"Hibiki Hub" Opens at Kitakyushu Port: Hibiki Container Terminal Becomes a Hub for Housing Materials (April 2026)"Hibiki Hub" at Kitakyushu Port: overseas cargo is reloaded in Kitakyushu and sent across Japan
On April 10, 2026 (Reiwa 8), Kitakyushu City announced the opening of the "Hibiki Hub", in which housing materials manufactured overseas are transshipped at the Hibiki Container Terminal of Kitakyushu Port onto domestic feeder vessels and carried to ports along the Sea of Japan coast and in Kyushu. A new international route, the first in five years, and a new domestic route to Kyushu ports will open.The Hibiki Container Terminal at Kitakyushu Port has become a relay base (a hub) for sending house materials made overseas to places in Japan. Cargo brought by a big ship is moved here onto smaller ships and delivered to ports in Kyushu and along the Sea of Japan coast.
- 1. Made overseasHousing materials are made in the Philippines
- 2. Direct shippingBy ocean container ship to the Hibiki Container Terminal
- 3. TransshipmentMoved onto domestic feeder vessels
- 4. To Japanese portsCarried to ports along the Sea of Japan coast and in Kyushu
- ○Applies: Carries cargo directly from the Philippines to Kitakyushu Port
- ○Applies: Creates a new domestic route to Kyushu ports
- ○Applies: Is the first new international route in five years
- ×Does not apply: Detailed rates and number of sailings are not stated in this announcement