…. by 7.3% to 6.579 million tonnes compared to the same month in 2014.
Container throughput dropped 11% to 323,729 TEU in foreign trade but was 4.8% up in domestic trade with 36,514 TEU handled compared to January 2014.
Of the 6.579 million tonnes, 3.574 million tonnes came from foreign trade (down 10.1%) and the remaining 3.005 million tonnes came from domestic trade (down 3.7%).
In foreign trade, Tokyo exported 978,336 tonnes of cargo in January – up 13.2%, and imported 2.595 million tonnes of cargo – down 16.6%.
Tokyo also saw the number of vessels drop – a total of 406 ocean-going ships, including 375 container ships, entered Tokyo in January (down 10.6%), while 1,557 domestic vessels entered the port (down 3.5%).