Niihama, Japan
Port · JPIHA · 33.96°, 133.22° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,331
About the port
The World Port Index lists Niihama as a small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 19 m at the anchorage and 14 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Pilotage is not compulsory but is advisable.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Niihama is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,229 port calls at Niihama from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 186 a month, 6% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 59%, general cargo ships 34% and dry bulk carriers 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.3 million t imported and 1.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (215 calls) and the quietest Nov 2025 (159).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Niihama, the earliest issued in 2001; the most common types are quakes (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Niihama 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: 174 calls, 287 thousand t in, 168 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 19 m · cargo pier 14 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable; not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- fuel oil, water; not engine stores
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 97252
World Port Index entry Niihama (No. 62080), 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 0.5%, 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.