Chiwan, China
Port · CNCWN · 19.96°, 110.03° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 267
About the port
The World Port Index lists Chiwan as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 3 m at the anchorage, 3 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and swell.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 299 port calls at Chiwan from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 25 a month, 27% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 61%, dry bulk carriers 20% and general cargo ships 18% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.1 million t imported and 175 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jan 2026 (38 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (13).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Chiwan, the earliest issued in 2003; the most common types are wrecks (1) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Chiwan 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: 13 calls, 126 thousand t in, 174 t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Disruption events listing this port · IMF PortWatch
- MATMO-25 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-05 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 167 km/h)
- YAGI-24 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2024-09-01 to 2024-09-07 — Hurricane (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
- very small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Gulf of Tonkin; South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 3 m · cargo pier 3 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- swell, tide
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- longshore labour
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand
- chart
- 93610
World Port Index entry Chiwan (No. 57818), 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 0.1%, 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.