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Port Niigata

Where is the Port?
NIIGATA is located near the monitored sea lanes. The official UN/LOCODE of this port is JPKIJ.

How many vessels are in Niigata port?
There are currently 24 vessels in port and 0 vessels recently departed.

Port map updates in near real-time from AIS snapshots and route transitions. Use the vessel-type filters and names toggle in the map control.


Most frequent incoming origins

Akita · 461
Otaru · 355
Wakamatsu · 276
Toyama · 215
Sakata · 149
Ube · 143
Kokura · 143
Nanao · 102

Most frequent outgoing destinations

Otaru · 453
Akita · 398
Kokura · 307
Toyama · 220
Nanao · 144
Ube · 118
Sakata · 113
Tomakomai · 97


You can see routes between ports on port-to-port analytics.


Recent vessel arrivals at the port

Latest available transitions/port-call records (UTC). Total: 0
No recent arrived vessels found.

Recent vessel departures from the port

Latest available transitions/port-call records (UTC). Total: 0
No recent departure vessels found.

Shipping companies (lines) whose ships most often called at the port Niigata:

MOL, traffic: 39
ASIA MARITIME PACIFIC, traffic: 12
Amur Shipping, traffic: 5
DALIAN SEA CARRIER, traffic: 5
PHC SHIPPING CO LTD, traffic: 4
SYNTHAI GROUP, traffic: 4
PRIME SHIPPING LLC, traffic: 4

Port summary

Port congestion score

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Vessel type distribution for the last 3 months:

Unknown · 14 calls (53.8%)
Fishing Support Vessel · 2 calls (7.7%)
Passenger Ship · 2 calls (7.7%)
Passenger/Ro-Ro Ship (vehicles) · 1 calls (3.8%)
Fishing Support Vessel · 1 calls (3.8%)
Patrol Vessel · 1 calls (3.8%)
Fishing Vessel · 1 calls (3.8%)
Tug · 1 calls (3.8%)
Hopper Dredger · 1 calls (3.8%)
Passenger Ro Ro Cargo Ship · 1 calls (3.8%)
Fishing · 1 calls (3.8%)

Most frequent incoming origins

Akita · 461
Otaru · 355
Wakamatsu · 276
Toyama · 215
Sakata · 149
Ube · 143
Kokura · 143
Nanao · 102

Most frequent outgoing destinations

Otaru · 453
Akita · 398
Kokura · 307
Toyama · 220
Nanao · 144
Ube · 118
Sakata · 113
Tomakomai · 97

Vessels currently in port

Detected by latest AIS in the extended port area, latest 72 hours (deduplicated by vessel).

JP flagECHIGO MARU
Type: Tug | IMO: 9782273, MMSI: 431008657 | AIS: 2026-09-18 18:27:52 UTC
JP flagNIKKAI MARU
Type: Passenger/Ro-Ro Ship (vehicles) | IMO: 9152131, MMSI: 431000029 | AIS: 2026-09-18 15:02:58 UTC
5ECHIGO
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431010481 | AIS: 2026-09-18 14:45:21 UTC
Sunny-Noah
Type: Chemical Oil Products Tanker | IMO: 9474357, MMSI: 431003074 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:58:57 UTC
Tokiwa-Maru
Type: Passenger Ro Ro Cargo Ship | IMO: 9666699, MMSI: 431005219 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:58:53 UTC
Lilac
Type: Passenger Ro Ro Cargo Ship | IMO: 9257424, MMSI: 431301606 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:57:59 UTC
Toko-Maru
Type: Fishing Support Vessel | IMO: 9138484, MMSI: 431856000 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:56:46 UTC
Kinyou
Type: Oil Products Tanker | IMO: 9691175, MMSI: 431005056 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:55:35 UTC
JP flagKYOBI MARU
Type: Pollution Control Vessel | IMO: 9606417, MMSI: 431003498 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:55:34 UTC
VU flagHk-Challenger
Type: Wood Chips Carrier | IMO: 9553127, MMSI: 577364000 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:52:48 UTC
JP flagKAIYO
Type: Offshore Tug/Supply Ship | IMO: 9697911, MMSI: 432929000 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:50:52 UTC
Unknown
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431401924 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:50:32 UTC
Hakusan
Type: Hopper Dredger | IMO: 9242182, MMSI: 432328000 | AIS: 2026-09-18 13:49:14 UTC
Kosei
Type: Fishing Support Vessel | IMO: 9830719, MMSI: 431759000 | AIS: 2026-09-18 06:33:28 UTC
431007785
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431007785 | AIS: 2026-09-18 04:19:16 UTC
431007735
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431007735 | AIS: 2026-09-18 03:45:40 UTC
431007732
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431007732 | AIS: 2026-09-18 03:42:41 UTC
431007752
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431007752 | AIS: 2026-09-18 03:01:17 UTC
NO5 SENSYUU MARU
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431007734 | AIS: 2026-09-17 23:49:15 UTC
431005254
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431005254 | AIS: 2026-09-17 22:31:30 UTC
431007759
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431007759 | AIS: 2026-09-17 08:10:20 UTC
ECHIGO
Type: Unknown | IMO: 8800731, MMSI: 431176000 | AIS: 2026-09-17 01:40:30 UTC
431000097
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431000097 | AIS: 2026-09-17 01:14:55 UTC
JP flagSUISEI
Type: Passenger Ship | IMO: 9005039, MMSI: 431012917 | AIS: 2026-09-16 09:22:49 UTC

Expected arrivals

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