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Niigata Ko
Niigata-nishi (West Port) · UN/LOCODE JPKIJ · Scale rank #313 worldwide
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- river (basins)
- Cargo pier depth
- 14.0 m
- Largest vessel
- 12.0 m
Overview
Niigata Ko is a medium seaport in Japan – harbour type: river (basins). Cargo pier depth up to 14.0 m; channel depth 9.4 m. Water body: Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean.
- Country
- Japan
- Water body
- Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
JPKIJ- WPI number
- 61870
- Coordinates
- 37.9167, 139.0500
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- river (basins)
- Shelter
- Fair
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Fixed cranes
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Floating cranes
- ✓ Lifts 100+ t
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- ✓ Lifts 0–24 t
- Repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Railway
- Small
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✗ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Electricity
- ✓ Electrical repair
- ✓ Navigation equipment
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✗ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
- ✓ Airport nearby
- ✓ Rail connection
Entrance restrictions
- ✓ Tide: no
- ✓ Heavy swell: no
- ✓ Ice: no
- ! Other: yes
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Niigata Ko in the schedule data yet.
Schedules & tracking of major carriers:
Trade with Vietnam
Vietnam and Japan share 4 FTA(s) – goods meeting the rules of origin enjoy preferential duties:
- AJCEP – ASEAN–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership
- VJEPA – Viet Nam–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
- CPTPP – Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
- RCEP – Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Japan market profile →International shippingSteel & steel structure manufacturing
Nearby ports
| Port | Country | Harbour size | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Ko | JP | Large | 258 km |
| Kawasaki Ko | JP | Large | 276 km |
| Nagoya Ko | JP | Large | 372 km |
| Kobe | JP | Large | 502 km |
| Osaka | JP | Large | 487 km |
| Wakayama-Shimotsu Ko | JP | Large | 543 km |
| Yokohama Ko | JP | Large | 278 km |
| Mikawa | JP | Large | 389 km |
Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II ↗