{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Matsu-Shima","identifier":"JP MTS","unlocode":"JP MTS","city":null,"country":"Japan","waterBody":"East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":0,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":32.933333,"longitude":129.6},"description":"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 carbo","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/matsu-shima-port-jp-mts","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/matsu-shima-port-jp-mts","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Matsu-Shima · (UN/LOCODE: JP MTS) · Japan · Very Small"}