Kainan (JPKAI)

The port of Kainan is part of the larger Wakayama-Shimotsu port complex which are divided into different port area from North to South, there are Wakayama, Kainan, Shimotsu and Arida. Kainan has merged traffic figure with Wakayama and Shimotsu, however the containers TEU and passengers annual figure included are handled only in Wakayama. (See also Wakayama and Shimotsu port information). Kainan has a heavy industrial base and imports large quantities of oil and crude oil while iron and steel products are exported.

Summer.

Kainan is situated on the southern peninsula of Honshu Island between Wakayama and Shimotsu, facing Kii-suido.

LOA 185.99m, beam 32.2m, draught 11.8m, 53,143DWT.

Approx 28,000,000t of cargo, 6,000TEU, 150,000 passengers and 10,000 vessels (merged traffic figure with Kainan, Shimotsu & Wakayama Port) handled annually.

The quarantine anchorage is to the S of the port, off the entrance to Shimotsu Ku.

The port is situated in the SE corner of the Kainan Wan and is approached through a buoyed channel dredged to 12.0m. No 1 and No 2 Lightbuoys (lateral) are moored 2nm ENE of Ara Saki. A lightbuoy (special) marks the seaward end of submarine water pipeline laid N of the buoyed channel. Draught limitation in the channel is 11.8m at HW. The harbour is entered through 2 lighted breakwaters.

JP106, JP 77. BA 996, 2347. Admiralty Pilot NP42B, NP286(6).

Not compulsory but recommended. Pilots are available I hour after sunrise to 1 hour before sunset. Two pilots are compulsory for vessels over 30,000DWT. If required, pilots board at the quarantine anchorage in Shimotsu or the entrance to the buoyed channel (34°09.20'N 135°06.83'E), or, in a position designated by the port captain.

Two power station chimneys, (red and white), with an elevation of 184m standing on the N side of the entrance to Kainan Ku (34°09.0'N 135°11.0'E).

There are no restrictions on entry or sailing after sunset. However, the pilots are only available from approx sunrise to sunset. Overhead Cables: The entrance to the harbour is spanned by an overhead cable with a vertical clearance of 52m, supported on each side by a tower (metal framework, red and white) 127m in height. An overhead cable with a vertical clearance of 28m and 24m respectively span the basin at the E and the SE ends of the harbour. Another overhead power cable, vertical clearance 40m, spans the channel leading N in the E part of the harbour.

Range max 3.00m; min -0.06m. Stream N to S but is weak. In the quarantine anchorage at HW and LW, the stream is, respectively, N going and S going at a rate of 0.5-1kt.

There are 9 tugs available; 1 x 3,600hp, 7 x 3,200hp, 1 x 1,500hp.

In winter, all the Wakayama Shimotsu ports will be subjected to strong winds and a swell will be experienced in all harbour areas. There is good shelter from S winds but the outer harbour is exposed to SW and WNW winds. Typhoons: When a typhoon passes to the W of the port, winds are strong from S to SW. After the passage of the typhoon, the winds are strong from the W. At the time of a typhoon, large vessels should seek shelter in Wakaura Wan (34° 10.0'N 135°10.0'E). Large vessels in Wakayama Ku should proceed to Osaka Wan and seek shelter off Hannan Ko (34°28.0'N 135°21.0'E).

KAINAN, HONSHU 34°08.76'N 135°11.64'E UNCTAD LOCODE: JP KAI For details see: WAKAYAMA-SHIMOTSU PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Pilots & Port: Ch 16, call Wakayama.

The immigration authorities will attend from Wakayama when required.

See Country information.

See Country information.

See Country information for radio pratique. Free pratique: Vessels anchor in the port of Shimotsu (quarantine anchorage 34° 07.4'N 135°06.75'E), where the authorities board and grant free pratique.