Wenzhou, China
Port · CNWNZ · 28.00°, 120.91° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 583
About the port
The World Port Index lists Wenzhou as a medium river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 3 m in the channel, 22 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 7 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 295 m, beam 46 m and draft 15 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 663 port calls at Wenzhou from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 55 a month, 7% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 48%, dry bulk carriers 32% and general cargo ships 17% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.5 million t imported and 83 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jan 2026 (66 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (42).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Wenzhou, the earliest issued in 2006; the most common types are incidents (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Wenzhou 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: 44 calls, 236 thousand t in, 221 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)
- KONG-REY-24 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2024-10-25 to 2024-11-01 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
- Flood in China, Taiwan · flood · red alert · 2022-09-14 to 2022-09-16
- LEKIMA-19 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2019-08-04 to 2019-08-11 — Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 241 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
- medium river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 3 m · anchorage 22 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 7 m
- largest vessel
- length 295 m · beam 46 m · draft 15 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, engine stores, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Wenzhou (No. 59910), matched by name 14 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 0.0%.
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.