City of Osaka

Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau

Business

Port Tariff

Wharfage and Tariffs

■Exemption of Port Charges, etc.
Discount on port entry fees for multiple calls in Osaka Bay

Entry fees are discounted by 50% for ocean-going container ships making multiple calls at the Port of Osaka, Port of Kobe, Amagasaki-Nishinomiya-Ashiya Port, and/or Sakai-Semboku Port.
Discount on port entry fees for regular liners
Entry fees are discounted by 10% for the fourth call onward of regular liners that make four or more calls per month.
Discount on port entry fees for environment-friendly vessels
Entry fees are discounted by 10% for LNG (liquefied natural gas)-fueled vessels.
Entry fees are discounted by 10% for Green Award certificate holder ships.
Application of the Direct on Berth system
The mooring fee and the combined cargo-handling area fee (fee for the use of a cargo-handling area combined to the wharf) are exempted until 7:00 a.m. of the day of cargo handling for vessels that berth and get moored in the relevant facility by the day before the day of cargo handling start (the exemption is available for up to three days at most). In addition, the entry fees are exempted for vessels that cannot find anchorage sites in the Osaka area of the Port of Osaka, and therefore need to anchor in the Sakai-Semboku area before entering the Osaka area.
Exemption of port charges for the first call of a regular ocean-going container ship
The first call of a regular ocean-going container ship is commemorated by the granting of an exemption from entry fees, wharf fee, and combined cargo-handling area fee.
Exemption of port charges for the first vessel calling on a new line
The first vessel calling on a newly established shipping line is commemorated by the granting of an exemption from entry fees, wharf fee, and combined cargo-handling area fee.
Exemption of port charges toward the goals of becoming a Strategic International Container Port
Entry fees are exempted for the tonnage exceeding 40,000 GT of large-sized ocean-going container ships calling.
Entry fees and wharf fee are exempted for coastal container ships of 700 GT or more that use foreign trade container berths.
Entry fees are discounted by 50% for ocean-going container ships that call on regular lines in international main routes with North America and Europe. (The entire fees are exempted for the first year starting from the first vessel calling on a regular line in a newly established international main route with North America and Europe.)