Lianyungang, China
Port · CNLYG · 34.74°, 119.44° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 4,210
About the port
The World Port Index lists Lianyungang as a small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 16 m in the channel, 16 m at the anchorage and 13 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 5 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 3,885 port calls at Lianyungang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 324 a month, 4% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 35%, container ships 28% and general cargo ships 19% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 80 million t imported and 15 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (341 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (281).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Lianyungang, 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 Lianyungang 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: 311 calls, 6.8 million t in, 1.2 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 16 m · anchorage 16 m · cargo pier 13 m
- mean rise of tide
- 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94280
World Port Index entry Lianyungang (No. 60130), 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 2.0%, exports 0.7%.
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.