Port profile · KPCHO
Chongjin
Chongjin is a small natural coastal harbour on the Sea of Japan, in North Korea. Its UN/LOCODE is KPCHO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Chongjin offers fuel oil, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Chongjin
What members see for Chongjin, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Chongjin day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Chongjin and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Chongjin offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Chongjin, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Chongjin
Other North Korea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- RasonNorth Korea · KPRJN
- HungnamNorth Korea · KPHGM
- WonsanNorth Korea · KPWON
- SongnimNorth Korea · KPSGN
- NampoNorth Korea · KPNAM
- HaejuNorth Korea · KPHAE
- SongjinNorth Korea · KPSON
Questions about Chongjin
What is the UN/LOCODE of Chongjin?
The UN/LOCODE of Chongjin is KPCHO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Chongjin?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Chongjin as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Chongjin?
Yes. Chongjin offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Chongjin have a dry dock?
Yes. Chongjin has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Chongjin a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Chongjin.
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