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

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  Depth 12.0 m. Containers:  Depth 16.0 m. Passengers:  Depth 10.0 m. Ro-Ro:  Depth 12.0 m. Bulk:  Depth 13.0 m. Tankers:  Depth 12.6 m. Gas:  Depth 11.0 m.
Fuel:  Available by lighter.
Airport:  Kobe Domestic, 5 km. Kansai Int'l, 50 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:  Graving dock 281 x 46.4 m.

JPUKB

Also see General before first Japan port
OVERVIEW:  A multipurpose port, comprising facilities on the mainland and on artificial islands. Cargoes handled include dry and liquid bulk, liquefied gas, passengers, Ro-Ro, breakbulk and containers. The ports of Kobe, Amagasaki and Osaka are sometimes collectively known as Hanshin Port.
LOCATION:  At the eastern end of the Inland Sea on the north shore of Osaka Wan, 30 km. west of Osaka and 150 km. WSW of Nagoya.
CHARTS:  Digital: JP34NC8S, JP44NVPS, JP54NVPS, JP5PB9P0 and JP5PB9P0.
Paper: BA JP101A, JP101B, JP106, JP1103, JP131 and JP150A.
US 97191, 97197 and 97198.
Publications:  NP42B, Japan Pilot Vol 3.
PORT LIMITS:  Defined by lines connecting the following positions:
  1. 34° 38.09′ N, 135° 05.59′ E
  2. 34° 38.08′ N, 135° 08.16′ E
  3. 34° 36.57′ N, 135° 11.22′ E
  4. 34° 37.80′ N, 135° 18.87′ E
  5. 34° 43.16′ N, 135° 18.30′ E.
DOCUMENTS:  See General - Pre-Arrival Information before first