Port profile · JPKOJ
Kagoshima
Kagoshima is a medium natural coastal harbour on the East China Sea, in Japan. Its UN/LOCODE is JPKOJ. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kagoshima offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Kagoshima
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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 Kagoshima and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Kagoshima 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
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kagoshima, 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
- No
- 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
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Kagoshima
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Kagoshima, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 4.5 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Kagoshima, and what was found.
Ports near Kagoshima
Other Japan ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- ShibushiJapan · JPSBS
- MinamataJapan · JPMIN
- YatsushiroJapan · JPYAT
- KumamotoJapan · JPKMJ
- NagasakiJapan · JPNGS
- HososhimaJapan · JPHSM
Questions about Kagoshima
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kagoshima?
The UN/LOCODE of Kagoshima is JPKOJ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kagoshima?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kagoshima as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kagoshima?
Yes. Kagoshima offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kagoshima have a dry dock?
Yes. Kagoshima has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Kagoshima a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kagoshima.
How many port state control inspections are there in Kagoshima?
5 port state control inspections were recorded in Kagoshima in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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