The Port and Harbor Section, City of Ishinomaki, is the port authority responsible for management and operations of the Port of Ishinomaki (Japanese). Modern port services began in 1964. Traffic increased over time and, in 1991, the Port of Ishinomaki started service as a multi-purpose international terminal port.

In 2005, the Port of Ishinomaki harbor plan included a quay with six new berths with alongside depth of 14 meters and an 87.1 hectare industrial site. The south breakwater was extended to cover 1740 meters with depths from 10 to 14 meters.

The Port of Ishinomaki’s public berths contain over 3.1 thousand meters of quays. Fertilizer and steel products are handled at the Siomi (290 meters with 4.5 meters depth) and Major (320 meters with 5.5 meters depth) piers. The Siomi Pier can accommodate vessels to one thousand DWT, and the Major Pier can handle vessels to two thousand DWT.

Two Day Harmony Pier berths handle fodder at the Port of Ishinomaki. The berths are 165 meters with alongside depth of 15 meters (vessels to 10 thousand DWT) and 185 meters with alongside depth of 10 meters (15 thousand DWT). Miscellaneous goods are handled at the Major Pier’s berth of 260 meters with alongside depth of 7.5 meters that can accommodate vessels to five thousand DWT and the Port of Ishinomaki’s Nakajima Pier of 60 meters with alongside depth of 4.5 meters, accommodating vessels to one thousand DWT.

The Nakajima Pier also has two berths that handle ores for the Port of Ishinomaki. One berth of 130 meters with alongside depth of 5.5 meters can accommodate vessels to two thousand DWT carrying coke. The second berth is 370 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters, and it can accommodate vessels to 15 thousand DWT carrying scrap.

The Port of Ishinomaki’s South Beach Pier has two berths that handle raw wood. The first is 165 meters long with alongside depth of 9 meters accommodating vessels to 10 thousand DWT. The second is 130 meters with alongside depth of 7.5 meters, accommodating vessels to five thousand DWT.

Handling raw wood and tip/chip in the Port of Ishinomaki, the Skylark Nonaka Pier (520 meters with alongside depth of 13 meters) can accommodate vessels to 40 thousand DWT, and the Skylark Field North Pier (170 meters with alongside depth of 10 meters) accommodates vessels to 15 thousand DWT.

The Port of Ishinomaki’s Day Harmony Pier handles sand, gravel, and steel at a 380-meter berth with alongside depth of 4.5 meters (ships to one thousand DWT). The South Beach Pier also has a berth that handles tip/chip, raw wood, and coal. It is 165 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters and can accommodate vessels to 15 thousand DWT.

The Private docks at the Port of Ishinomaki contain 14 berths of total length of 725.4 meters with depths ranging from 4.5 to 7.5 meters. All but one of the berths are private dolphins that receive smaller vessels, and they handle fodder, edible oil raw materials, heavy oil, and tar. The private quay is 240 meters long with alongside depth of 4.5 meters. Accommodating vessels to 10 thousand DWT, the private quay is dedicated for ship repair.

The Port of Ishinomaki’s Inner harbor, managed by the Miyagi Prefecture, has 1.1 thousand meters of berths with depths ranging from 2 to 4.5 meters. These berths handle miscellaneous goods and passengers. The Kadowaki Pier supports passenger traffic. The Omagari Port Harbor, also managed by the Miyagi Prefecture, contains two berths handling aquatic products and miscellaneous goods.

The Major Pier contains three sheds covering about five thousand square meters, while the Nakajima Pier has a shed covering 2.9 thousand square meters. In addition, the Port of Ishinomaki contains 259.7 thousand square meters of storage facilities. The Major Pier has open storage of 16 thousand square meters and a warehouse yard of 13.5 thousand square meters. The South Beach Pier has open storage of 28.6 thousand square meters and covered storage of 25.1 thousand square meters. The Skylark Nonaka middle pier has 98.5 thousand square meters of storage, and the Kadowaki Pier, managed by the Japanese paper manufacturers, contains 77.9 thousand square meters of storage.

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