Those who are responsible for port infrastructure have made constant efforts to achieve possible earliest recovery from the catastrophic earthquake. And the road to recovery can be seen now.

  The feature of this month shows you great efforts for port function recovery.

■The Great East Japan Earthquake occurring ! How did port-related people react ?

    The threat of great tsunami hitting the Sanriku(the pacific side of the north Japan) Coast-What happened on March 11 in Kamaishi　　                        /Mamoru Yamada　　　　　　　　　　　　　

“The day and after” at ports of Iwate- Kamaishi,Kuji,Miyako,and Ofunato

 /Akihiro Murakami

 < Prompt recovery from the disaster at ports >

Port opening work to secure lifeline

  Port opening work for safe navigation at Port of Sendai-Shiogama

/Ryouichi Yanagida

 Floating wreckage collection work by “ocean environment maintenance vessels”

  owned by regional development bureaus /Ports and Airports Department, Regional

Development Bureau(Tohoku,Kanto,Chubu,Kinki,Shikoku) & International and Environmental Policy Division,Ports and Harbours Bureau,Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Securing energy resources indispensable for electric power supply

 Reopening efforts at Joban Joint Power Co.,Ltd.,Nakoso Thermal Power Station in

Iwaki,Fukushima                                                                                     /Keiichi Ozawa 

  Souma Joint Power Co.,Ltd,Shinchi Thermal Power Station in Fukushima

/Tatsuya Ara

Kashima Oil Refinery of Kashima Oil Co.,Ltd. in Ibaraki 　   /Toshiyuki Shimohigashi

 Restoration of logistics bases contributing to supply chain of private companies

Collection and disposal of scattered containers at Takasago container terminal of Sendai Shiogama port                                                                          /Hiraku Kawagoe

Sanriku Unyu Co.,Ltd. headquartered in Shiogama,Miyagi 　　　　/Kanichi Shibuya

Ports of Ibaraki prefecture- three districts(Hitachi,Hitachinaka,Oarai) of Ibaraki Port

and Kashima Port                                                                                     /Hiroshi Sasaki

Restoration of raw material procurement hubs needed for local industry promotion

Recovery of Hachinohe plant of Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited     /Yasufumi Kumagai

Efforts toward restoration by Nippon Steel Corporation, Kamaishi Work, supporting the local community                                                                                  /Hayato Uchida

 Taiheiyo Cement Corporation,Ofunato plant, making its utmost efforts to remove the

 rubble                                                                                                      /Mineo Fuwano