Toyamashin (JPTOS)

Toyama-Shinko is an alternative name for Shinminato.

Summer.

Shinminato is located at the mouth of the River Oyabe in the SW corner of Toyama Bay, on the W coast of Honshu facing the Sea of Japan.

Draught 14.0m, 60,000DWT.

Approx 4,300,000t of cargo, 75,000TEU and 700 vessels handled annually.

There is no anchorage area off Shinminato Ku; the Fushiki quarantine anchorage should be used.

Shinminato Ku is approached through a channel which has been dredged to a depth of 12.5m. Approach and entry: The track leads SW through the fairway which leads vessels into Shinminato Ku and is clearly marked on the relevant chart. There are large numbers of fixed fishing nets situated on either side of the fairway.

JP1162A, JP1162B, JP1163. Admiralty Pilot NP42A, NP286(6).

1025.

Not compulsory but recommended. Pilots are available at position 36°49.1'N 137° 05.1'E, (2.5nm SSW from Fushiki Light). Pilotage service also includes Fushiki and Toyama ports.

A light is exhibited on the head of each breakwater from a tower, 15m in height. A light is exhibited from the end of a spur which extends 100m W from the root of E Breakwater.

Entry or sailing after sunset is prohibited. A power cable, with a safe overhead clearance of 56m, runs from the S end (36° 46'N 137°07'E) to the opposite shore, and another power cable, with a safe overhead clearance of 51m crosses the same basin 7.5nm ESE.

Range, max 0.15m; min 0.10m.

There are 5 tugs available.

Prevailing winds: W'ly.

SHINMINATO, HONSHU 36°46.98'N 137°07.00'E UNCTAD LOCODE: JP TOS For details see: FUSHIKI PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Pilots and Port: Ch 16; 06, 15, 17. Japan Coast Guard: Ch 12, 16. Call JNZ.

The authorities will attend from Fushiki.

See Country information.

See Country information.

See Country information for radio pratique. Free pratique: Formalities will be carried out at Fushiki quarantine anchorage.