Port of Huizhou
In short
Huizhou: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 3, 2026, 19:48 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.
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- In port now
- 0
- Arrivals, last 24 h
- 0
- Departures, last 24 h
- 0
- Ships nearby, last 6 h
- 0
Vessels near Huizhou
Ships Voydar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.
No vessels detected near Huizhou in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.
Harbour & facilities
Harbour particulars for Huizhou from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 57859). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.
- Harbour size
- Very small
- Harbour type
- Coastal (natural)
- Shelter
- Fair
- Channel depth
- 9 m
- Anchorage depth
- 11 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 8 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 9 m
- Mean tide
- 1 m
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- Repairs
- None
Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub. 150). Licence: US Government public domain.
Not for navigation.
Forecast
Model forecast for Huizhou over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.
| Time (UTC) | Wind (kn) | From | Gusts (kn) | Waves (m) | Period (s) | Visibility (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 76° | 5 | 0.2 | 4 | 24 | |
| 3 | 56° | 7 | 0.2 | 4 | 24 | |
| 4 | 157° | 11 | 0.2 | 4 | 24 | |
| 2 | 9° | 5 | 0.2 | 5 | 6.7 | |
| 7 | 3° | 13 | 0.2 | 4 | 13 | |
| 10 | 7° | 20 | 0.4 | 3 | 23 | |
| 9 | 357° | 20 | 0.3 | 4 | 24 | |
| 12 | 9° | 21 | 0.5 | 3 | 24 | |
| 10 | 4° | 20 | 0.6 | 3 | 24 | |
| 11 | 2° | 20 | 0.6 | 3 | 24 |
Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 3, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 24 km away.
Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.
Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.
A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.
Huizhou: daily port calls from satellite AIS (IMF PortWatch)
Estimates published by the International Monetary Fund's PortWatch, built from satellite and terrestrial AIS. They cover waters our own receivers do not reach yet. These are the IMF's figures, not Voydar's counts.
The IMF estimates 47 port calls in the 7 days and 165 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 6% more than the same 30 days a year earlier (156).
- Container
- 0
- Tanker
- 140
- Dry bulk
- 17
- General cargo
- 8
- Ro-ro
- 0
Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 1.7 million tonnes.
09-12 4 | 09-13 3 | 09-14 5 | 09-15 6 | 09-16 4 | 09-17 7 | 09-18 5 | 09-19 9 | 09-20 8 | 09-21 6 | 09-22 7 | 09-23 4 | 09-24 5 | 09-25 8 |
Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). IMF estimates, updated weekly; the latest days are revised. portwatch.imf.org. Counts cover container ships, tankers, dry bulk, general cargo and ro-ro vessels (30-day totals above).
Huizhou: global benchmarks
How Huizhou compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.
- Port liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026
- 11.9
- UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023).
- Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, port liner shipping connectivity index (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.
Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby
31 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Oct 28, 1992. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:
- Pirate AssaultJul 20, 2011Cargo Ship90 km away
HUANGPU ANCHORAGE, CHINA: Robbers boarded a bulk carrier at anchor during heavy rain. Alert duty watchman sighted the robbers on the forecastle deck, notified the duty officer and went towards the robbers. Seeing the alert crew the robbers escaped. Investigation revealed ship stores had been stolen. Incident was reported to VTS Guangzhou.
- Pirate AssaultDec 30, 2009Tanker85 km away
CHINA: Tanker robbed 30 Dec 09 at 0645 local time while anchored in position 22-41.4N 113-41.8E, Nansha anchorage. A duty crewmember on rounds noticed a robber on forecastle. He informed the duty officer on bridge who raised the alarm and alerted the crew. Upon inspection it was discovered ship¿s stores were stolen. Local authorities were informed and later boarded for investigation (IMB).
- Pirate AssaultFeb 19, 2005Merchant Vessel60 km away
HONG KONG: An unidentified barge was boarded 19 Feb late at night, while moored in the city's terminal. Five men boarded the barge from their own vessel and overpowered the lone lighterman keeping watch. The lighterman was tied, gagged and hidden in a cabin while the robbers unloaded seven fully laden shipping containers. Lighterman was freed uninjured an hour later by a colleague who found him after the robbers had fled. Police said the containers held consignments of lighting accessories (INFO
- Pirate AssaultMay 23, 2004Merchant Vessel65 km away
CHINA-HONG KONG: The 91-ton cargo ship (CHUNG HO LIN) was boarded 23 May at 2015 local time while underway in Hong Kong waters, near Lamma Island (Pok Liu Chau), forcing 7 of its crew of 10 to jump overboard. The 5 or 6 "probable" Mainland Chinese assailants approached in a high speed boat but abandoned the cargo boat after discovering its cargo consisted of only 4,000 chicken feet. Maritime crime inside the Special Administrative Region is almost unheard of (INFO).
- Pirate AssaultFeb 25, 2000Merchant Vessel58 km away
HONG KONG: An unidentified container ship at anchor in Western Anchorage no. 2 was boarded in the early morning of 25 Feb by an unknown number of person who broached 10 cargo containers. There is no report of any contents being stolen.
- Naval EngagementMar 11, 1998Vessel60 km away
LOADED COASTAL TANKERS ANCHORED NEAR HONG KONG AWAITING CLEARANCE TO SAIL FOR MACAO REPORT THAT A MAINLAND CHINESE PUBLIC SECURITY PATROL BOAT HIJACKED ONE OF THE VESSELS TO AN UNKNOWN CHINESE PORT. THE BUSINESSMAN REPORTELY HAD CHARTERED TWO 1,000 TON TANKERS OF WHICH THE ZHU HAI YOU 129 REGISTERED IN CHINA WAS TAKEN AWAY WITH CARGO WORTH 1.6 MILLION HONG KONG DOLLARS. NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HAS COME FROM THE CHINESE. PAST INCIDENTS OF SIMULAR NATURE GENERALLY RESULT IN AT LEAST A PRO-FORMA CLAIM B
Source: NGA Anti-Shipping Activity Messages. This reproduction, partial or complete, of any National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) or Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) product, information or data is not approved, authorized or endorsed by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director, NGA or any other element of the US Government. The US Government and NGA accept no liability for the accuracy or quality of this reproduction or the use of any NGA, NIMA or DMA products, information or data. Licence: US Government work — "NGA claims no copyright or other intellectual property right".
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