Lanqiao Port, China
Port · CNLSN · 35.11°, 119.36° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Wood & Wood Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,120
About the port
The World Port Index lists Lanqiao Port as a very small open roadstead harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 13 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 3,204 port calls at Lanqiao Port from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 267 a month, 7% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 63%, tankers 26% and general cargo ships 11% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 156 million t imported and 14 million t exported.
The busiest month was Apr 2026 (287 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (230).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Lanqiao Port, the earliest issued in 2019; the most common types are incidents (2) and piracy (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Lanqiao Port 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: 239 calls, 13 million t in, 813 thousand 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
- Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 13 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- services
- longshore labour
- supplies
- water; not diesel, fuel oil
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94280
World Port Index entry Lanshan (No. 60125), 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 3.9%, exports 0.5%.
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.