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China · Asia & Pacific
23.0275° N, 113.4836° E
Total vessel calls
9,654
World rank
#19
Rank in China
#5
of 117 ports
Share of maritime imports
4.5%
Share of maritime exports
6.3%
+4.1%
As of 2026-07-24
The latest seven complete daily observations (2026-07-18 to 2026-07-24) are compared with the mean of the eight immediately preceding same-weekday observations for each weekday. Observed and expected calls are summed before calculating the signed activity deviation. Missing days are not filled with zero.
208 observed calls vs 199.875 expected calls
| Vessel class | Observed calls | Expected calls | Observed mix | Expected mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Container | 125 | 131 | 60.1% | 65.5% |
| Dry bulk | 20 | 13.875 | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| General cargo | 17 | 15.75 | 8.2% | 7.9% |
| Ro-ro | 13 | 9.875 | 6.3% | 4.9% |
| Tanker | 33 | 29.375 | 15.9% | 14.7% |
This is a call-rate comparison only. It does not infer port operating conditions or causes.
The four named vessel types do not necessarily sum to total vessel calls. The residual shows other or unclassified calls, and the parts are not rescaled to force a 100% total.
Container
5,528
57.3% of total calls
Dry bulk
656
6.8% of total calls
General cargo
961
10.0% of total calls
Tanker
1,902
19.7% of total calls
Residual
607
6.3% of total calls
Rank 1
Mineral Products
Rank 2
Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
Rank 3
Chemical & Allied Industries
The country's PortWatch ports record 262,314 vessel calls in total.
| Port | Vessel calls | Share of country imports |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai (Pudong) | 41,093 | 7.3% |
| Ningbo | 18,455 | 8.4% |
| Tianjin Xin Gang | 11,678 | 7.0% |
| Qingdao | 11,381 | 6.5% |
| Suzhou (Taicang) | 8,374 | 2.8% |
| Xiamen | 7,761 | 2.6% |
| Dalian | 6,968 | 1.4% |
| Nantong | 6,778 | 2.1% |
Source: IMF PortWatch port database
Methodology: Vessel counts are AIS-derived port call counts. The activity deviation compares the latest seven complete daily observations with eight immediately preceding same-weekday observations per weekday, then sums observed and expected calls before calculating a signed fraction. It is not a measure of congestion, queues, waiting, or dwell. The share_country_maritime_import and share_country_maritime_export fields are percentages of the country's maritime trade and are stored on a 0 to 100 scale. PortWatch volumes are vessel counts and metric tons, never USD. Nothing on this page may be added to a BACI value.