Zhenjiang New Area, China
Port · 32.20°, 119.64°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,623
About the port
The World Port Index lists Zhenjiang New Area 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 1,924 port calls at Zhenjiang New Area from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 160 a month, 25% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 48%, tankers 28% and container ships 14% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 31 million t imported and 4.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (219 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (90).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Zhenjiang New Area, 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 New Area 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: 90 calls, 2.1 million t in, 166 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 name 10.5 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 1.0%, exports 0.2%.
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.