Gaogang, China
Port · CNGAO · 32.31°, 119.81° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Wood & Wood Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,010
About the port
The World Port Index lists Gaogang as a small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, 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 768 port calls at Gaogang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 64 a month, 21% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 67%, tankers 17% and general cargo ships 15% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 15 million t imported and 2.7 million t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (86 calls) and the quietest May 2026 (40).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Gaogang, 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 Gaogang 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: 52 calls, 791 thousand t in, 146 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 river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Gaogang (No. 59987), 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 0.6%, 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.