# Matsu-Shima (JP MTS)

**UN/LOCODE:** JP MTS  
**Country:** Japan  
**Water Body:** East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 32.9333, 129.6000

Matsu-Shima (JP MTS) is best understood as an industrial energy port rather than a commercial cargo gateway: its quays on Matsushima Island in Saikai, near Nagasaki, primarily serve J-Power's coal-fired power station commissioned in 1981. Handling is therefore tied to fuel deliveries for the plant, not to container, breakbulk or customs traffic. With Unit 1 retired at the end of 2024 and Unit 2 mothballed pending the proposed GENESIS gasification project (biomass and ammonia co-firing with carbon capture), future throughput is uncertain. Shippers with commercial cargo in the area rely on Nagasaki and Sasebo.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Tokyo → Singapore](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-singapore)
- [Tokyo → Bangkok](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-bangkok)
- [Tokyo → Ho Chi Minh City](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-ho-chi-minh-city)
- [Tokyo → Jakarta](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-jakarta)
- [Tokyo → Kuala Lumpur](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-kuala-lumpur)
- [Tokyo → Manila](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-manila)

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