Ningbo, China
Port · CNNBO · 29.92°, 121.88° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 18,455
About the port
The World Port Index lists Ningbo as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 5 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 19,516 port calls at Ningbo from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 1,626 a month, 7% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 60%, tankers 24% and dry bulk carriers 12% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 385 million t imported and 319 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (1,794 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (1,305).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Ningbo, the earliest issued in 2015; the most common types are incidents (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Ningbo 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: 1,305 calls, 24 million t in, 19 million 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
- BAVI-26 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-11 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 287 km/h)
- KONG-REY-24 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2024-10-25 to 2024-11-01 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
- Flood in China, Taiwan · flood · red alert · 2022-09-14 to 2022-09-16
- 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
- good
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 5 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94203
World Port Index entry Ningbo (No. 59940), 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 8.4%, exports 11%.
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.