Qinzhou, China

Position 21°43'N 108°34'E

UN Locode CNQZH
Including Quinzhou (CN, 21°43'N 108°34'E)
Beibu (CN, 21°43'N 108°34'E)

Summary
Max. Size Breakbulk: 82,000 d.w.t. Containers: 100,000 d.w.t., depth 15.1 m. Bulk: 100,000 d.w.t.,
depth 15.3 m. Tankers: 300,000 d.w.t. Gas: 50,000 d.w.t., depth 14.2 m.
Fuel Fuel oil only available.
Airport Nanning Int'l, 150 km.

Pre Arrival
Overview Multipurpose port, handles mostly dry and liquid bulk cargoes. Breakbulk and containerised cargoes
also handled, with developments underway to increase container handling capacity.
Location Facing the Gulf of Tonkin in southern China, 33 n.m. from the border with Viet Nam. Qinzhou is
situated in Guangxi Province.
Charts Chinese Charts No. 92101, 92102, 92103 and 92104.

BA Charts No. 3990, 3992, 3993 and 3999.

Publications: BA China Sea Pilot, Vol. 1, NP 30.

NGA Sailing Directions (enroute) Pub. 161 – South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
Documents See ``General - Documents'' before first China port.
ISPS Port is compliant.
Max. Size Breakbulk: 82,000 d.w.t.

Containers: 100,000 d.w.t., depth 15.1 m.

Bulk: 100,000 d.w.t., depth 15.3 m.

Tankers: 300,000 d.w.t.

Gas: 50,000 d.w.t., depth 14.2 m.

Density 1017–1018 (HW), 1013–1015 (LW).

Arrival
Approaches West Channel:
Length 13.6 n.m., minimum charted depth 6.5 m., width 95–500 m. Vessels with draft up to 5.8 m.
plus tide minus UKC (1.0 m.) can pass safely.
East Channel:

Length 21 n.m., minimum charted depth 11.4 m. Vessels with draft up to 12.5 m. plus tide minus
UKC (1.0 m.) may proceed along channel to berth.

Pilotage Compulsory. Available throughout 24 hours.

Notification:
Vessel to advise Agent of ETA at least 24 hours before arrival. Agent will then advise vessel of
estimated pilot boarding time by fax/email. Subsequent communications from the pilot will be on VHF
Channels 16 and 8.
Boarding:
 Pilot boards in the following positions:
a. Lat. 20° 59′ N, Long. 108° 37′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 11; for vessels over 300,000 d.w.t.
b. Lat. 20° 59′ N, Long. 108° 23′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 7; for vessels over 300,000 d.w.t..
c. Lat. 21° 03′ N, Long. 108° 24′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 6-1; for bulk carriers over 200,000
d.w.t.
d. Lat. 21° 05′ N, Long. 108° 30′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 6-2; for bulk and container vessels
over 200,000 d.w.t.
e. Lat. 21° 10′ N, Long. 108° 25′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 5; for vessels over 150,000 d.w.t.
f. Lat. 21° 17′ N, Long. 108° 18′ E, Explosives and Quarantine Anchorage No 4; for LNG carriers and
vessels carrying dangerous cargo 100,000 d.w.t. or less
g. Lat. 21° 29′ N, Long. 108° 31′ E, Quarantine Anchorage
h. Lat. 21° 07′ N, Long. 108° 35′ E, Pilot Station No. 1
i. Lat. 21° 18′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E, Pilot Station No. 2
j. Lat. 21° 25′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E, Anchorage No. 1
k. Lat. 21° 30′ N, Long. 108° 40′ E, Anchorage No. 2
l. Lat. 21° 30′ N, Long. 108° 37′ E, Anchorage No. 3.

Contact:

Qinzhou Pilots T: +86 (777) 388 8722.

