. The berth dedicated to this cargo is 190 meters long (623 feet) with alongside depth of 11 meters (36.1 feet), and it can accommodate vessels to 15 thousand DWT.

• Bulk and breakbulk terminals

The foreign trade foodstuffs terminals in the Port of Tokyo provide capacity for handling a wide range of agricultural and marine products. Anticipating increased traffic in these cargoes, the outdated berths at the Harumi Terminal are being replaced in stages by the modern facilities at the Oi Terminal that started operating in 1999.

The Port of Tokyo's Oi Foodstuffs Terminal has three berths in operation, and it handles mainly wheat, fresh fruits and vegetables, and other foodstuff imports. The wheat mill and silo complex behind the berth has been relocated from the Harumi Terminal. There are also two transit sheds for handling, fumigating, and storing fresh fruits and vegetables and other imported food products. One berth in the Port of Tokyo's Oi Foodstuffs Terminal is 230 meters (754.6 feet) long with alongside depth of 12 meters (39.4 feet) and can accommodate vessels to 30 thousand DWT. Two berths at the Oi Foodstuffs Terminal in the Port of Tokyo total 380 meters (almost 1.3 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 11 meters (36.1 feet).

The Oi Marine Products Terminal in the Port of Tokyo has two berths that can accommodate 30 thousand DWT vessels. These berths are a total of 450 meters (almost 1.5 thousand feet) long with alongside depth of 12 meters (39.4 feet). This Port of Tokyo terminal can handle frozen deep-sea seafood imported from Africa, New Zealand, and the northern seas. Located behind the terminal, three cold-storage transit sheds, complemented by private warehouses, and six private cold-storage freezer warehouses can store up to 350 thousand tons of cargo.

The Oi Construction Material Terminal in the Port of Tokyo has four berths totaling 280 meters (918 feet) with alongside depth of five meters (16.4 feet) and can accommodate vessels to one thousand DWT of gravel and sand. The Wakasu Construction Materials Terminal opened for public use in the Port of Tokyo in 1989 to handle domestic sand, gravel, and stone. The four berths at the Wakasu Construction Materials Terminal total 370 meters (1.2 thousand feet) in length with alongside depth of 5.5 meters (18 feet). These Port of Tokyo berths can accommodate vessels to two thousand DWT.

Although most of the cargo in the Port of Tokyo is shipped in containers, some cargoes are not compatible with containers and must be shipped in bulk. The Port of Tokyo's Odaiba Liner Terminal, the Foreign Trade Terminal, and the Harumi Terminal, among others, serve conventional cargo vessels.

The Odaiba Liner Terminal offers nine berths totaling 1.8 kilometers in length with alongside depth of 10 meters (32.8 feet). The Port of Tokyo's Odaiba Liner Terminal can accommodate vessels up to 15 thousand DWT of steel, paper, and lumber. It has many transit sheds and private warehouses to effectively handle the full range of cargoes.

The Bulk Cargo Terminal at the Port of Tokyo's Inner-Central Breakwater Reclamation Area is a public terminal that handles mainly foreign trade vessels carrying coal and non-ferrous metals. Operating since 2000, it has a 240-meter (787.4 feet) long berth with alongside depth of alongside depth of 12 meters (39.4 feet) that can accommodate vessels to 30 thousand DWT. The first terminal in the Inner-Central Breakwater Reclamation Area, the Port of Tokyo's Bulk Cargo Terminal is equipped with unloaders, conveyor belts, and a variety of other cargo-handling machinery.

Lumber imports from Canada and the United States are discharged at the Port of Tokyo's No. 15 Lumber Terminal. This Port of Tokyo terminal has three berths totaling 720 meters (2.4 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 12 meters (39.4 feet) that can accommodate vessels to 25 thousand DWT of lumber. The open-air storage yard at the rear of the Port of Tokyo's No. 15 Lumber Terminal has capacity to store up to 200 thousand cubic meters of lumber. The No. 12 Timber Basin covers 56 hectares of water surface, and it can store as many as 210 thousand tons of logs at one time, receiving logs mainly from Malaysia and other locations.

The Tsukishima Terminal in the Port of Tokyo is a fisheries base specializing in marine products, and it is supported by large-scale cold-storage warehouses. The terminal is the stockyard for the Tsukiji Central Wholesale Market (see Cruising and Travel section below) on the Sumids River.

Combined with the Oi Foodstuffs and Marine Terminals, the Tsukishima Terminal is a major food source for the Tokyo metropolitan area. The fish-handling area is located at the domestic landing stage. It offers over a thousand meters (3.6 thousand meters) with alongside depths from 3 to 4.5 meters (9.8 to 14.8 feet).

