Abashiri, Japan
Port · JPABA · 44.01°, 144.29°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 9
- vessel calls / yr
- 61
About the port
The World Port Index lists Abashiri as a small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage and 11 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Abashiri is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 66 port calls at Abashiri from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 6 a month, 22% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 82% and dry bulk carriers 18% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 92 thousand t imported and 19 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (12 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
9 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Abashiri, the earliest issued in 1997; the most common types are quakes (4), exercises (3) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Abashiri is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 5 calls, 16 thousand t in, 714 t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Sea of Okhotsk; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, swell
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- not floating
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 158 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume I
World Port Index entry Abashiri Ko (No. 61120), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Japan's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.0%, exports 0.0%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.