Higashiharima, Japan
Port · JPHHR · 34.73°, 134.81° · Mineral Products, Metals, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 7
- vessel calls / yr
- 4,669
About the port
The World Port Index lists Higashiharima as a medium coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 19 m at the anchorage, 17 m at the cargo pier and 17 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.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 4,682 port calls at Higashiharima from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 390 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 60%, tankers 23% and dry bulk carriers 13% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 14 million t imported and 3.1 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (428 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (361).
What is reported near this port
7 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Higashiharima, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are quakes (4) and incidents (3).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Higashiharima 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: 383 calls, 1.3 million t in, 232 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.
Issued in the last 12 months, now cancelled · 1
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 19 m · cargo pier 17 m · oil terminal 17 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 97191
World Port Index entry Higashi-Harima (No. 61568), 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 2.3%, exports 1.1%.
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.