Jinhae, Korea
Port · KRCHF · 35.14°, 128.66°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 7
- vessel calls / yr
- 44
About the port
The World Port Index lists Jinhae as a small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 16 m at the anchorage and 3 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell.
Largest vessel listed: draft 10 m.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
The port has a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 126 port calls at Jinhae from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 11 a month, 77% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 68%, ro-ro vessels 14% and dry bulk carriers 10% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 140 thousand t imported and 15 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (22 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (3).
What is reported near this port
7 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Jinhae, the earliest issued in 2001; the most common types are ordnance (4), incidents (2) and surveys (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Jinhae 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: 22 calls, 16 thousand t in, 3 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
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Korea Strait; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 16 m · cargo pier 3 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- largest vessel
- draft 10 m
- entrance restricted by
- swell
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- water
- drydock
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 95148
World Port Index entry Chinae (No. 60385), 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 Korea'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.