Nanjing, China
Port · CNNJI · 32.20°, 119.05°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,173
About the port
The World Port Index lists Nanjing as a very small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Nanjing is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,180 port calls at Nanjing from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 98 a month, 20% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 48%, dry bulk carriers 31% and tankers 15% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 7.6 million t imported and 2.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (139 calls) and the quietest May 2026 (54).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Nanjing.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 66 calls, 489 thousand t in, 155 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 river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, tide
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Nanjing (No. 60000), 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 0.2%, exports 0.1%.
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.