Port of Osaka

🇯🇵 Japan

Pacific Ocean · Container Terminal

UN/LOCODE
JPOSA
Country
🇯🇵 Japan
Port Type
Container Terminal
Ocean Region
Pacific Ocean
Latitude
34.6500° N
Longitude
135.4300° E

Maritime Risk Context

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 25 vessel arrivals at Osaka, with Cargo accounting for 76% of port calls — higher than the Pacific Ocean regional average of 52%. Voyages from Osaka 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 25 distinct vessel arrivals, 25 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Osaka:

76%
Cargo
19 vessels
8%
Tanker
2 vessels
4%
Tug
1 vessel
4%
Passenger
1 vessel
4%
Cargo
1 vessel

Port State Control Context

Osaka 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 Osaka

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

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-01 NOGAMI 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-06-01 NO1 TOKUYAMA 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-06-01 GLORY GUANGZHOU 🇭🇰 HK Cargo
2026-06-01 HOUSYO MARU NO.3 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-06-01 EISEKI 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-31 SUNFLOWER KURENAI 🇯🇵 JP Passenger
2026-05-31 KAKUSUI MARU 🇯🇵 JP Tanker
2026-05-31 KONGO 🇯🇵 JP Tug
2026-05-23 FUJIMARU 🇯🇵 JP Cargo
2026-05-22 ASUKAMARU 🇯🇵 JP Cargo

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