Port profile · CNGGZ
Guangzhou
Guangzhou is a medium natural river harbour on the South China Sea, in China. Its UN/LOCODE is CNGGZ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Guangzhou offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Guangzhou
What members see for Guangzhou, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Guangzhou, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Guangzhou right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Guangzhou day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Guangzhou and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Guangzhou offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
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 Guangzhou, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- 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 Guangzhou
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Guangzhou, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 7 | 1 | 14% |
| 2025 | 25 | 3 | 12% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 7.3 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Guangzhou, and what was found.
Ports near Guangzhou
Other China ports on the same stretch of coast.
- GuangzhouChina · CNGZG
- Huangpu New PortChina · CNHUN
- HuangpuChina · CNHUA
- ShenzhenChina · CNSZX
- ChiwanChina · CNCWN
- ShekouChina · CNSHK
- ShenzhenChina · CNSNZ
- YantianChina · CNYTN
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Questions about Guangzhou
What is the UN/LOCODE of Guangzhou?
The UN/LOCODE of Guangzhou is CNGGZ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Guangzhou?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Guangzhou as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Guangzhou?
Yes. Guangzhou offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Guangzhou have a dry dock?
Yes. Guangzhou has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Guangzhou a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Guangzhou.
How many port state control inspections are there in Guangzhou?
25 port state control inspections were recorded in Guangzhou in 2025, and 3 of them ended in a detention.
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