Anchorages Ten anchorages available, and centred on the following positions:

a. Lat. 20° 59′ N, Long. 108° 23′ E. Quarantine Anchorage No. 7; for vessels over 300,000 d.w.t.
b. Lat. 21° 03′ N, Long. 108° 24′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 6-1; for bulk carriers over 200,000
d.w.t.
c. Lat. 21° 05′ N, Long. 108° 30′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 6-2; for bulk and container vessels
over 200,000 d.w.t.
d. Lat. 21° 10′ N, Long. 108° 25′ E, Quarantine Anchorage No. 5; for vessels over 150,000 d.w.t.
e. Lat. 21° 17′ N, Long. 108° 18′ E, Explosives and Quarantine Anchorage No 4; for LNG carriers and
vessels carrying dangerous cargo 100,000 d.w.t. or less
f. Lat. 21° 29′ N, Long. 108° 31′ E, Quarantine Anchorage
g. Lat. 21° 25′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E, Anchorage No. 1
h. Lat. 21° 30′ N, Long. 108° 40′ E, Anchorage No. 2
i. Lat. 21° 30′ N, Long. 108° 37′ E, Anchorage No. 3.

a. Lat. 21° 01′ N, Long. 108° 35′ E

b. Lat. 21° 00′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E
c. Lat. 20° 59′ N, Long. 108° 34′ E
d. Lat. 20° 58′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E.

Communications
Pre-Arrival Master should advise Agent of the following at the same time as submitting copies of the required
documents:

a. voyage number
b. arrival drafts and estimated departure drafts
c. next port of call after Qinzhou
d. Company Security Officer name and contact details
e. port and date of last provisions and fresh water uplift.

VHF Port Control, call sign “Qinzhou Port Control”, on Channels 16 and 11. T: +86 (777) 388 8361.
T: +86 (777) 388 8644.
Radar/VTS The VTS Area limits are defined by lines joining the following positions:

a. Lat. 21° 37′ N, Long. 108° 44′ E

b. Lat. 21° 20′ N, Long. 108° 44′ E
c. Lat. 21° 20′ N, Long. 108° 32′ E
d. Lat. 21° 38′ N, Long. 108° 32′ E.

VTS, call sign ``Qinzhou VTS Centre'' listens/works on VHF Channel 9.

Berthing Ops
 Tugs There are nine tugs (2×5,600 h.p., 6×4,400 h.p. and 1×3,800 h.p.) stationed at the port. A further 17
tugs operated by the port company are stationed at other ports and can be utilised if needed.
Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port Tugboat Co Ltd. T: +86 (777) 388 2032. http://

Berthing Berth Length Depth Size Cargo

No. (m.) (m.) (d.w.t.)

COFCO 276 12.5 50,000 Oilseed, edible oils

Beibu Gulf Port (Legou Area) 2,600 11.0 10,000 Multipurpose

Guangming 305 9.7 30,000 Crude, products, chemicals

Guangxi Dongyou 300 12.3 50,000 Crude, products, LPG, chemicals

Tian Sheng (Liquid Bulk) 300 14.2 50,000 LPG, product, chemicals

PetroChina Guangxi 609 15.0 100,000 Petrochemicals

Sandun Island Oil Terminal 546 24.5 300,000 Crude

Tian Sheng (Dry Bulk):

Coal 1 289 12.7 70,000 Coal

Coal 2 310 15.3 100,000 Coal

Sinopec:

West 260 11.5 40,000 Crude, products, LPG

East 300 11.5 Crude, products, LPG

SDIC Qinzhou:

South Berth 306 14.7 70,000 Coal

East Berth 278 13.6 50,000 Coal

Beibu Gulf Port (Dalanping South Area):

Multipurpose 1,040 10.2 82,000 Bulk, breakbulk, woodchips

7 260 15.1 100,000 Bulk

8 285 15.1 100,000 Bulk

Beibu Gulf-PSA:

1 375 15.1 100,000 Containers

2 365 15.1 100,000 Containers

3 245 15.1 100,000 Containers

4 265 15.1 100,000 Containers

5 265 15.1 100,000 Containers

6 265 15.1 100,000 Containers

Cargo
Bulk Cargo
Beibu Gulf Port (Legou Area): Operator: Beibu Gulf Port Co Ltd. T: +86 (771) 253 1330.
T: +86 (777) 388 0882. F: +86 (777) 388 0881. @ http://
Location: Lat. 21° 44′ N, Long. 108° 35′ E.

