One third of cruise ships scheduled to call at Tokyo Port canceled at 19:34 on February 26
Following the spread of the new coronavirus, it turned out that approximately one-third of the cruise ships that had been scheduled to come to Tokyo Port had been stopped.
Cruise ships were scheduled to call at Tokyo Port 36 times during the 10 months from next month to the end of this year.
However, in response to the spread of the new coronavirus, shipping companies have stopped calling one after another, and according to Tokyo, the number has risen to 13 times, which is about one-third of all calls. is.
Of these 11 times, the capital was planning to attract the world's largest cruise ship and planned to call at the new international port `` Tokyo International Cruise Terminal '' which is scheduled to open just before the start of the Tokyo Olympics .
The capital was expected to have an economic effect of approximately 200 million yen with a single port call on a large cruise ship.
According to the Metropolitan Port Authority, "I am very sorry that the cancellation was made, but it is unavoidable. I hope that it will be settled quickly."