The Port of Tokyo's Shibaura Terminal handles general cargo (including cement, papers, and foodstuffs) carried by conventional vessels, and it has extensive transit sheds and storage areas. The Shibaura Terminal in the Port of Tokyo has six berths totaling 780 meters (2.6 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) that can accommodate vessels to five thousand DWT. It has one berth of 90 meters (295 feet) with alongside depth of 5.5 meters (18 feet) that can accommodate vessels to two thousand DWT.

The Takeshiba Terminal in the Port of Tokyo handles agricultural products and general cargo. It has three berths totaling 465 meters (over 1.5 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) that can accommodate vessels to five thousand DWT. The Hinode Terminal in the Port of Tokyo handles non-ferrous metals, papers, and foodstuffs. It has six berths totaling 564 meters (over 1.8 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 6.7 meters (22 feet) that can accommodate vessels to three thousand DWT.

• Ro/Ro terminals

The Shinagawa Domestic Trade Terminal in the Port of Tokyo specializes in handling newsprint, automobiles, and miscellaneous roll-on/roll-off cargoes on routes with the Port of Hokkaido. The Port of Tokyo's Shingawa Domestic Trade Terminal has three berths totaling 476 meters (1.6 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 8 meters (26.2 feet) that can accommodate vessels to six thousand DWT. This Port of Tokyo terminal also has two berths totaling 380 meters (1.3 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 10 meters (32.8 feet) that can handle vessels to 15 thousand DWT.

The Tatsumi Terminal in the Port of Tokyo opened in 2002 to handle steel and miscellaneous goods between the port and remote islands. The Port of Tokyo's Tatsumi Terminal has 13 berths totaling 1,040 meters (3.4 thousand feet) with alongside depth of five meters (16.4 feet) that can accommodate vessels to one thousand DWT carrying general cargo and steel.

The Number 10 Terminal is an important transport facility linking the Port of Tokyo with Kyushu, Okinawa, and Hokkaido with a network of regularly-scheduled routes. The terminal handles a wide range of cargoes that include steel, automobiles, pulp and paper, and general cargoes. Like the Shinagawa Terminal, the Port of Tokyo's No. 10 Terminal serves an increasing number of roll-on/roll-off vessels. It has 11 berths totaling 1,500 meters (4.9 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) that can accommodate vessels to five thousand DWT. The Port of Tokyo's Number 10 Terminal has another 13 berths totaling 920 meters (three thousand feet) with alongside depth of 5 meters (16.4 feet) that can handle vessels to one thousand DWT.

The Number 10 Multi-purpose Terminal in the Port of Tokyo terminal has one berth that is 180 meters (590 feet) long with alongside depth of 7.5 meters (24.6 feet) that can accommodate vessels to five thousand gross tons.

The Port of Tokyo's Ferry Terminal handles automobiles and general cargo. Its four berths total 902 meters (2.6 thousand feet) with alongside depths from 7.5 to 8.5 meters (24.6 to 27.9 feet).

In addition to supporting the fishing fleet, the Tsukishima Terminal has two berths devoted to handling steel. The berths are a total of 266 meters (872.7 feet) long with alongside depth of 7.5 meters (24.6 feet). These berths can accommodate vessels to five thousand DWT.

• Cruise terminals

The Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal opened in 1991 when the Port of Tokyo was celebrating its 50th Anniversary. The terminal welcomes both foreign and domestic luxury cruise ships and serves as a conference and event center for the city. The observation deck at the Port of Tokyo's Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal offers breathtaking panoramic views of the waterfront. The terminal is also the site of the Tokyo Port Festival in May and for firework displays during the summer.

The Port of Tokyo's Harumi Terminal has two berths totaling 456 meters (1.5 thousand feet) with alongside depth of 10 meters (32.8 feet) that can accommodate passenger vessels to 20 thousand gross tons. It also has one berth of 161 meters (528.2 feet) with alongside depth of nine meters (27.9 feet) that can accommodate vessels to ten thousand DWT and one berth of 190 meters (623.4 meters) with alongside depth of 10 meters (32.8 feet) that can accommodate vessels to 15 thousand DWT.

The Port of Tokyo's Takeshiba Terminal is the gateway to Izu and Ogasawara Islands. Because the facility had deteriorated significantly by the end of the 1980s, it was reconstructed and refitted in 1995 to contain an office building, a hotel, commercial facilities, and a passenger terminal.

The No. 10-1 Multi-Purpose Terminal in the Port of Tokyo was completed in 1996. It is the newest terminal in the Port of Tokyo, and is open for use to area residents. The terminal is used for delivery of exhibition materials destined for the Tokyo International Exhibition Center. It is also used by sailing ships, exhibit ships, and ships participating in local events. The terminal has an earthquake-resistant wharf designated for handling relief goods in the case of a disaster.

The Hinode Terminal is the oldest terminal in the Port of Tokyo, and it is scheduled to be developed as a passenger ship terminal and promotional center for the location of commercial, business, and other facilities.

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