Skip to content

Port of Ishigaki

Japan

UN/LOCODEJPISGWhat is a UN/LOCODE?24.3333° N, 124.15° ELocal timeAsia/Tokyo, UTC+9

In short

Ishigaki: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 4, 2026, 11:07 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

Watch this port

Get an email when Ishigaki is busier than usual or is named in an official release.

We email you a link and a code. That creates a free account, no password or card, and follows Ishigaki.

Free account, no card: follow up to 5 ships and ports. Plus follows 50, Pro 500.

By continuing you accept the Terms and the Privacy policy.

In port now
0
Arrivals, last 24 h
0
Departures, last 24 h
0
Ships nearby, last 6 h
0

Vessels near Ishigaki

Ships Voydar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.

No vessels detected near Ishigaki in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Ishigaki from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 62520). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Very small
Harbour type
Open roadstead
Shelter
Fair
Channel depth
8 m
Anchorage depth
22 m
Cargo pier depth
9 m
Mean tide
1 m
Repairs
Emergency only

Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub. 150). Licence: US Government public domain.

Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Ishigaki over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.

Time (UTC)Wind (kn)FromGusts (kn)Waves (m)Period (s)Visibility (km)
726°100.81124
635°1011122
534°81.21119
730°101.31111
1734°221.41121
2229°292.1824
2126°272.2924
2019°292.4924
2119°282.21024
1728°242.31124
1625°222.21124

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 4, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 4, 2026, 06:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 14 km away.

Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.

Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.

A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.

Ishigaki: daily port calls from satellite AIS (IMF PortWatch)

Estimates published by the International Monetary Fund's PortWatch, built from satellite and terrestrial AIS. They cover waters our own receivers do not reach yet. These are the IMF's figures, not Voydar's counts.

The IMF estimates 6 port calls in the 7 days and 18 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 80% more than the same 30 days a year earlier (10).

Container
0
Tanker
15
Dry bulk
0
General cargo
3
Ro-ro
0

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Ishigaki, last 14 days
09-12
0
09-13
2
09-14
0
09-15
1
09-16
1
09-17
0
09-18
1
09-19
1
09-20
0
09-21
0
09-22
2
09-23
0
09-24
2
09-25
1

Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). IMF estimates, updated weekly; the latest days are revised. portwatch.imf.org. Counts cover container ships, tankers, dry bulk, general cargo and ro-ro vessels (30-day totals above).

Ishigaki: official port statistics

Figures published by national statistics offices and port authorities, shown as they publish them. They count what the publisher counts, which can differ from AIS-detected calls.

Ships arrived, 2024
18,434
Gross tonnage of arrivals, 2024
16.2 million GT

出典:国土交通省「港湾調査(港湾統計年報)」(政府統計の総合窓口 e-Stat)を加工して作成 Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Marine accidents investigated nearby Authority-reported

4 accidents and incidents within 100 km of the port in the published records of national accident-investigation boards since May 27, 2019, located where the board states a position. The most recent:

Source: 運輸安全委員会 船舶事故等調査報告書 (JTSB marine accident and incident reports). 出典:運輸安全委員会「船舶事故等調査報告書」(https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/)。Seadar が項目を抽出・加工して作成 (Source: Japan Transport Safety Board marine accident reports; fields extracted and edited by Seadar). Licence: Public Data License 1.0 (公共データ利用規約 第1.0版, PDL1.0; compatible with CC BY 4.0).

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Feb 4, 1993. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Pirate AssaultFeb 4, 1993Fishing Vessel40 km away

    RUSSIAN F/V SUKHINICHI WAS FIRED UPON NEAR JAPANESE ISLAND OF ISHIGAKI IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. THE VESSEL WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE OF CHINESE ORIGIN BY JAPANESE AUTHORITIES. PIRATE VESSEL WAS PANTED GREY WITH NO NATIONAL FLAG SHOWING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

Tools for this port

Use this data

This page is also available as JSON, free, with the source and licence of every section. Sections whose sources do not permit redistribution are listed as withheld.

GET /api/v1/ports/JPISG
View JSONAPI documentationFree without a key for occasional use; use an API key for more.

Using this data in code?

Every account gets a personal API allowance: 2,500 credits a month free, 25,000 with Pro. Pro adds internal business use; API plans add building the data into your own products.

See plans

Nearby ports