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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Cruise | Tankers   ...
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Services | Drydock   ...
Security:  Police etc
Local Info:  Weather
Misc:  Authority
Report:  Report

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  Draft 11.0 m. Containers:  LOA 320 m., draft 13.6 m. Passengers:  LOA 170 m., draft 6.5 m. Ro-Ro:  LOA 220 m., draft 11.0 m. Bulk:  LOA 327 m., draft 16.0 m. Crude:  Depth 27.0 m. Products:  LOA 140 m., draft 6.0 m. Chemicals:  LOA 150 m., draft 8.0 m. Gas:  LOA 286 m., draft 12.0 m.
Airport:  Kitakyushu Intl, 28 km.
Medical:  Hospitals available.
Kitakyushu
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JPKKJ

Also known as Hibikinade
Including -
  • Hibikinada - JPHBK - 33° 57.00′ N, 130° 50.00′ E
  • Kokura - JPKOK - 33° 54.00′ N, 130° 53.00′ E
  • Tobata - JPTBT - 33° 55.00′ N, 130° 51.00′ E
  • Wakamatsu - JPWAM - 33° 55.00′ N, 130° 49.00′ E
  • Yawata - JPYWT - 33° 53.00′ N, 130° 48.00′ E
Also see Kanmon Ko, Moji and General before first Japan port
OVERVIEW:  A major industrial port comprising the districts of Kokura, Tobata, Yawata, Wakamatsu, Hibikimachi and the Shirashima Oil Storage terminal. The port handles dry bulk, containers, passengers, Ro-Ro, breakbulk, forest products, crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals and liquefied gas.
LOCATION:  In northern Kyushu on the Kanmon Strait, 55 km. NE of Fukuoka and 175 km. west of Matsuyama.
CHARTS:  Digital: JP34M568, JP44MONA, JP5PACEU, JP5PACEU and JP5PACEU.
Paper: BA JP1101, JP1263, JP1265, JP135, JP179, JP201 and 127.
Publications:  NP42B, Japan Pilot Vol 3.