Tianjin Xin Gang, China
Port · 38.94°, 117.73° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 11,678
About the port
The World Port Index lists Tianjin Xin Gang as a large river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 16 m at the anchorage, 22 m at the cargo pier and 13 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a large drydock.
Tianjin Xin Gang is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 11,554 port calls at Tianjin Xin Gang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 963 a month, 4% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 34%, container ships 33% and tankers 17% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 309 million t imported and 242 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (1,072 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (841).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Tianjin Xin Gang, the earliest issued in 2015; the most common types are piracy (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Tianjin Xin Gang 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: 937 calls, 26 million t in, 22 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large river natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 16 m · cargo pier 22 m · oil terminal 13 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, tide
- turning area
- no
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- large
- marine railway
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94363
World Port Index entry Tianjin Xin Gang (No. 60190), matched by name 4.9 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 7.0%, exports 8.8%.
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.