Summary
Max. Size:
Breakbulk:
30,000 g.t., LOA 199 m., draft 10.9 m.
Containers:
30,000 d.w..t., LOA 203 m., depth 11.1 m.
Passengers:
225,282 g.t., LOA 362 m., draft 11.1 m.
Ro-Ro:
30,000 d.w.t., LOA 203 m., draft 11.1 m.
Bulk:
60,000 d.w.t., LOA 203 m., draft 11.1 m.
Tankers:
95,000 d.w.t., LOA 260 m., draft 15.5 m.
Fuel:
All grades lightered from nearest bunker stock ports.
Airport:
Kitakyushu Domestic, 48 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:
Graving dock 190 x 30.0 x 6.2 m., 40,000 d.w.t.
Medical:
Facilities available.
Shimonoseki
JPSHS
OVERVIEW:
Modern port covering some 17 n.m. of coastline around the city of Shimonoseki. Comprises
several port areas (Nishiyama, Arata, Fukuura, Main Port, East Port and Chofu), an
oil terminal on the island of Mutsure, and Choshu Dejima, an artificial reclaimed
island. The port handles dry and liquid bulk, Ro-Ro, passengers, containers and breakbulk
cargoes.
LOCATION:
In Yamaguchi Prefecture in the SW corner of Honshu. The city also encompasses the
island of Hikoshima which is separated from Honshu by a narrow creek. Shimonseki bounds
the northern side of Kanmon-kaikyo (Kanmon Strait), which connects the Inland Sea
with the Sea of Japan.
CHARTS:
Digital: JP34M568, JP34M56C, JP34NC88, JP34NC8C, JP44MONA, JP44MONC, JP44NC8A, JP44NC8C
JP54NC8B, JP54NC8C, JP5IEJPT, JP5IEJPT, JP5PACEU, JP5PACEU, JP5PACEV and JP5PACEV.
Paper: BA JP1101, JP1262, JP1263, JP127, JP135, JP179, JP201 and 127.
US 95160, 95341, 97273, 97319, 97321, 97322 and 97420.
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