Jinzhou, China
Port · 40.78°, 121.02° · Mineral Products, Metals, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,514
About the port
The World Port Index lists Jinzhou as a very small open roadstead harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 13 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 14 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 1,394 port calls at Jinzhou from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 116 a month, 3% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 46%, tankers 25% and general cargo ships 17% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 13 million t imported and 19 million t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (137 calls) and the quietest May 2026 (87).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Jinzhou.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 118 calls, 500 thousand t in, 1.4 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small open roadstead
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 13 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 14 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour
- supplies
- diesel, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94380
World Port Index entry Jinzhou Wan (No. 60215), matched by name 4.1 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 0.4%, exports 0.8%.
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.