Taizhou (Jiantiao), China
Port · 29.04°, 121.63°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 54
About the port
The World Port Index lists Taizhou (Jiantiao) as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 5 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 65 port calls at Taizhou (Jiantiao) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 5 a month, 27% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 63%, general cargo ships 26% and tankers 9% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 225 thousand t imported and 410 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (10 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (1).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Taizhou (Jiantiao), the earliest issued in 2018; the most common types are incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Taizhou (Jiantiao) 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: 4 calls, 34 t in, 11 thousand t out
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)
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 river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 5 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94180
World Port Index entry Haimen (No. 59930), matched by name 23.6 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 0.0%, exports 0.0%.
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.