Port of Hiroshima

🇯🇵 Japan

Pacific Ocean · General Cargo Port

UN/LOCODE
JPHIJ
Country
🇯🇵 Japan
Port Type
General Cargo Port
Ocean Region
Pacific Ocean
Latitude
34.3500° N
Longitude
132.4600° E

Maritime Risk Context

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 27 vessel arrivals at Hiroshima, with Cargo accounting for 59% of port calls — higher than the Pacific Ocean regional average of 52%. Voyages from Hiroshima 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 27 distinct vessel arrivals, 27 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Hiroshima:

59%
Cargo
16 vessels
30%
Tanker
8 vessels
7%
Passenger
2 vessels
4%
Other
1 vessel

Port State Control Context

Hiroshima 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 Hiroshima

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

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-13 RYOTOKU MARU NO.8 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-06-12 KOKUSHU MARU 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-31 NIKKO MARU NO.28 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-31 INNOVATOR 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-05-31 WOOYANG CLOVER 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-05-25 INNOVATOR 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-05-24 TACHIBANA 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-05-24 NIKKO MARU NO.6 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-24 NORIYOSHIMARU 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-24 NIKKO MARU NO.28 🇯🇵 JP Tanker

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Nearby Ports

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🇯🇵 Kobe
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🇯🇵 Osaka
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🇯🇵 Sakai
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🇯🇵 Sasebo
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🇯🇵 Nagasaki
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🇰🇷 Ulsan
South Korea · Tanker Terminal · ~167 nm