Weihai, China
Port · CNWEI · 37.45°, 122.21° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 868
About the port
The World Port Index lists Weihai as a medium coastal natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 23 m in the channel, 20 m at the anchorage and 11 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 853 port calls at Weihai from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 71 a month, 3% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 47%, general cargo ships 31% and dry bulk carriers 12% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.5 million t imported and 1.5 million t exported.
The busiest month was Jan 2026 (83 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (59).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Weihai, the earliest issued in 2005; the most common types are surveys (5) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Weihai 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: 62 calls, 301 thousand t in, 85 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.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 23 m · anchorage 20 m · cargo pier 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- medical
- supplies
- deck stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94427
World Port Index entry Weihai (No. 60150), matched by name 6.1 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 0.1%, exports 0.1%.
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.