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Guangzhou
Canton, Kuaung Fhou · UN/LOCODE CNGGZ · Scale rank #6 worldwide
- Container throughput 2024
- 26.07 m TEU
- Container port rank
- #6
- Cargo pier depth
- 12.5 m
- Largest vessel
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Overview
Guangzhou is a medium seaport in China – harbour type: river (natural). In 2024 it handled 26.07 m TEU, ranking No. 6 among the world’s container ports. Cargo pier depth up to 12.5 m; channel depth 12.5 m. Water body: South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean.
- Country
- China
- Water body
- South China Sea; North Pacific Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
CNGGZ- WPI number
- 57830
- Coordinates
- 23.1167, 113.2333
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- river (natural)
- Shelter
- Good
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
- ✓ Anchorage
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Fixed cranes
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Floating cranes
- ✓ Lifts 100+ t
- ✓ Lifts 50–100 t
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- Repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Railway
- Small
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✓ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Provisions
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Diesel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
- ✓ Airport nearby
- ✓ Rail connection
Entrance restrictions
- ! Tide: yes
- ! Heavy swell: yes
- ✓ Ice: no
- ! Other: yes
- ! Overhead limits: yes
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Guangzhou in the schedule data yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yantian | CN | Small | 121 km |
| Hong Kong |  HK | Large | 137 km |
| Xiamen | CN | Medium | 514 km |
| Qinzhou | CN | Very small | 502 km |
| Lon Shui Terminal | CN | Large | 358 km |
| Fang-Cheng | CN | Medium | 524 km |
| Shekou | CN | Medium | 97 km |
| Macau |  MO | Medium | 109 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. 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand ↗