Port profile · JPSHS
Shimonoseki
Shimonoseki is a small natural coastal harbour on the Korea Strait, in Japan. Its UN/LOCODE is JPSHS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Shimonoseki offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Shimonoseki
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Shimonoseki day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Shimonoseki and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Shimonoseki 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
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile 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 Shimonoseki, 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
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Shimonoseki
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Shimonoseki, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 3.2 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Shimonoseki, and what was found.
Ports near Shimonoseki
Other Japan ports on the same stretch of coast.
- KokuraJapan · JPKOK
- MojiJapan · JPMOJ
- TobataJapan · JPTBT
- WakamatsuJapan · JPWAM
- YawataJapan · JPYWT
- KandaJapan · JPKND
- OnodaJapan · JPOND
- UbeJapan · JPUBJ
Questions about Shimonoseki
What is the UN/LOCODE of Shimonoseki?
The UN/LOCODE of Shimonoseki is JPSHS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Shimonoseki?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Shimonoseki as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Shimonoseki?
Yes. Shimonoseki offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Shimonoseki have a dry dock?
Yes. Shimonoseki has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Shimonoseki a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Shimonoseki.
How many port state control inspections are there in Shimonoseki?
2 port state control inspections were recorded in Shimonoseki in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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