Chaozhou, China
Port · CNCOZ · 23.57°, 117.11° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 1
- archive messages
- 9
- vessel calls / yr
- 379
About the port
The World Port Index lists Chaozhou as a medium coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 13 m at the anchorage, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 283 port calls at Chaozhou from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 24 a month, 16% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 71%, tankers 25% and general cargo ships 4% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 12 million t imported and 321 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (32 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (16).
What is reported near this port
9 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Chaozhou, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are cable ops (4), derelicts (3) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Chaozhou 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: 23 calls, 1.1 million t in, 6 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Issued in the last 12 months, now cancelled · 1
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- anchorage 13 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- not other
- overhead limits
- no
- pilotage
- compulsory
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- supplies
- diesel
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94040
World Port Index entry Chaozhou (No. 57862), 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 0.3%, exports 0.0%.
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.