Fukuyama (JPFKY)

The port area runs 8km East and West, 14km North and South, with a total harbour area of 5,100ha. The port is approached from 2 main traffic routes, Bisan Seto and Kurushima Strait. Principal commodities handled include iron ore, coal and steel. It is an open port except for the Pipe Berth. JFE Steel Corporation, West Japan Works, is the main business at the port and one of the largest steel works in Japan.

Summer.

Fukuyama is situated on the Inland Sea coast of Honshu, the largest island in the Japanese Archipelago.

LOA 300m, beam 50m, draught 17.8m, 212,078DWT.

Approx 44,000,000t of cargo, 80,000TEU and 12,000 vessels handled annually.

A quarantine anchorage 34°23.0'N 133°26.0'E, 0.8nm in diameter, lies on the S harbour limit.

Fukuyama Ko is approached by a main channel, 6nm in length and approx 0.2nm in width, dredged to a depth of 16.0m CD and marked by lightbuoys. The entrance to this channel lies 2nm E of Sensui Shima and close NW of a lightbuoy (starboard hand) moored 0.2nm NW of Shirodashi Iso 34°22.2'N 133°27.4'E. No 1 and No 2 Lightbuoys (port and starboard hand), the outermost pair of channel buoys, are moored 1nm NW of Shirodashi Iso. Leading lights are exhibited at the N end of the port; the lights in line bearing 000.5° lead through the main channel. Between No 9 and No 11 Lightbuoys (port hand), a branch channel leads off NW for 2nm, then N to the entrance to the inner harbour; it is marked by lightbuoys and has a least depth of 11.0m CD up to Export Berths. Leading lights, in line bearing 300°, lead through the first leg of this channel which is bordered on each side by reclaimed land.

JP153, JP1137, . Admiralty Pilot NP42B, NP286(6).

1022-1025.

Compulsory for Tomogashima Suido, Bisan Seto and Kurushima Strait for vessels over 10,000GT. A vessel with more than LOA 200m, is required to navigate in Bisan Seto and Kurushima Strait only in daylight. Osaka bay pilot for Tomogashima Suido boards at 34°10.0'N 135°00.0'E. Inland Sea pilot boards either at Wada Misaki (34°34.0'N 135°08.0'E) or Sekisaki (33°13.0'N 131°56.0'E). Harbour pilotage is not compulsory but is recommended. Pilot boards at the anchorage.

Berthing is restricted to daylight hours only. The inner harbour leading to Fukuyama which is narrow with depths from 2.5-3.5m, is spanned near its entrance by an overhead cable with a vertical clearance of 68m, and further W by another overhead cable with a clearance of 55m.

Range max 4.84m; min 0.57m; Mean Sea Level (+) 2.21m.

There are 6 tugs, 6 x 1,800hp tugs available.

Prevailing winds: NE-N'ly.

FUKUYAMA, HONSHU 34°27.58'N 133°24.69'E UNCTAD LOCODE: JP FKY For details see: SETO NAIKAI (INLAND SEA) PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 16/25 Japan Coast Guard Publication 303/24, (RSDRA2025000051078), 16/25

VHF: Pilots & Port: Ch 16; 11, 12, 14. Callsign: "Fukuyama Port Radio". Tel: +81 849 453731 Fax: +81 849 481784 Harbour Master: Tel: +81 849 435950 Hours 2100hrs to 11hrs (0800 to 2000hrs)

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