Bayuquan, China
Port · CNBYQ · 40.27°, 122.07° · Mineral Products, Metals, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,819
About the port
The World Port Index lists Bayuquan as a very small open roadstead harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 8 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and ice.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 3,277 port calls at Bayuquan from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 273 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 46%, general cargo ships 22% and tankers 19% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 55 million t imported and 40 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (322 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (230).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Bayuquan.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 252 calls, 3.9 million t in, 3.2 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small open roadstead
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, tide
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- longshore labour
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94380
World Port Index entry Bayuquan (No. 60230), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of China's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.5%, exports 1.6%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.