Zhoushan, China
Port · CNZOS · 30.06°, 122.10° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 6,370
About the port
The World Port Index lists Zhoushan as a small coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 22 m in the channel, 22 m at the anchorage, 23 m at the cargo pier and 3 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
Zhoushan is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 6,275 port calls at Zhoushan from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 523 a month, 13% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 55%, dry bulk carriers 27% and general cargo ships 10% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 82 million t imported and 34 million t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (601 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (423).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Zhoushan, the earliest issued in 2008; the most common types are incidents (2) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Zhoushan 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: 459 calls, 5.1 million t in, 2.1 million 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 coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- East China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 22 m · anchorage 22 m · cargo pier 23 m · oil terminal 3 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China
- chart
- 94203
World Port Index entry Zhoushan (No. 59960), 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 1.9%, exports 1.3%.
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.