Nantong, China
Port · CNNTG · 31.99°, 120.84° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 6,778
About the port
The World Port Index lists Nantong as a small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
PortWatch estimates 5,074 port calls at Nantong from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 423 a month, 19% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 41%, tankers 40% and general cargo ships 15% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 59 million t imported and 7.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (559 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (291).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Nantong, the earliest issued in 2006; the most common types are incidents (3).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Nantong 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: 291 calls, 4.0 million t in, 410 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.
Disruption events listing this port · IMF PortWatch
- LEKIMA-19 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2019-08-04 to 2019-08-11 — Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
PortWatch lists the ports inside each event's affected area; being listed does not mean the port was damaged or closed.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Nantong (No. 59991), 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 2.1%, exports 0.2%.
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.