Kainan, Japan port and ships, live

The nearest harbour to Kainan is Wakayama-Shimotsu Ko, 9 km from the centre.

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7 ships on the map within 10 km of Wakayama-Shimotsu Ko, none of them under way.

Cargo 4, Tugs / Service 1, Tankers 1 and Passenger / Ferries 1

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The harbour

The Index rates Wakayama-Shimotsu Ko a large coastal harbour behind breakwaters. It takes ships up to 319.5 m long, through a channel at least 11 m deep.

Harbours within 10 km

What the live map can see

In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 93 different ships within 10 km of Wakayama-Shimotsu Ko.

Good to know

  • NGA’s World Port Index rates a harbour by its area, facilities and wharf space when it was last surveyed, not by its traffic, so a busy terminal can be rated small. Where it doesn’t know about a facility it says so, and only what it marks as there is listed here.
  • AIS is heard by receivers on shore, so coverage follows where they are: ships far out at sea, or off coasts without one, don’t show. Warships and some others switch it off, and a ship’s type and destination are typed in by its crew.
  • Harbours from NGA’s World Port Index (Pub. 150), downloaded on Oct 19, 2026. The major ports and chokepoints are the map’s own reference list.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Live ship tracker, Shipping chokepoints

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