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Port of Muroran

Japan

UN/LOCODEJPMURWhat is a UN/LOCODE?42.35° N, 140.9667° ELocal timeAsia/Tokyo, UTC+9

In short

Muroran: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 2, 2026, 12:20 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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

Vessels near Muroran

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 Muroran in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Muroran from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 61170). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Medium
Harbour type
Coastal (natural)
Shelter
Good
Channel depth
16 m
Anchorage depth
8 m
Cargo pier depth
16 m
Oil terminal depth
14 m
Mean tide
1 m
Pilotage compulsory
No
First port of entry
Yes
Repairs
Major
Dry dock
Medium

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

Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Muroran 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)
17295°311.6524
12298°190.9420
10297°180.7723
12303°200.7424
7321°120.61024
4348°90.51424
3300°80.41424
5286°120.41424
1142°50.41424
790°120.51324
14120°231524

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 2, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 2, 2026, 06:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 12 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.

Muroran: 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 20 port calls in the 7 days and 132 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 1% less than the same 30 days a year earlier (134).

Container
0
Tanker
38
Dry bulk
18
General cargo
76
Ro-ro
0

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0.7 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Muroran, last 14 days
09-12
6
09-13
6
09-14
6
09-15
5
09-16
4
09-17
8
09-18
6
09-19
3
09-20
2
09-21
3
09-22
1
09-23
2
09-24
4
09-25
5

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).

Muroran: global benchmarks

How Muroran compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.

Port liner shipping connectivity, 1 2025
17.2
UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Up 2% on a year earlier.
Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, port liner shipping connectivity index (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Muroran: 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
4,347
Gross tonnage of arrivals, 2024
16.5 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

42 accidents and incidents within 100 km of the port in the published records of national accident-investigation boards since Jul 31, 2015, 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).

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