Guangzhou (Huangpu), China
Port · 23.04°, 113.51°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 4
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,347
About the port
The World Port Index lists Guangzhou (Huangpu) as a small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage and 8 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Guangzhou (Huangpu) is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,725 port calls at Guangzhou (Huangpu) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 227 a month, 8% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 50%, tankers 17% and general cargo ships 13% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 66 million t imported and 2.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (256 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (180).
What is reported near this port
4 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Guangzhou (Huangpu), the earliest issued in 2010; the most common types are incidents (3) and nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Guangzhou (Huangpu) 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: 196 calls, 4.5 million t in, 367 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.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand
- chart
- 93726
World Port Index entry Huangpu (No. 57822), matched by name 5.8 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 1.9%, 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.