Facilities: Dry bulk and breakbulk cargo handling area.

Beibu Gulf Port (Dalanping South Area): Operator: Beibu Gulf Port Co Ltd. T: +86 (771) 253
1330. T: +86 (777) 388 0882. F: +86 (777) 388 0881. @ http://

Location: Lat. 21° 40′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E.

 Berths: Lat. 21° 41′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E, Multipurpose Berth.

Lat. 21° 40′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E, Berth 7.

Lat. 21° 40′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E, Berth 8.

Facilities: Twenty rail-mounted portal cranes, mobile hoppers and open stockpile storage yards.
Handles dry bulk, breakbulk and forestry cargoes.

Developments: Construction of two new berths, No. 9 and 10, to the south of Berth No. 8 to create a
new fully-automated container terminal (berths 7–10).

COFCO: Operator: COFCO Oils (Qinzhou) Co Ltd. T: +86 (777) 381 5555. @ http://

Location: Lat. 21° 44′ N, Long. 108° 35′ E.

Facilities: Edible oils and oilseed processing plant. Processes bulk oils (soybean oil, rapeseed oil and
palm oil etc.), meals (soybean meal and rapeseed meal), packaged oils and speciality oils. Three
rail-mounted quayside cranes discharging to hoppers and covered conveyor system.

SDIC Qinzhou: Operator: SDIC Power Holding Co Ltd. T: +86 (10) 8800 6880. F: +86 (10) 6657
9035. http://
SDIC Qinzhou Port Co Ltd. T: +86 (777) 366 8535. @ http://
Location: Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E.

Berths: Lat. 21° 41′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E, South Berth

Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E, East Berth.

Facilities: Coal import berths serving the adjacent power station. South Berth is situated at the end of
a 475 m. long pier, East Berth formed of a newly constructed concrete quay. Cargo handling via
2×42 tonne ZPMC rail-mounted gantries/ship unloaders running the length of both berths, and
hoppers and conveyor system to open storage. Unloading capacity 1,500 tonnes/hour per gantry.

Tian Sheng (Dry Bulk): Operator: Guangxi Tiansheng Port Co Ltd. T: +86 (777) 388 6507.

Location: Lat. 21° 43′ N, Long. 108° 36′ E.

Berths: Lat. 21° 43′ N, Long. 108° 36′ E, Coal 1.
Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 36′ E, Coal 2.

Facilities: Rail-mounted gantry cranes to hoppers and conveyor to stockpile storage.

Container
Beibu Gulf-PSA: Operator: Beibu Gulf-PSA International Container Terminal Co Ltd.
T: +86 (777) 588 1223. @ @ http:// http://
Location: Lat. 21° 41′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E.

Berths: Lat. 21° 41′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E, Berth 1.

Lat. 21° 41′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E, Berth 2.

Lat. 21° 41′ N, Long. 108° 38′ E, Berth 3.

Lat. 21° 41′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E, Berth 4.

Lat. 21° 40′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E, Berth 5.

Lat. 21° 40′ N, Long. 108° 39′ E, Berth 6.

Facilities: 151.8 ha. joint-venture terminal equipped with six container berths and 14 Super
post-Panamax gantry cranes (including 8×65 tons), outreach 23 rows. Terminal has a designed
capacity of 4.5 million TEU. Reefer and dangerous goods containers can be handled. Container
repairs possible.
 Also see ``Bulk Facilities''.

Tankers
Guangming: Operator: Guangxi Guangming Wharf Warehousing Co Ltd. T: +86 (777) 388 6655. @
http://

Location: Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 36′ E.

Facilities: Petrochemical storage terminal with pipeline access to the nearby PetroChina refinery.
Concrete berth length 305 m. with two sets of shore manifolds. 26 storage tanks including 11×6,700
cu.m. tanks.

