Zhenjiang, China
Port · CNZHE · 32.19°, 119.31°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 902
About the port
The World Port Index lists Zhenjiang as a small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 705 port calls at Zhenjiang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 59 a month, 20% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 44%, container ships 26% and tankers 25% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 10.0 million t imported and 1.1 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (82 calls) and the quietest Jun 2026 (43).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Zhenjiang, the earliest issued in 2006; the most common types are incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Zhenjiang 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: 46 calls, 991 thousand t in, 99 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- tide; not ice
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, beach mooring
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
World Port Index entry Zhenjiang (No. 59995), 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 0.1%.
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.