Port profile · CNQIN
Qingdao
Qingdao is a large open roadstead on the Yellow Sea, in China. Its UN/LOCODE is CNQIN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Qingdao offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores, moderate repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Qingdao
What members see for Qingdao, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Qingdao, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Qingdao right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Qingdao day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Qingdao and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Qingdao offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
- 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 Qingdao, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Vessel traffic service
- 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
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Qingdao
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Qingdao, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 7 | 1 | 14% |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 6.1 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Qingdao, and what was found.
Ports near Qingdao
Other China ports on the same stretch of coast.
- QingdaoChina · CNQDG
- RizhaoChina · CNRZH
- LanshanChina · CNLSN
- LianyungangChina · CNLYG
- LongkouChina · CNLKU
- YantaiChina · CNYAT
- PenglaiChina · CNPLI
- YantaiChina · CNYTG
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Questions about Qingdao
What is the UN/LOCODE of Qingdao?
The UN/LOCODE of Qingdao is CNQIN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Qingdao?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Qingdao as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Qingdao?
Yes. Qingdao offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Qingdao have a dry dock?
Yes. Qingdao has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Qingdao a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Qingdao.
How many port state control inspections are there in Qingdao?
7 port state control inspections were recorded in Qingdao in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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