Zhanjiang, China
Port · CHZHA · 21.21°, 110.41° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 4
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,532
About the port
The World Port Index lists Zhanjiang as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Zhanjiang is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,502 port calls at Zhanjiang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 209 a month, 3% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 47%, dry bulk carriers 40% and general cargo ships 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 82 million t imported and 11 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (236 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (170).
What is reported near this port
4 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Zhanjiang, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are incidents (3) and missiles (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Zhanjiang 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: 170 calls, 4.4 million t in, 621 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.
Disruption events listing this port · IMF PortWatch
- MATMO-25 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-05 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 167 km/h)
- RAGASA-25 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2025-09-18 to 2025-09-24 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 269 km/h)
- YAGI-24 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2024-09-01 to 2024-09-07 — Hurricane (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
- small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- electrical repair, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand
- chart
- 93778
World Port Index entry Zhanjiang (No. 57770), matched by name 0.9 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 2.3%, exports 0.5%.
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.