Nagoya Port Container Throughput: 2025 Performance and December Trends
Primary Topic: Nagoya Port container traffic statistics
Primary Keyword: Nagoya Port container volume
secondary Keywords: TEU, container throughput, port statistics, Nagoya Port Authority, Tobishima Pier, Nabeta Pier, NCB Container Terminal, container liftings, trade volume
The Port of Nagoya experienced a positive year for foreign-trade container traffic in 2025, handling 2.64 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units). This represents a 1.9% increase year-on-year, marking the third consecutive year of growth, according to the Nagoya port Authority. Though, December 2025 saw a contraction, with total container volume reaching 231,323 TEUs – a 7.9% decrease compared to December 2024, ending a three-month period of expansion.
Terminal Performance Variances:
Throughout 2025, performance varied significantly between individual terminals:
* Tobishima Pier South Container Terminal: Showed strong growth, with volumes increasing by 16.5% to 289,731 TEUs.
* Tobishima Pier south Side Container Terminal: Also experienced considerable growth, up 8.3% to 627,658 TEUs.
* Nabet Pier Container Terminal: Recorded a 3.9% increase,reaching 1.14 million TEUs.
* Tobishima Pier North Container Terminal: Saw a decline of 5.8%, with throughput falling to 81,124 TEUs.
* NCB Container Terminal: experienced the largest decrease, with a 13.4% drop to 495,604 teus.
December 2025 Monthly Trends:
December’s monthly data mirrored the varied annual performance:
* Tobishima Pier South Container Terminal: led growth with a 24.1% jump to 27,968 TEUs.
* Nabet Pier container Terminal: Registered a slight increase of 0.3% to 101,527 TEUs.
* Tobishima Pier North container Terminal: Suffered a 12.3% decrease to 7,654 TEUs.
* NCB Container Terminal: Experienced a significant decline of 21.4% to 42,897 TEUs.
* Tobishima Pier South Side Container Terminal: also saw a substantial decrease of 20.1% to 51,277 TEUs.