Haimen, China
Port · CNCYH · 28.83°, 121.56° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 399
About the port
The World Port Index lists Haimen as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 5 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 368 port calls at Haimen from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 31 a month, 12% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 51%, general cargo ships 30% and dry bulk carriers 13% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 626 thousand t imported and 89 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jan 2026 (42 calls) and the quietest May 2026 (21).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Haimen, the earliest issued in 2006; the most common types are exercises (3) and incidents (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Haimen 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: 27 calls, 50 thousand t in, 2 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
- BAVI-26 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-11 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 287 km/h)
- KONG-REY-24 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2024-10-25 to 2024-11-01 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
- Flood in China, Taiwan · flood · red alert · 2022-09-14 to 2022-09-16
- 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
- very small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 5 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94180
World Port Index entry Haimen (No. 59930), matched by name 10.8 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 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.