Hibikinada, Japan
Port · JBHBI · 33.94°, 130.80°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 9
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,603
About the port
The World Port Index lists Hibikinada as a very small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage and 8 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a medium drydock.
Hibikinada is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,745 port calls at Hibikinada from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 145 a month, 7% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 71%, container ships 13% and dry bulk carriers 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.5 million t imported and 1.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (176 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (121).
What is reported near this port
9 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Hibikinada, the earliest issued in 1997; the most common types are quakes (8) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Hibikinada 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: 176 calls, 236 thousand t in, 172 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
- very small coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Korea Strait; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- electrical repair, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 95339
World Port Index entry Hibikinada (No. 62118), 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 0.6%, exports 0.5%.
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.