Rizhao, China
Port · CNRZH · 35.35°, 119.53° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,069
About the port
The World Port Index lists Rizhao as a very small coastal natural harbour with poor shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 5 m.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 2,934 port calls at Rizhao from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 245 a month, 5% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 51%, container ships 26% and general cargo ships 16% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 97 million t imported and 13 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (269 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (219).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Rizhao, the earliest issued in 2019; the most common types are incidents (2) and piracy (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Rizhao 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: 254 calls, 8.8 million t in, 1.1 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small coastal natural
- shelter
- poor
- water body
- Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 5 m
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94280
World Port Index entry Rizhao (No. 60133), 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 2.7%, exports 0.6%.
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.