Fukui, Japan
Port · JPFKJ · 36.19°, 136.12° · Mineral Products, Metals, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 348
About the port
The World Port Index lists Fukui as a medium river natural harbour.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 16 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 16 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 266 port calls at Fukui from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 22 a month, 20% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 65%, general cargo ships 19% and dry bulk carriers 16% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 435 thousand t imported and 39 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (27 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (16).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Fukui, the earliest issued in 1993; the most common types are quakes (3), incidents (2) and exercises (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Fukui 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: 19 calls, 26 thousand t in, 4 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
- medium river natural
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 16 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 16 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 95267, 95280
World Port Index entry Fukui Ko (No. 61820), 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 0.1%, 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.