Kashima Port - Kashimako

Japanese: 鹿島港 - かしまこう

An excavated harbor in the southeast of Ibaraki Prefecture, stretching from the northern part of Kamisu City to the southern part of Kashima City. It is the central port of the Kashima coastal industrial area. It was designated an important harbor in 1963. The harbor is divided into an outer harbor and an inner harbor. The outer harbor has the outer facilities of the northern and southern breakwaters, and the outer harbor channel is 21-23m deep. The excavated inner harbor has a central channel (14-21m deep) that is 600m wide and 2km long, and from there there are Y-shaped north-south channels. There are two berths for 200,000-ton ships, six berths for 100,000-ton ships, and 20 berths for 50,000-ton ships, with a total length of 17km. 100 10,000-ton ships can dock at the same time.

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Japanese:

茨城県南東部，神栖市北部から鹿嶋市南部にかけての掘込式港湾。鹿島臨海工業地域の中心をなす港。 1963年重要港湾に指定。港は外港部と内港部に分かれ，外港部には北防波堤，南防波堤の外郭施設があり，外港航路で水深 21～23m。掘込式の内港部は幅 600m，長さ 2kmの中央航路 (水深 14～21m) があり，さらにそこからY字型に南北の航路がある。着船場所は，20万t級が2バース，10万t級6バース，5万t級 20バースあり，その全長は 17kmに及ぶ。1万t級は 100隻の同時着岸が可能。

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