Maritime trade volume classified by area
unit： unit：million
million ton
Export ton
Import
400 Africa
800 Latin
350 America
Middle East
700
Oceania
300
600 Europe
250 North
500 America
Asia
200
400 China
150 300
100 200
50 100
0 0
95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 Year
※１）China includes Hong-Kong.
※２）Asia excludes China and Hong-Kong
Maritime transport volume and loading shares
classified by Japanese-flagged and chartered foreign vessel
（１）Export
Maritime transport volume loading shares（％）
50 transport volume by 100.0
（million ton）
chartered foreign vessel
45 transport volume by 90.0
Japanese-flagged vessel
42 loading shares by Japanese
40 merchant fleet 40 80.0
38 38
36 36 37
35 35 70.0
33
32
30 60.0
25 50.0
43.4
20 39.8 40.3 39.4 38.4 40.0
34.4
31.6 32.2 32.3
15 30.4 30.0
10 20.0
5 10.0
3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2
0 0.0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 （Year）
○Provided by Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan
Maritime transport volume and loading shares
classified by Japanese-flagged and chartered foreign vessel
（２）Import
Maritime transport volume loading shares（％）
600 （million ton） 100.0
491 90.0
416 441 487
500 377 390 404 412
429 430 80.0
71.8 70.8
70.0 70.4 70.2
68.4 69.7 70.0
400 66.6 66.4 67.4
60.0
300 50.0
transport volume by chartered
foreign vessel 40.0
transport volume by
200 Japanese-flagged vessel
loading shares by Japanese
merchant fleet
30.0
20.0
100
153 144 129 120 118 98 10.0
85 76 64 60
0 0.0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 （Year）
○Provided by Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan
The present condition and the policy of maintenance
about Japanese-flagged vessel
Transition of the Japanese merchant fleet
（Unit：1,000 tons）
Japanese-flagged vessel Chartered foreign vessels Total
Year Number Gross Deadweight
Number
Gross Deadweight
Number
Gross Deadweight
of of of
tons tons tons tons tons tons
vessel vessel vessel
1972 1,580 27,933 46,817 655 12,575 22,234 2,235 40,508 69,051
1978 1,204 33,030 57,272 1,290 32,288 59,568 2,494 65,318 116,840
1980 1,176 34,240 59,073 1,329 30,987 56,132 2,505 65,227 115,205
1990 449 20,406 33,163 1,543 36,910 58,036 1,992 57,316 91,200
1995 218 13,849 21,683 1,781 50,514 77,056 1,999 64,363 98,739
2000 134 10,098 14,384 1,905 59,040 88,144 2,039 69,138 102,527
2001 117 8,746 11,994 1,983 63,420 95,678 2,100 72,166 107,673
2002 110 8,303 11,281 1,878 61,482 90,578 1,988 69,785 101,859
2003 103 7,999 10,814 1,770 60,974 90,782 1,873 68,973 191,597
2004 99 7,569 9,944 1,797 62,967 93,319 1,896 70,536 103,263
１．The object of vessels is over 2,000 gross-tons.
２．Figures are in the middle of each year.
Profit and loss of Japanese major oceangoing shipping companies income
(million dollar)
25,000 3,500
Net revenue
(million dollar) 3,250
22,500
3,000
20,000 2,750
2,500
17,500 2,250
2,000
15,000
1,750
12,500 1,500
1,250
10,000
1,000
7,500 750
500
5,000 250
0
2,500
▲ 250
(fiscal year)
0 ▲ 500
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Income from 81 ▲ 292 ▲ 131 398 435 320 397 274 104 227 460 478 491 503 861 1,198 727 800 1,732 3,060
operation
Income before 54 ▲ 165 ▲ 9 313 302 204 214 189 43 111 337 320 374 363 657 1,085 651 721 1,659 3,154
special items and tax
Net income ▲ 61 ▲ 225 ▲ 204 64 158 115 98 22 ▲ 32 ▲ 34 31 71 ▲ 123 ▲ 29 219 348 181 225 813 1,665
for the year
Net revenue 8,419 8,762 10,147 10,934 10,592 11,491 12,770 13,317 14,071 15,021 16,116 15,011 14,660 13,810 15,182 16,729 15,123 15,619 18,776 22,712
※These aren't consolidated account.
※The number of companies in this table has decreased by M&A.
1985～1988：6 companies, 1989～1997：5 companies, 1998：4 companies, 1999～：3 companies
Support measures for oceangoing shipping industry in Japan
International Ship System
○ A International Ship System was introduced in 1996.
○ The number of vessels registered as the "International ship" is 91 in mid. 2004.
○ The purpose of this system is to enhance the competitiveness of
Japanese flag vessels.
○ A vessel registered as "International ship" is required to be:
・Japanese-flagged vessel ・Over 2,000 gross-tons
・Vessel used only for international transportation
・LNG tanker, RORO ship etc. equipped with advanced facilities
○ Support measures for "International ship" are:
・Preferential treatments about the registration tax
"International Ship"： Ordinary oceangoing vessel × １／２ （2004FY～）
・Preferential treatments about the property tax
"International Ship"： Ordinary oceangoing vessel × ２／５
・Recognition system for the holder of a certificate issued
by a party to the STCW convention
Introduced in May 1999
Not applied to the captain and chief engineer
The number of qualified foreign seafarers approved by the Minister of
Land, Infrastructure and Transport ： 1,692 in March 2005
○ The other support measures related to "International Ship" are:
・Special depreciation system
Enviromental conveniences （Well-equipped） vessel ：１８％
（c.f. coastal：１６％）
・Preferential treatments about the property tax
Containers for oceangoing ： Tax base × ４／５
the number of vessel
The number of Japanese-flagged vessel
700 640
600 532
The introduction of
500 449 International Ship System
419
400 376
340
280
300
218 191
182 168 154
200 134 117 110
103 99
100
0
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 year
