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Xiamen
Xiamen is a medium natural river harbour on the Taiwan Strait, in China. Its UN/LOCODE is CNXMG. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Xiamen offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Xiamen
What members see for Xiamen, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Xiamen, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Xiamen right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Xiamen day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Xiamen and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Xiamen 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
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 400 m
- Beam
- 61.5 m
- Draft
- 17.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Xiamen, 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 advisable
- 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
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Xiamen
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Xiamen, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 9.4 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Xiamen, and what was found.
Ports near Xiamen
Other China ports on the same stretch of coast.
- XiamenChina · CNXAM
- ZhangzhouChina · CNZZU
- QuanzhouChina · CNQZL
- QuanzhouChina · CNQZJ
- DongshanChina · CNDSN
- XiuyuChina · CNXIU
- ChaozhouChina · CNCOZ
- JiangyinChina · CNJGY
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Questions about Xiamen
What is the UN/LOCODE of Xiamen?
The UN/LOCODE of Xiamen is CNXMG.
Is pilotage compulsory in Xiamen?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Xiamen as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Xiamen?
Yes. Xiamen offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Xiamen have a dry dock?
Yes. Xiamen has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Xiamen can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 400 m long, 61.5 m wide, 17.5 m draft for Xiamen.
Is Xiamen a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Xiamen.
How many port state control inspections are there in Xiamen?
5 port state control inspections were recorded in Xiamen in 2025, and 1 of them ended in a detention.
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