Akita (JPAXT)

An international container liner service is in operation. Cargoes handled include logs, zinc concentrates, cement, phosphate rock and petroleum products.

Summer.

Akita is situated at the estuary of Omonogawa (Omono River), on the NW coast of the island of Honshu, facing the Sea of Japan.

Max LOA 236m, draught 11.8m, 50,000DWT.

Approx 7,700,000t of cargo, 75,000TEU, 2,600 vessels and 125,000 passengers handled annually.

Anchorage may be obtained throughout No 2 Area, keeping clear of two lightbuoys moored, respectively, 1.5nm NW and 1.2nm N of the head of South Breakwater. A wave meter marked by a lightbuoy, 1.7nm SW off Old South Breakwater head, is connected to the shore ENE by a submarine cable; a submarine pipeline extends 0.5nm WSW from a position on the shore 0.9nm N of the root of North Breakwater. Except for winds between N and E the sea is usually high and vessels seeking shelter should do so in Funakawa-ku. A good berth for small vessels is with Old South Breakwater head bearing 350°, distant 0.2nm, in a depth of 8.0m, coarse sand. Larger vessels anchor in a depth of 13.0m, firm sand, on the S harbour limit with Old South Breakwater head bearing 025°, distant 1nm; or seaward of the harbour limit, with Old South Breakwater head bearing 100°, distant 2nm, in a depth of 33m, soft clay and mud. Anchorage in the inner part of No 1 Area is restricted in extent but is sheltered from all winds; the bottom is sand. During Dec, Jan and Feb the harbour may freeze and communication with the shore is sometimes impeded.

Draught limitation in the channel is 9.6-11.6m to the Gaiko berths and 11.8m at the petroleum dolphins of Tohoku-Denryoku. The fairway NW of the head of Old South Breakwater has been dredged to a depth of 13.0m; within the harbour it has been dredged to 10.0m for a distance of 0.1nm, and to 7.4m for 0.2nm further SE. Then a depth of 5.2m can be found for at least 0.75nm. In Area No 1, two lightbuoys; special; conical; have been established, SE of No 4 Lightbuoy, in positions (39°45.2'N 140°03.5'E) and (39°45.3'N 140°03.4'E). The channel leading N to Hoku Ko 39°46.0'N 140°03.0'E has also been dredged to 10.0m.

BA 1388. Admiralty Pilot NP41, NP286(6).

1025.

Pilotage is not compulsory but is recommended and is available during daytime only. Pilot boards in position 39°48'N 139.58'E (0.8nm W of Akita S Breakwater).

The limit of the joint Akita Hunagawa Ko extends from a position on the shore 1.65nm SSE of the root of Old South Breakwater; then 257° for 2.0nm, then 347° for 6.5nm, then 315° for 3.25nm, then 245° for 4.25nm, then 309° for 1.75nm to the shore at Uno Saki.

Old South Breakwater, extending 0.5nm WNW from the S side of the old mouth of Omono Kawa; a light is exhibited at its head. South Breakwater, which extends 1.5nm NW from close SSW of the head of Old South Breakwater; a light is exhibited 0.2nm from the head of South Breakwater. North Breakwater, extending 0.5nm WSW from a position 0.7nm N of the head of Old South Breakwater; a light is exhibited at the head of North Breakwater.

There are no restrictions in the port but pilots are not available after sunset.

Range average 20-30cm. Tidal streams off Akita Ku flow NNW on the rising tide and SSE on the falling tide, with rates of less than 0.5kt. Diurnal factors are large and there is frequently only one cycle of streams per day. The entrance of Akita Ku faces NNE, and a very heavy sea is sometimes experienced there. After heavy rain a marked outflowing stream may be experienced.

There are 4 tugs available, 1 x 4,500hp, 1 x 4,000hp, 1 x 3,600hp, 1 x 650hp.

SE'ly winds from spring to autumn with comparatively mild weather except for the effect of typhoons in autumn. From late autumn to winter, the atmospheric pressure is high in the W and low in the E, with strong NE seasonal winds accompanied by a max of 30cm of snow.

AKITA, HONSHU 39°46.68'N 140°01.10'E UNCTAD LOCODE: JP AXT ________________________________________________________________________________ ________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 35/23 Japan Coast Guard Publication 302/23, (RSDRA2023000144876), 35/23

VHF: Harbour Master: Ch 16. Akita Hoan Coastguard (Akita Sea Patrol Radio): Ch 12, 16. Call "JND".

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