Sakata, Japan
Port · JPSKT · 38.95°, 139.82° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 412
About the port
The World Port Index lists Sakata as a small coastal tide gate harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory but is advisable.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Sakata is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 332 port calls at Sakata from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 28 a month, 13% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 33%, general cargo ships 32% and dry bulk carriers 24% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.9 million t imported and 128 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (34 calls) and the quietest May 2026 (20).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Sakata, the earliest issued in 1997; the most common types are quakes (4) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Sakata 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: 25 calls, 109 thousand t in, 7 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 tide gate
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable; not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II
- chart
- 95257
World Port Index entry Sakata Ko (No. 61900), 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 0.3%, 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.