Qinhuangdao, China
Port · CNSHP · 39.93°, 119.65° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,049
About the port
The World Port Index lists Qinhuangdao as a medium coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 13 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage, 16 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, 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 medium drydock.
Qinhuangdao is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,746 port calls at Qinhuangdao from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 229 a month, 3% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 80%, tankers 8% and general cargo ships 6% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 641 thousand t imported and 86 million t exported.
The busiest month was Apr 2026 (255 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (184).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Qinhuangdao, the earliest issued in 2010; the most common types are cable ops (2) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Qinhuangdao 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: 215 calls, 43 thousand t in, 7.1 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.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 13 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 16 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94360, 94420
World Port Index entry Qinhuangdao (No. 60200), 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 0.0%, exports 4.3%.
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.