Taizhou (Wenling), China
Port · 28.41°, 121.66°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 8
- vessel calls / yr
- 37
About the port
The World Port Index lists Taizhou (Wenling) 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 8 port calls at Taizhou (Wenling) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 1 a month, 80% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 100% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 18 thousand t imported and 143 t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (2 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (0).
What is reported near this port
8 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Taizhou (Wenling), the earliest issued in 2006; the most common types are incidents (3), exercises (3) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Taizhou (Wenling) 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: 0 calls, 0 t in, 0 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)
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 19.8 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.