Port profile · JPCHB
Chiba
Chiba is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Pacific Ocean, in Japan. Its UN/LOCODE is JPCHB. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Chiba offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water, major repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Chiba
What members see for Chiba, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Chiba day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Chiba and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Chiba offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Chiba, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Chiba
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Chiba, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 0.7 deficiencies on average. Most often found: pollution prevention.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Chiba, and what was found.
Ports near Chiba
Other Japan ports on the same stretch of coast.
- FunabashiJapan · JPFNB
- TokyoJapan · JPTYO
- KisarazuJapan · JPKZU
- KawasakiJapan · JPKWS
- YokohamaJapan · JPYOK
- YokosukaJapan · JPYOS
- UragaJapan · JPURG
- TateyamaJapan · JPTTY
Questions about Chiba
What is the UN/LOCODE of Chiba?
The UN/LOCODE of Chiba is JPCHB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Chiba?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Chiba as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Chiba?
Yes. Chiba offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Chiba have a dry dock?
Yes. Chiba has a large dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Chiba a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Chiba.
How many port state control inspections are there in Chiba?
5 port state control inspections were recorded in Chiba in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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