Izuhara, Japan
Port · JPIZH · 34.19°, 129.29°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 9
- vessel calls / yr
- 37
About the port
The World Port Index lists Izuhara as a very small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage and 6 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Izuhara is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 40 port calls at Izuhara from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 3 a month, 27% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 60%, general cargo ships 23% and tankers 18% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3 thousand t imported and 16 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (7 calls) and the quietest Nov 2025 (0).
What is reported near this port
9 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Izuhara, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are incidents (3), ordnance (3) and quakes (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Izuhara 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: 2 calls, 0 t in, 470 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 14 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- good holding ground
- yes
- tugs
- not assistance
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- medical; not longshore labour
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 97420
World Port Index entry Izuhara (No. 62440), 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 0.0%, 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.