Aomori, Japan
Port · JPAOJ · 40.84°, 140.76° · Mineral Products, Metals, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 622
About the port
The World Port Index lists Aomori as a small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 17 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory but is advisable.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
Aomori is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 635 port calls at Aomori from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 53 a month, 4% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 72%, general cargo ships 17% and dry bulk carriers 11% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.3 million t imported and 110 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (71 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (41).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Aomori, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are quakes (6).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Aomori 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: 43 calls, 45 thousand t in, 9 thousand 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
- North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 17 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable; not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile; not floating
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 96944
World Port Index entry Aomori Ko (No. 61270), 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 0.2%, exports 0.1%.
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.