Onomichi-Itozaki, Japan
Port · 34.42°, 133.22° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 676
About the port
The World Port Index lists Onomichi-Itozaki as a large coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage and 9 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, with a large drydock.
PortWatch estimates 680 port calls at Onomichi-Itozaki from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 57 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 55%, tankers 35% and dry bulk carriers 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 294 thousand t imported and 190 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Apr 2026 (66 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (43).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Onomichi-Itozaki, the earliest issued in 2001; the most common types are quakes (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Onomichi-Itozaki 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: 59 calls, 15 thousand t in, 18 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
- large coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable; not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- floating
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- large
- marine railway
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 97252
World Port Index entry Onomichi-Itozaki (No. 61630), matched by name 3.3 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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.