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| -50th Anniversary of Sister Port Affiliation between the Ports of Los Angeles
and Nagoya On August 14, 2009, the Ports of Los Angeles and Nagoya celebrated the 50th anniversary of their sister port affiliation in the Tom Bradley Room on the 26th floor of the Los Angeles City Hall. The ceremony was attended by more than 50 people representing both ports and cities as well as local Japanese business entities. |
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| The sister port agreement between the Ports of Los Angeles and Nagoya
was signed in 1959. In the 50 years that this agreement has been in effect,
both ports have experienced significant growth through the cultural and
staff exchange programs. At the ceremony, following the opening congratulatory speeches of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor Takashi Kawamura, commemorative gifts were exchanged by Ms. Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza, Vice President of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, and Mr. Kunihiko Ikami, Vice Chairperson of Nagoya City Assembly, exchanged. In ending the ceremony, Dr. Geraldine Knatz, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, and Mr. Takashi Yamada, Executive Vice President of Nagoya Port Authority, signed a Sister Port Agreement in which the Ports of Los Angeles and Nagoya declare their mutual commitment to their Sister Port relationship and its foundations of friendship, exchange and collaboration. |
 From left to right, Dr. Knatz, Mr. Kawamura, and Mr.Yamada |
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| May | |||
| -Large crowds visited Garden Pier this Golden Week again! Some 132,000 people visited the Nagoya Port Aquarium during Golden Week holidays (4/29 - 5/6). The Aquarium held night shows, an annual event for the Golden Week season, and the number of visitors increased 33% from last year (the number of night show visitors during Golden Week was 14,660.) A new event called "Sawatte 'M' Iruka," in which visitors could touch the dolphins at pool side to take a photograph with them, attracted many children and families. |
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| March | |||
| -The Port of Nagoya established the Urgent Measures Commission. The Urgent Measures Commission was established by the Port of Nagoya on January 23, 2009, with the aim of strengthening the Port's international competitiveness amid the global economic downturn. The Chairman of the Commission is Executive Vice President of the Nagoya Port Authority, and constituent members are directors of each department of the Nagoya Port Authority. The Commission has been considering effective measures to counter a drop in cargo traffic and a reduction in the numbers of ports of call by shipping companies. The Port of Nagoya is the first of the nation's ports to undertake such a project to counteract the effects of the economic crisis reflecting global recession. Concrete measures which are currently underreview are: 1.Expansion of the exemption of port dues for large container vessels weighing 40,000 G/T and over in order to maintain container trunk trade lanes 2.Strengthening domestic port sales to secure cargo traffic at the Port of Nagoya In response to the port users' demands and suggestions, the Commission also set up the Port of Nagoya Exclusive Consulting Office for Port Users. The Commission will further aim for immediate implementationof these measures in cooperation with port related organizations both publicand private. |
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| February | |||
| -Nagoya maintains the top position among Japanese ports in terms of trade
value for eight years in a row! On January 23, the Nagoya Customs released provisional trade statistics for 2008. The report indicates that the total trade value (sum of import and export values passing through the Port of Nagoya last year) reached 16.36 trillion Japanese yen, and was once again the largest amount among all ports in Japan, for the eighth consecutive year. However, the value itself decreased, for the first time in nine years, by 2.3% from 2007. For the first half of the year, the trade value marked a healthy increase. In February, for example, the total export value including the cargo value passing through the Central Japan International Airport was the highest among all Japanese ports, and in March, the total value of automobiles shipped from the Port marked a record high. Nevertheless, in the second half of the year, both the import and export trade value drastically decreased under the influence of a difficult economic background and a global economic downturn. The details of the respective export and importtrade are as follows. The export trade value decreased by 5.3% from the previous year, down to 11.9 trillion Japanese yen. This came mainly from a drop in exports associated with automobiles and automobile parts, reflecting the severe recession. On the other hand, import trade value reached 5.3 trillion Japanese yen, a record high, increasing of 4.7% over the previous year. This was strongly influenced by the increase of import value in oil trade, reflecting the high-price of oil and crude oil. |
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| January | |||
| -New Project for Third Berth at the Nabeta Pier Container Terminal Approved
in FY 2009 Budget. The Ministry of Finance announced the Japanese Government Bonds Issuance Plan for FY 2009 on 20, December. According to the plan, a new project to construct a third berth at the Nabeta Pier Container Terminal in the Port of Nagoya will be covered by the new budget. The Nabeta Pier Container Terminal, which is currently operating two berths, serves as a logistics base for cargo to and from China and other Asian countries and handles more than 800,000 TEU annually. The terminal is working at full capacity, but because of the rapidly increasing volume of cargo in recent years and a lack of berths, vessels frequently have to wait offshore. Demand for a new berth at Nabeta Pier began to be made in 2006 by local related agencies in both the public and private sectors. After this project is completed, it is hoped that the entire container handling capacity of the Port of Nagoya will be improved and the international competitiveness of local industries will be strengthened. The new berth, which will be a reinforced earthquake-resistant structure, with a water depth of 12 m and a total quay length of 250 m, is planned for completion by the end of 2015. |
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