Marugame, Japan
Port · JPMAR · 34.29°, 133.76° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Plastics, Rubber, Leather
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,933
About the port
The World Port Index lists Marugame as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel and 9 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 6 m.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
Marugame is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,878 port calls at Marugame from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 157 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 81%, general cargo ships 15% and dry bulk carriers 4% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 414 thousand t imported and 349 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (173 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (140).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Marugame, the earliest issued in 2013; the most common types are incidents (1) and quakes (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Marugame 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: 143 calls, 27 thousand t in, 17 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
- very small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 11 m · cargo pier 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 6 m
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 97255
World Port Index entry Marugame Ko (No. 62100), 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 0.1%, exports 0.1%.
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.