Port of Hakata

🇯🇵 Japan

Pacific Ocean · Container Terminal

UN/LOCODE
JPHKT
Country
🇯🇵 Japan
Port Type
Container Terminal
Ocean Region
Pacific Ocean
Latitude
33.6000° N
Longitude
130.4000° E

Maritime Risk Context

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 10 vessel arrivals at Hakata, with Cargo accounting for 78% of port calls — higher than the Pacific Ocean regional average of 52%. Voyages from Hakata in Japan cross the world's largest ocean basin, where route optimisation and weather routing have significant financial implications — a single transpacific crossing can consume hundreds of tonnes of fuel, and a one-knot speed variation over a 12-day voyage materially affects both cost and schedule. The western Pacific generates more tropical cyclones than any other basin (≈26 named storms annually), with typhoon season June–November producing winds above 150 knots and waves exceeding 15 metres. North Korea sanctions enforcement is a significant compliance concern: UN Security Council resolutions prohibit ship-to-ship transfers to DPRK vessels, and dark-activity (AIS disablement) is a common evasion signal in the East China Sea and Yellow Sea.

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Top Vessel Types (last 180 days)

Across 10 distinct vessel arrivals, 9 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Hakata:

78%
Cargo
7 vessels
11%
Fishing
1 vessel
11%
Tanker
1 vessel

Port State Control Context

Hakata falls under the Tokyo MoU. The Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (Asia-Pacific) maintains the most active publicly-available regional PSC programme. Across the last 24 months, the Tokyo MoU detention dataset records 5,331 distinct vessel detentions (sourced from OpenSanctions, as of 2026-06-14). Vessel-level detention probability is computed by ArcNautical using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity.

Recent Arrivals at Hakata

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-05-28 KOSHINMARU NO.13 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-28 STAR CHALLENGER 🇰🇷 KR Cargo
2026-05-27 FUYO MARU NO.8 🇯🇵 JP Unknown
2026-05-27 CHIKUSA_1GO 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-05-27 N0.5 KAIYO MARU 🇯🇵 JP Fishing
2026-05-27 SPRING SKY 🇲🇭 MH Cargo
2026-05-19 SATSUMA 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-05-19 KOSHINMARU NO.13 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-19 YOSHU MARU NO.5 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-05-18 YOSHU MARU NO.5 🇯🇵 JP Cargo

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