Haikou, China
Port · CNHKO · 20.03°, 110.28° · Mineral Products, Metals, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 361
About the port
The World Port Index lists Haikou as a very small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 16 m at the anchorage and 9 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 263 m, beam 33 m and draft 10 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Haikou is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 149 port calls at Haikou from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 12 a month, 35% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 51%, ro-ro vessels 47% and dry bulk carriers 2% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 177 thousand t imported and 150 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jan 2026 (22 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (5).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Haikou, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are incidents (1), wrecks (1) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Haikou 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: 9 calls, 25 thousand t in, 3 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.
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 natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 16 m · cargo pier 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- largest vessel
- length 263 m · beam 33 m · draft 10 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
- floating, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand
- chart
- 93610
World Port Index entry Haikou (No. 57760), matched by name 1.1 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 0.0%, 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.