Lushun, China
Port · 38.81°, 121.13°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 228
About the port
The World Port Index lists Lushun as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel and 9 m at the anchorage, with a mean rise of tide of 5 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Lushun is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 203 port calls at Lushun from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 17 a month, 6% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 54%, dry bulk carriers 19% and tankers 10% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.2 million t imported and 250 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (26 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (6).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Lushun, the earliest issued in 2005; the most common types are surveys (2) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Lushun 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: 12 calls, 7 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.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94421
World Port Index entry Lushun (No. 60240), matched by name 5.9 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.