Changzhou, China
Port · CNCZX · 31.97°, 120.00° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,468
About the port
The World Port Index lists Changzhou as a small open roadstead harbour with poor shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 5 m at the anchorage and 11 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 1,059 port calls at Changzhou from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 88 a month, 10% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 65%, dry bulk carriers 26% and container ships 6% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 13 million t imported and 1.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (114 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (72).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Changzhou, the earliest issued in 2006; the most common types are incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Changzhou is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 77 calls, 1.1 million t in, 104 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Disruption events listing this port · IMF PortWatch
- LEKIMA-19 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2019-08-04 to 2019-08-11 — Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
PortWatch lists the ports inside each event's affected area; being listed does not mean the port was damaged or closed.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small open roadstead
- shelter
- poor
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 5 m · cargo pier 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Changzhou (No. 59986), 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 0.4%, exports 0.1%.
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.