Suzhou (Taicang), China
Port · 31.69°, 121.14° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 8,374
About the port
The World Port Index lists Suzhou (Taicang) as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 8,388 port calls at Suzhou (Taicang) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 699 a month, 9% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 34%, general cargo ships 23% and container ships 19% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 105 million t imported and 12 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (831 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (524).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Suzhou (Taicang), 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 Suzhou (Taicang) 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: 524 calls, 6.7 million t in, 831 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
- very small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Taicang (No. 59976), matched by name 3.9 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 2.8%, exports 0.4%.
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.