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Qingdao Gang
Tsingtao · UN/LOCODE CNQIN · Scale rank #5 worldwide
- Container throughput 2024
- 30.87 m TEU
- Container port rank
- #5
- Cargo pier depth
- 18.6 m
- Largest vessel
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Overview
Qingdao Gang is a large seaport in China – harbour type: open roadstead. In 2024 it handled 30.87 m TEU, ranking No. 5 among the world’s container ports. Cargo pier depth up to 18.6 m; channel depth 17.1 m. Water body: Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean.
- Country
- China
- Water body
- Yellow Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
CNQIN- WPI number
- 60140
- Coordinates
- 36.0333, 120.2667
- Harbour size
- Large
- Harbour type
- open roadstead
- Shelter
- Excellent
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Fixed cranes
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Floating cranes
- ✓ Lifts 100+ t
- ✓ Lifts 50–100 t
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- ✓ Lifts 0–24 t
- Repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Railway
- Small
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✓ Vessel traffic service
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Electrical repair
- ✓ Navigation equipment
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✓ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Provisions
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
- ✓ Airport nearby
- ✓ Rail connection
Entrance restrictions
- ! Tide: yes
- ! Heavy swell: yes
- ! Ice: yes
- ! Other: yes
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
1 liner services call at Qingdao Gang:
Schedule of Qingdao Gang →Search vessel schedules
Schedules & tracking of major carriers:
Trade with Vietnam
Vietnam and China share 2 FTA(s) – goods meeting the rules of origin enjoy preferential duties:
China market profile →International shippingSteel & steel structure manufacturing
Nearby ports
| Port | Country | Harbour size | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | CN | Large | 548 km |
| Tianjin Xin Gang | CN | Large | 390 km |
| Taicang | CN | Very small | 495 km |
| Rizhao | CN | Very small | 96 km |
| Lianyungang | CN | Small | 162 km |
| Yingkou | CN | Small | 545 km |
| Dalian | CN | Large | 344 km |
| Yantai | CN | Small | 199 km |
Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · Sailing Directions Pub. 157 (Enroute) - Coasts of Korea and China ↗