Shipping and Shippers Promote Standard Freight and Charter Rates
Overview
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the fourth meeting on cooperation between the domestic shipping industry and shippers on November 4, 2026. Executives from both industries will discuss the “Standard Approach” for calculating freight rates, charter fees, and related charges, established this March, and use the exchange to support appropriate price negotiations going forward. The meeting is not open to observers. Camera access is limited to the opening remarks and photo session. Those wishing to take photographs must apply by email by noon on November 2 and gather by 3:15 p.m. on the day.
Key points
- The exchange between the two industries is intended to support appropriate price negotiations going forward.
- Agenda items include promoting price negotiations that use the “Standard Approach.”
- The meeting is not open to observers. Photography is limited to the opening remarks and photo session.
Overview
Cooperation between the domestic shipping industry and shippers is considered necessary to steadily improve the business environment for domestic shipping, raise productivity, and reform seafarers’ working conditions. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism established the meeting in March 2022 as an opportunity for executives from both industries to speak directly; this will be the fourth meeting.
Impact
The exchange is intended to support appropriate price negotiations going forward.
Details
The meeting will run from 15:30 to 16:30. It will be held in the Special Conference Room on the 8th floor of Central Government Building No. 3 (2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). The agenda includes the “Standard Approach to Calculating Freight Rates, Charter Fees, and Related Charges in Domestic Shipping,” established this March.
The meeting is not open to observers. Camera access is limited to the opening remarks and a photo session with attendees from the domestic shipping industry, shippers, and the Maritime Bureau. Those wishing to take photographs should email their name (with phonetic spelling), affiliation, telephone number, and email address by November 2 at 12:00, and gather in the 8th-floor elevator hall by 15:15 on the day.
Send the application to the designated email address of the Domestic Shipping Division, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, replacing “■” in the address provided with “@”. Personal information collected will be managed appropriately and used only for necessary purposes. Past handouts and meeting summaries are available on the ministry’s website.