Zhapu, China
Port · 30.64°, 121.16° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,196
About the port
The World Port Index lists Zhapu as a small open roadstead harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 13 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 1,900 port calls at Zhapu from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 158 a month, 14% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 44%, dry bulk carriers 29% and container ships 19% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 19 million t imported and 1.7 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (198 calls) and the quietest Jun 2026 (122).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Zhapu, the earliest issued in 2008; the most common types are incidents (3).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Zhapu 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: 129 calls, 1.5 million t in, 51 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
- BAVI-26 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-11 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 287 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
- small open roadstead
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 13 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Zhapu (No. 59963), matched by name 5 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 0.6%, 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.