Port profile · JPHIJ
Hiroshima
Hiroshima is a medium open roadstead on the Sea of Japan, in Japan. Its UN/LOCODE is JPHIJ. Pilotage is not compulsory and tugs are available. Hiroshima offers fuel oil and diesel, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Hiroshima day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Hiroshima and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Hiroshima 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Hiroshima, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Hiroshima
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Hiroshima, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 0.2 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Hiroshima, and what was found.
Ports near Hiroshima
Other Japan ports on the same stretch of coast.
- KanokawaJapan · JPKKW
- KureJapan · JPKRE
- IwakuniJapan · JPIWK
- YanaiJapan · JPYAN
- KikumaJapan · JPKIK
- MatsuyamaJapan · JPMYJ
- NamikataJapan · JPNIT
- HikariJapan · JPHKR
Questions about Hiroshima
What is the UN/LOCODE of Hiroshima?
The UN/LOCODE of Hiroshima is JPHIJ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Hiroshima?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Hiroshima as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Hiroshima?
Yes. Hiroshima offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Hiroshima have a dry dock?
Yes. Hiroshima has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
How many port state control inspections are there in Hiroshima?
3 port state control inspections were recorded in Hiroshima in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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