Sakai, Japan
Port · JPSAK · 35.53°, 133.23° · Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products, Machinery & Electrical Equipment
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 884
About the port
The World Port Index lists Sakai as a small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a medium drydock.
Sakai is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 835 port calls at Sakai from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 70 a month, 4% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 38%, general cargo ships 27% and container ships 19% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.3 million t imported and 112 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Feb 2026 (83 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (56).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Sakai, the earliest issued in 1993; the most common types are quakes (4), incidents (1) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Sakai 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: 73 calls, 131 thousand t in, 9 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
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- not advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 95300
World Port Index entry Sakai Ko (No. 61750), 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 0.2%, 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.