Tangshan (Jingtang), China
Port · 39.24°, 119.02° · Mineral Products, Metals, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 4
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,492
About the port
The World Port Index lists Tangshan (Jingtang) as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel and 9 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 3,405 port calls at Tangshan (Jingtang) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 284 a month, 5% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 78%, general cargo ships 11% and container ships 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 133 million t imported and 56 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (310 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (254).
What is reported near this port
4 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Tangshan (Jingtang), the earliest issued in 2010; the most common types are cable ops (2), incidents (1) and piracy (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Tangshan (Jingtang) 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, 11 million t in, 3.6 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
- very small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 11 m · cargo pier 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating
- services
- longshore labour
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94360
World Port Index entry Tangshan (Jingtang) (No. 60193), matched by name 2.1 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 2.7%, exports 3.1%.
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.