Dalian, China
Port · CNDAG · 38.99°, 121.77° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 6,968
About the port
The World Port Index lists Dalian as a large coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 23 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 17 m at the cargo pier and 23 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a medium drydock.
Dalian is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 6,900 port calls at Dalian from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 575 a month, 10% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 40%, tankers 21% and general cargo ships 20% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 44 million t imported and 43 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (635 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (473).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Dalian, the earliest issued in 2005; the most common types are incidents (1) and surveys (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Dalian 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: 546 calls, 3.4 million t in, 3.8 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 23 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 17 m · oil terminal 23 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, swell; not tide
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94423
World Port Index entry Dalian (No. 60250), matched by name 6.4 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 1.4%, exports 1.9%.
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.