Major Ports in the Shikoku Region.

　The Shikoku region includes 13 such Major Ports.“Major　Port”indicates a port that is designated by thegovernment as being a central point of the international and domestic sea transport network, or asotherwise being strongly related to national interests.
24.3million tons of cargo were handled by these Major Ports in the Shikoku region in 2002.

Regular International Container Lines　

Port name	Route(International ports of call)
Tokushima Komatsushima Port	Korea routes(Pusan)
Takamatsu Port	Korea Routes(Pusan) China route(Shanghai,Qingdao)
Matsuyama Port	Korea Routes(Pusan) Taiwan routes(Keelung,Kaohsiung) China route(Dalian,Shanghai)
Imabari Port	Korea Routes(Pusan) Taiwan routes(Keelung,Kaohsiung) China route(Hongkong)
Kochi Port	Korea routes(Pusan)

	Shikoku- Osaka route	Shikoku-Chugoku					Shikoku-Kyushu
Connecting	Takamatsu- Kobe-Osaka	Matsuyama- Hiroshima	Matsuyama- Iwakuni	Imabari- Mihara	Imabari- Nigata	Imabari- Hiroshima	Matsuyama- Moji
No.of daily trips	2	16	4	5	4	5	2
hours:minutes	3:04	1:08	1:10	0:55	1:04	1:49	2:30