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Port of Himekawa

Japan

UN/LOCODEJPHMKWhat is a UN/LOCODE?37.0333° N, 137.85° ELocal timeAsia/Tokyo, UTC+9
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In short

Himekawa: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 1, 2026, 19:41 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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Arrivals, last 24 h
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Departures, last 24 h
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Ships nearby, last 6 h
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Vessels near Himekawa

Ships Seadar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.

No vessels detected near Himekawa in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Himekawa from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 61862). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Very small
Harbour type
Coastal (natural)
Shelter
Fair
Channel depth
8 m
Anchorage depth
23 m
Cargo pier depth
9 m
Pilotage compulsory
No

Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub. 150). Licence: US Government public domain.

Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Himekawa over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.

Time (UTC)Wind (kn)FromGusts (kn)Waves (m)Period (s)Visibility (km)
5350°100.8513
3297°80.8624
5337°140.8724
345°81.1822
240°71.3924
350°111.3924
737°151.1824
687°111.1824
597°100.9724
552°100.9724

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 1, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 10 km away.

Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.

Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.

A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.

Himekawa: daily port calls from satellite AIS (IMF PortWatch)

Estimates published by the International Monetary Fund's PortWatch, built from satellite and terrestrial AIS. They cover waters our own receivers do not reach yet. These are the IMF's figures, not Seadar's counts.

The IMF estimates 4 port calls in the 7 days and 37 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 23% more than the same 30 days a year earlier (30).

Container
0
Tanker
2
Dry bulk
15
General cargo
20
Ro-ro
0

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0.1 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Himekawa, last 14 days
09-12
1
09-13
0
09-14
0
09-15
1
09-16
3
09-17
3
09-18
3
09-19
0
09-20
0
09-21
1
09-22
2
09-23
0
09-24
1
09-25
0

Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). IMF estimates, updated weekly; the latest days are revised. portwatch.imf.org. Counts cover container ships, tankers, dry bulk, general cargo and ro-ro vessels (30-day totals above).

Marine accidents investigated nearby Authority-reported

16 accidents and incidents within 100 km of the port in the published records of national accident-investigation boards since Jun 6, 2017, located where the board states a position. The most recent:

Source: 運輸安全委員会 船舶事故等調査報告書 (JTSB marine accident and incident reports). 出典：運輸安全委員会「船舶事故等調査報告書」（https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/）。Seadar が項目を抽出・加工して作成 (Source: Japan Transport Safety Board marine accident reports; fields extracted and edited by Seadar). Licence: Public Data License 1.0 (公共データ利用規約 第1.0版, PDL1.0; compatible with CC BY 4.0).

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Jul 4, 2000. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • OtherJul 4, 2000Vessel54 km away

    JAPAN: The 2,360-ton, Russian-flag timber carrier (BYISK) was boarded 4 Jul at Toyama port by 6 Greenpeace anti-logging activists who chained themselves to its cargo of wood. The activists left the ship 5 Jun. The Greenpeace ship (RAINBOW WARRIOR) had pursued (BYISK) for two days in the Sea of Japan and put protesters aboard 3 Jun, removing them when the Russians said the ship would return to Russia with the cargo. When the ship resumed course toward Japan the activists tried to reboard at sea b

Source: NGA Anti-Shipping Activity Messages. This reproduction, partial or complete, of any National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) or Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) product, information or data is not approved, authorized or endorsed by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director, NGA or any other element of the US Government. The US Government and NGA accept no liability for the accuracy or quality of this reproduction or the use of any NGA, NIMA or DMA products, information or data. Licence: US Government work — "NGA claims no copyright or other intellectual property right".

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