| Date | Construction Works | Main Items or Events |
| 1853 | Admiral Perry (USA) and his fleet arrive at Uraga, Japan | |
| 1858 | A Treaty of Amity and Commerce was concluded between Japan and the USA | |
| 1867 | Hyogo Foreign Enclave established in Kobe Village | |
| 1868 | Hyogo Port (Kobe Port) opened (Jan. 1, 1868) according to an Imperial Order | |
| 1868 | Kobe Unjyosho opened (predecessor to the Kobe Customs Office) | |
| 1906 | A Branch Office of the Special Construction Department, Ministry of Finance, was opened. | |
| 1907 | Opening ceremony for the start of the Kobe Port 1st Stage Construction Works | |
| Kobe Port 1st Stage Construction Works (1906-1921) Construction of Shinko Pier No. 1-Pier No. 3, Pier No. 4 (west side), and Breakwater No. 3 (during construction, the name of the breakwater was the "Eastern Breakwater"), etc. Visible from ships entering the port, memorial trees were planted on Mt. Shishouzan in the shape of the Kobe City symbol. |
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| 1910 | An L-type floating dock was constructed for the construction of caissons. | |
| 1914 | First World War | |
| 1918 | The Kobe Port 2nd Stage Construction Works were initiated. | |
| 1919 | Kobe Civil Engineering Branch Office, Ministry of the Interior | |
| 1920 | Opening ceremony for the start of the Kobe Port 2nd Stage Construction Works | |
| The Kobe Port 2nd Stage Construction Works (works continued from fiscal year 1918 through fiscal year 1937) During this period we constructed the following facilities: Shinko Pier No. 4 (east side) ﾐ Pier No. 6, Hyogo Pier No. 1 and No. 2, Breakwater No. 1 (called the South Breakwater during construction), Breakwater No. 2 (called the East Breakwater No. 2 during construction), Pier No. 3 (called the East Breakwater No. 1 during construction), Breakwater No. 4 (called the Temporary Breakwater during construction), and the Wada Point Breakwater (called the Wada Point Peninsula Breakwater during construction), etc. The Kobe Port 2nd Stage Additional Construction Works (planned construction period: Fiscal year 1937 through fiscal year 1950) included construction of Breakwater No. 5 (called the New Breakwater during construction), but construction was discontinued due to the war. |
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| 1934 | Establishment of the Kobe Port Construction Office, under the Ministry of the Interior | |
| 1938 | Great Hanshin Flood | |
| 1941 | Second World War begins (Pacific War) | |
| 1945 | Marking the second start of port construction works, to restore the port after the destruction due to the war, the Kobe Port Construction Office was placed under the 3rd District Port Construction Division of the Ministry of Transport. | End of WWII |
| 1948 | Announcement and enforcement of the Port and Harbor Act | |
| 1951 | Works were initiated on Shinko Pier No. 7 (west side) (actual
construction started in Dec. of 1952). Works were initiated on Shinko Pier No. 7 (east side) (actual construction started in March of 1954). |
Kobe City took over the administration of Kobe Port Kobe Port became a specially designated major port. |
| 1953 | The Amagasaki Port Construction Office was established, under the 3rd District Port Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Transport. | |
| 1954 | Works were initiated on Shinko Pier No. 8 (west side) (actual construction started in June of 1959). | |
| 1958 | Works were initiated on Hyogo Pier No. 3 (actual construction started in October of 1965). | |
| 1959 | Works were initiated on Maya Wharf (actual construction
startedin March of 1967). Works were initiated on Breakwater No. 5 (actual construction started in March of 1968). |
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| 1964 | Higashi-Harima became a specially designated major port. | |
| 1965 | Works were initiated on Pier No. 8 (east side) (actual construction started in March of 1968). | |
| 1966 | Works were initiated on Port Island. | |
| 1967 | Himeji Port became a specially designated major port. The first container vessel entered the port (the Hawaiian Planter). |
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| 1969 | The specially designated major port of Amagasaki, the district port at Nishinomiya, and Ashiya Port were integrated and established as a specially designated major port named the Amagasaki-Nishinomiya-Ashiya Port. | |
| 1970 | Works were initiated on Breakwater No. 7 (actual construction started in October of 1982). | |
| 1972 | Rokko Island works were initiated (landfill operations were
completed in 1992). Marine environment construction works were initiated. |
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| 1974 | South Breakwater No 6 works were initiated (actual construction started in October of 1982). | |
| 1982 | The Amagasaki Port Construction Office was abolished. The Amagasaki Office was established as a branch office of the Kobe Port Construction Office, under the 3rd District Port Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Transport. |
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| 1982 | Anti-earthquake reinforcement works were initiated on Pier No. 1 of Maya Wharf (west side) (actual construction started in March of 1986). | |
| 1986 | Amagasaki Lock improvement works started (actual 1st stage construction works started in 1993) (actual 2nd stage construction works started in 2002). | |
| 1987 | Port Island 2nd stage construction works were initiated (landfill operations were completed in 1998). | |
| 1992 | Minatojima Tunnel construction works were started (actual construction works started in March of 1998). | |
| 1993 | Construction works were initiated on the 14m-deep quay in the Hirota District of Himeji Port (actual construction works started in March of 2000). | |
| 1995 | An Earthquake Disaster Restoration and Construction Division was established under the 3rd District Port Construction Bureau. |
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake |
| 1997 | The Osaka Branch Office was moved to the Osaka Port and
Airport Works Office. Kobe Port Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake disaster restoration works were initiated. |
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| 1999 | Minatojima Tunnel opened | |
| 2001 | According to a reformation of the national ministries, the Kobe Port Construction Office was placed under the authority of the Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. | |
| 2002 | The First Amagasaki Lock was put into service. | |
| 2003 | The name of the office was changed to the Kobe Ports and Harbors Office, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. A 15m-deep quay, PC-18, was put into service in the Port Island 2nd stage construction district. Construction was initiated on the Amagasaki Locks Control Center (scheduled for completion at the end of fiscal year 2004). |
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