Port profile · JPIWK
Iwakuni
Iwakuni is a medium open roadstead on the Sea of Japan, in Japan. Its UN/LOCODE is JPIWK. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Iwakuni offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. 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
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Iwakuni and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Iwakuni 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
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Iwakuni, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- 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
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Iwakuni
Other Japan ports on the same stretch of coast.
- KanokawaJapan · JPKKW
- YanaiJapan · JPYAN
- HiroshimaJapan · JPHIJ
- KureJapan · JPKRE
- HikariJapan · JPHKR
- KudamatsuJapan · JPKUD
- MatsuyamaJapan · JPMYJ
- KikumaJapan · JPKIK
Questions about Iwakuni
What is the UN/LOCODE of Iwakuni?
The UN/LOCODE of Iwakuni is JPIWK.
Is pilotage compulsory in Iwakuni?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Iwakuni as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Iwakuni?
Yes. Iwakuni offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Iwakuni a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Iwakuni.
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