Guangzhou (Nansha), China
Port · CNGGZ · 23.03°, 113.48° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 4
- vessel calls / yr
- 9,654
About the port
The World Port Index lists Guangzhou (Nansha) as a medium river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 13 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, 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 major, with a medium drydock.
Guangzhou (Nansha) is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 10,870 port calls at Guangzhou (Nansha) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 906 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 62%, tankers 17% and general cargo ships 9% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 44 million t imported and 38 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (992 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (801).
What is reported near this port
4 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Guangzhou (Nansha), 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 (Nansha) 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: 861 calls, 3.1 million t in, 3.4 million 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
- SAOLA-23 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2023-08-23 to 2023-09-03 — Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 250 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
- medium river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 13 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand
- chart
- 93728
World Port Index entry Guangzhou (No. 57830), 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 4.5%, exports 6.3%.
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.