Himeji, Japan
Port · JPHIM · 34.78°, 134.64° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Plastics, Rubber, Leather
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 5,124
About the port
The World Port Index lists Himeji as a medium coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 16 m in the channel, 16 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 20 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
The index lists no entrance restriction from tide, swell or ice.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Himeji is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 4,790 port calls at Himeji from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 399 a month, 4% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 63%, tankers 29% and dry bulk carriers 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 5.9 million t imported and 1.8 million t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (445 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (366).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Himeji, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are quakes (4) and incidents (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Himeji 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: 395 calls, 611 thousand t in, 203 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 coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 16 m · anchorage 16 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 20 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- not ice, swell, tide
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves; not anchorage
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 97198
World Port Index entry Himeji (No. 61567), 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 0.9%, exports 0.6%.
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.