Longkou Gang, China
Port · 37.66°, 120.28° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,304
About the port
The World Port Index lists Longkou Gang as a small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 14 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 ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 1,884 port calls at Longkou Gang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 157 a month, 24% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 52%, dry bulk carriers 33% and general cargo ships 14% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 43 million t imported and 9.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Jan 2026 (177 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (139).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Longkou Gang, the earliest issued in 2005; the most common types are surveys (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Longkou Gang 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: 153 calls, 2.5 million t in, 805 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.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94420
World Port Index entry Longkou Gang (No. 60170), matched by name 1.6 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 0.9%, exports 0.3%.
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.