Imari, Japan
Port · JPIMI · 33.32°, 129.84°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 9
- vessel calls / yr
- 963
About the port
The World Port Index lists Imari as a very small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 14 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a large drydock.
PortWatch estimates 994 port calls at Imari from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 83 a month, 3% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 39%, general cargo ships 36% and dry bulk carriers 11% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.5 million t imported and 584 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (104 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (59).
What is reported near this port
9 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Imari, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are quakes (7), incidents (1) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Imari 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: 92 calls, 117 thousand t in, 14 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
- very small river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Korea Strait; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 14 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, Mediterranean mooring
- services
- electrical repair, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- large
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 97420
World Port Index entry Imari (No. 62400), 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 0.3%, exports 0.2%.
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.