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Dalian
Dalian is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Yellow Sea, in China. Its UN/LOCODE is CNDAL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Dalian offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Dalian
What members see for Dalian, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Dalian day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Dalian and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Dalian offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Dalian, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Dalian
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Dalian, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 6.2 deficiencies on average. Most often found: fire safety.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Dalian, and what was found.
Ports near Dalian
Other China ports on the same stretch of coast.
- DalianChina · CNDLC
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- PenglaiChina · CNPLI
- YantaiChina · CNYTG
- YantaiChina · CNYAT
- Weihai PtChina · CNWEG
- WeihaiChina · CNWEI
- LongkouChina · CNLKU
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Questions about Dalian
What is the UN/LOCODE of Dalian?
The UN/LOCODE of Dalian is CNDAL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Dalian?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Dalian as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Dalian?
Yes. Dalian offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Dalian have a dry dock?
Yes. Dalian has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Dalian a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Dalian.
How many port state control inspections are there in Dalian?
10 port state control inspections were recorded in Dalian in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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