Yingkou, China
Port · CNYIK · 40.73°, 122.04° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,134
About the port
The World Port Index lists Yingkou as a small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 5 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Yingkou is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 818 port calls at Yingkou from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 68 a month, 16% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 57%, dry bulk carriers 25% and general cargo ships 16% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 10 million t imported and 4.9 million t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (91 calls) and the quietest May 2026 (50).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Yingkou.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 65 calls, 968 thousand t in, 509 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 5 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, Mediterranean mooring, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94380
World Port Index entry Yingkou (No. 60220), matched by UN/LOCODE. 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 0.4%, exports 0.3%.
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.