Ishigaki (JPISG)

The port is protected by three breakwaters and generally shallow apart from the NW area. Car and passenger ferry service to Hirara Ko and Naha Ko.

Ishigaki port is located on the SW coast of an island of the same name, which forms part of the Ryukyu Islands.

Max beam 26m, LOA 181m, 10,000DWT.

Approx 1,100,000t cargo and 52,000 vessels handled annually.

Outer anchorage: Nagura Wan (24°24.0'N 124°07.0'E) is entered between Kannon Saki and O Saki, 3.3nm NNW. Not a safe anchorage and local knowledge is required. Quarantine anchorage is situated in depths of 12.0-23.0m, 1.5nm SSE of Kannon Saki Light, within the entrance to the port.

From a position N of Kayama Shima the track leads SE, passing Kannon Saki Light (24°22.0'N 124°07.0'E), leading to a buoyed entrance channel.

JP1206. Admiralty Pilot NP42C, NP286(6)

Rat guards should be rigged on all moorings.

Not available.

Permission to enter the buoyed channel to the inner harbour is given by flag signals displayed from the roof of the harbour office located on the inner quay. A signal indicating the allocated berth will be given at the same time. Entry is normally prohibited at night.

Range 1.5m (springs), 0.5m (neaps). Care is needed navigating the buoyed channel leading to the quays as the tidal streams set across it. In the inner harbour the flood stream at springs sets W at a rate of more than 2kts along Quays No 2-4 and berthing may be difficult.

Available.

The Yaeyama District Typoon Countermeasure Committee issues typhoon information.

ISHIGAKI, ISHIGAKI SHIMA 24°20.13'N 124°09.22'E UNCTAD LOCODE: JP ISG ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHS: Ishigaki Coast Guard Radio: Ch 12, 16. Tel: +81 980 824852.

Contact the harbour office located on the inner quay on the N side of the harbour.

Vessels should report to Ishigaki Coast Guard Radio on VHF Ch 16, 2 hours and 1 hour prior to arrival at the Quarantine Anchorage.

Quarantine: Contact the harbour office located on the inner quay on the N side of the harbour. Ship Sanitation can be carried out and Exemption Certificates issued.