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Port Otaru

Where is the Port?
OTARU is located near the monitored sea lanes.

How many vessels are in Otaru port?
There are currently 26 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

Niigata · 453
Maizuru · 287
Hakodate · 156
Aomori · 98
Wakkanai · 81
Tomakomai · 55
Rumoi · 54
Korsakov · 51

Most frequent outgoing destinations

Niigata · 355
Maizuru · 250
Hakodate · 148
Aomori · 99
Rumoi · 83
Tomakomai · 65
Korsakov · 59
Wakkanai · 52


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 Otaru:

DALIAN SEA CARRIER, traffic: 2
MOL, traffic: 1
Eastern Car Liner, traffic: 1
NYK, traffic: 1
Amur Shipping, traffic: 1

Port summary

Port congestion score

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Vessel type distribution for the last 3 months:

Unknown · 15 calls (46.9%)
General Cargo Ship · 4 calls (12.5%)
Sailing · 2 calls (6.3%)
Fishing Vessel · 2 calls (6.3%)
Passenger Ro Ro Cargo Ship · 2 calls (6.3%)
Towing · 1 calls (3.1%)
General Cargo Ship · 1 calls (3.1%)
Tug · 1 calls (3.1%)
Bitumen Tanker · 1 calls (3.1%)
Fishing · 1 calls (3.1%)
Passenger Ship · 1 calls (3.1%)
Fishing Support Vessel · 1 calls (3.1%)

Most frequent incoming origins

Niigata · 453
Maizuru · 287
Hakodate · 156
Aomori · 98
Wakkanai · 81
Tomakomai · 55
Rumoi · 54
Korsakov · 51

Most frequent outgoing destinations

Niigata · 355
Maizuru · 250
Hakodate · 148
Aomori · 99
Rumoi · 83
Tomakomai · 65
Korsakov · 59
Wakkanai · 52

Vessels currently in port

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

RU flagAROMASHEV
Type: Fishing Vessel | IMO: 7833066, MMSI: 273811090 | AIS: 2026-10-05 12:14:58 UTC
JP flagMITSUHIRO 5
Type: General Cargo Ship | IMO: 9511040, MMSI: 431000818 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:03:52 UTC
JP flagSYUNSYO MARU
Type: General Cargo Ship | IMO: 9959113, MMSI: 431019307 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:03:50 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431023781
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431023781 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:03:50 UTC
JP flagTATEIWA MARU
Type: Tug | IMO: 9924601, MMSI: 431013858 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:03:44 UTC
SG flagJanesia-Asphalt-Iv
Type: Bitumen Tanker | IMO: 9370991, MMSI: 566376000 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:03:39 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431025808
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431025808 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:03:03 UTC
Kinteki-Maru
Type: General Cargo Ship | IMO: 8869658, MMSI: 667001545 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:02:29 UTC
JP flagMARUYA MARU NO. 37
Type: Fishing Vessel | IMO: 9053610, MMSI: 431800271 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:02:21 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431023783
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431023783 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:02:00 UTC
JP flagAzalea
Type: Passenger Ro Ro Cargo Ship | IMO: 9816115, MMSI: 431009637 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:01:54 UTC
Etopirika
Type: Passenger Ship | IMO: 9614866, MMSI: 431003352 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:01:45 UTC
JP flagSAKURAMARU
Type: Towing | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431600598 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:01:39 UTC
MN flagMatsushima
Type: General Cargo Ship | IMO: 0, MMSI: 457267000 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:01:04 UTC
Lavender
Type: Passenger Ro Ro Cargo Ship | IMO: 9810824, MMSI: 431009156 | AIS: 2026-10-05 06:01:00 UTC
SL flagKAIWO MARU
Type: General Cargo Ship | IMO: 8869696, MMSI: 667001647 | AIS: 2026-10-05 05:36:16 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431005264
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431005264 | AIS: 2026-10-05 03:40:46 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431022736
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431022736 | AIS: 2026-10-05 03:31:34 UTC
JP flagKAKUSEN MARU
Type: Tanker | IMO: 9964704, MMSI: 431021066 | AIS: 2026-10-05 02:11:04 UTC
431014712
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431014712 | AIS: 2026-10-05 02:10:00 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431019181
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431019181 | AIS: 2026-10-05 02:09:35 UTC
JP flagSYOUEIMARU NO.38
Type: Fishing | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431018786 | AIS: 2026-10-05 00:01:17 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431012593
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431012593 | AIS: 2026-10-04 22:05:39 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431021344
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431021344 | AIS: 2026-10-04 02:36:51 UTC
JP flagMMSI 431015428
Type: Unknown | IMO: 0, MMSI: 431015428 | AIS: 2026-10-03 23:46:27 UTC
HOKUTO
Type: Unknown | IMO: 9628843, MMSI: 432842000 | AIS: 2026-10-03 00:13:29 UTC

Expected arrivals

Forecast from transitions and inferred destination signals.


Port in news

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