| History of the Port of Yokohama |
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| Yokohama: the base of international exchange. |
| 1853 | Commodore Perry arrived in Uraga. |  The West Pier at the beginning of the Meiji Era |
| 1858 | Kanagawa was specified as one the five open ports by The US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce. | |
| 1859 | The Port of Yokohama was opened. | |
| 1864 | The East Pier was opened |
| Meiji era | ||
| 1868 | Establishment of Kanagawa Prefecture. |  Osanbashi Pier as of 1909 |
| 1872 | The first railroad between Shinbashi and Yokohama. | |
| 1889 | Founding of the city government of Yokohama. | |
| 1894 | Completion of the Yokohama Harbor Pier (today's Osanbashi Pier). | |
| 1895 | Establishment of the Silk Inspection Hall. | |
| 1896 | Construction completed on the first section of the Port of Yokohama (inner breakwater and Osanbashi Pier). | |
| 1911 | Completion of the reclamation work for Shinko Pier | |
| Taisho era | ||
| 1913 | Completion of No.1 brick warehouse at Shinko Pier. |  (No.3 and 4 quays at Shinko Pier) were destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake. |
| 1917 | The Port Opening Memorial Hall was opened. | |
| 1923 | Destruction of the harbor facilities by the Great Kanto Earthquake. | |
| Showa era | ||
| 1928 | The city owned bus system opened for service with seven routes over a 32 km length. |  Yamashita Park(opened in 1930) |
| 1930 | Completion of Yamashita Park. | |
| 1932 | Completion of Yamanouchi Pier. | |
| 1933 | Completion of Takashima No.1 Pier and timber pool. | |
| 1936 | Completion of the coastal industrial zone (Ebisu-cho, Takara-cho, and Daikoku-cho). | |
| 1945 | World War  ended and Yokohama port facilities were requisitioned. Compeletion Mizuho Pier. |
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| 1951 | The City of Yokohama became the port management body. | |
| 1953 | The first "Minato Matsuri" (Port Festival) was held, featuring an international costume parade. The establishment of the Port of Yokohama Promotion Association. | |
| 1954 | Completion of Takashima No.3 Pier and Detamachi Pier. | |
| 1956 | Yokohama City became an ordinance-designated city. | |
| 1961 | Completion of the reclamation work for Daikoku-cho and the Marine Tower. | |
| 1962 | Opening of the Harbor View Park. | |
| 1963 | Completion of Yamashita Pier and the reclamation work of the 1st section in Negishi Bay. Construction of Honmoku Pier was started. | |
| 1964 | Completion of Osanbashi Passenger Terminal. The Tokyo Olympics were held. | |
| 1968 | The 1st full-container ship entered Honmoku Pier. Metropolitan Expressway, Yokohama-Haneda Route was opened to traffic. | |
| 1969 | Completion of the incineration facilities for sunken and scrapped ships and the Yokohama Small Ship Ballast Water Processing Facility. | |
| 1970 | Completion of the Honmoku Pier related industrial zone. | |
| 1971 | Reclamation works in front of the Kanazawa area and Daikoku Pier began. | |
| 1972 | The city subway was opened to traffic (between Kamiooka and Isezaki-chojamachi) was opened to traffic. | |
| 1974 | Completion of Kanazawa Timber Pier and Daikoku Ohashi. | |
| 1976 | The reclamation work of Ogishima began. | |
| 1977 | Completion of the reclamation works of Kanazawa area and of the Sea Park. | |
| 1978 | The port of Yokohama Marine Waste Incineration Facility was completed. Honmoku Fishing Jetty was opened. | |
| 1980 | The sand beach of the Sea Park was opened. The construction of the Yokohama Bay Bridge began. | |
| 1981 | Establishment of the Yokohama Port Development Public Corporation. | |
| 1982 | The operation of the computing system of Port & Harbor Bureau began. | |
| 1983 | The construction of Minato Mirai 21 began. | |
| 1984 | Completion of the first phase of the reclamation work of Daikoku Pier. | |
| 1985 | Takashima Pier was decomissioned. The Nippon Maru Memorial Park was opened. | |
| 1986 | Completion of the Port of Yokohama Symbol Tower. | |
| 1987 | The construction of Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge began. | |
| 1988 | Beach in the Marine Park was opened. | |
| Heisei era | ||
| 1989 | The Yokohama Exposition in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Yokohama City Government and the 130th anniversary of the opening of the Port of Yokohama was held. The Yokohama Maritime Museum was opened. | |
| The Yokohama Bay Bridge was opened to traffic. A Representative office of the Port of Yokohama was established in Taiwan. | ||
| 1990 | The construction of Minami Honmoku Pier was started. Daikoku Pier was completed. A Representative office of the Port of Yokohama was established in Seoul, Korea. | |
| 1991 | Completion of the Marine Terminal (Pukari Sanbashi at MM21). | |
| 1992 | The operation of the Yokohama Air Cargo Terminal (YAT) was started. Yokohama Port International Cargo Center Co,Ltd. was established. | |
| 1993 | Yokohama Hakkeijima island began. The number of porcessed containers exceeded 2,000,000 TEU. The Yokohama International Passenger Terminal was opened. Yokohama Bayside Marine Co,Ltd. was established. | |
| 1994 | The Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge (The forth phase of the Bay-Shore Route) was completed. The construction of Yokohama Cargo Center (Y-CC) began. | |
| 1996 | Yokohama Bayside Marina was opened. Yokohama Port Cargo Center (Y-CC) was opened. | |
| 1999 | Yokohama World Porters, NAVIOS Yokohama was opened | |
| 2001 | Nation's first deep-water (-16m), high-standard container terminal opened in Minami Honmoku Pier. | |
| 2002 | The New Yokohama International Passenger Terminal was opened. | |
| 2004 | Port of Yokohama was designated as the 'Super Hub Port' by the national government. | |