Guangxi Dongyou: Operator: PetroChina Guangxi Petchem.

Location: Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 37′ E.

Facilities: Crude and petroleum products storage terminal serving the nearby PetroChina refinery.
Dolphin berth located at the end of a 200 m. long pier. Comprises a cargo platform and six linked
dolphins, three each east and west of the platform. Distance between outermost dolphins approx.
300 m. Distance berth to tank farm approx. 300 m. Handles crude, gasoline, kerosene, gas oil, LPG,
triphenyl, polypropylene and sulphur.

PetroChina Guangxi: Operator: PetroChina. http://

Location: Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 37′ E.

Facilities: L-shaped pier, length 600 m., with 36 m. wide platform. Max. length between outermost
dolphins 600 m. Can accommodate 2×100,000 d.w.t. vessels on the outer berths for crude and
1×5,000 and 1×3,000 d.w.t. vessels on the inner berths for products. Tank capacity 60,000 cu.m. for
oil.

Sandun Island Oil Terminal: Operators: Beibu Gulf Port Co Ltd. T: +86 (771) 253 1330.
T: +86 (777) 388 0882. F: +86 (777) 388 0881. @ http://

PetroChina. http://
Location: Lat. 21° 33′ N, Long. 108° 40′ E.

Approaches: A dedicated approach channel has been constructed with length 42.8 km., width up to
320 m. and depth 21.0 m. (CD). The channel is marked by lightbuoys. The channel runs roughly
NNE/SSW between open sea and the berth. There is a 835 m. diameter turning basin, depth 21.0 m.,
off the berth.
Berths: Dolphin berth situated at the end of a 3 km. long pier. Comprises a 51×57 m. cargo platform
and three dolphins each to the north and south of the cargo platform. The berth pocket has width
120 m., depth 24.5 m.
Hoses: 4×16 in. MLA each with capacity 5,000 cu.m./hr. In general, up to three MLAs are used for
cargo transfers with the fourth MLA left on standby.

Gangway: The berth is equipped with a shore gangway.

SINOPEC: Operator: China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group). T: +86 (777) 388 8800. http://

Location: Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 36′ E.

Berths: Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 36′ E. West Berth.

Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 36′ E, East Berth.

Facilities: Dolphin berth, length 260 m. between outermost dolphins, located at the end of a 260 m.
long pier. Tank capacity 80,000 cu.m. for oil and 8,000 cu.m. for LPG. The shore oil manifold
pipeline/connection is 10 in. and LPG pipeline/connections are 8 in. and 6 in.
 Tian Sheng (Liquid Bulk): Operator: Guangxi Tiansheng Port Co Ltd. T: +86 (777) 388 6507.

Location: Lat. 21° 42′ N, Long. 108° 37′ E.

Facilities: Petroleum products, LPG and chemical storage terminal. Design throughput capacity
600,000 tons LPG and 950,000 tons refined products and chemicals.

Dolphin berth located at the end of a 230 m. long pier. Length 300 m. between outermost mooring
dolphins, platform length approx. 55 m. Tank farm comprises 14×5,000–40,000 cu.m. tanks.

Hoses:

Cargo Manifold Max. Pressure Temperature Tank Capacity

(in.) (Bar) (°C)1 (cu.m.)

Propane 1×122 6 −40 40,000

Butane 1×122 6 −4.5 40,000

Methanol 1×12 30,000

Ethanol 1×6 20,000

Diesel 1×12 100,0003

Fuel oil 1×12 100,0003

1 Discharge temperature

2 Flange ASA 150

3 Tanks capable of storing diesel or fuel oil

Cargo Operations: Propane and butane arms are interchangeable, in addition to allowing
simultaneous discharge, provided vessel's manifold distance (between outermost lines) is between
2.5 and 6.3 m.

LPG/LNG See ``Tanker Facilities''.

Cranes See ``Container Facilities''.
Cargo Handling
Vopak Qinzhou Terminal: Operator: Vopak. T: +86 (777) 598 0067. http://

Location: Lat. 21° 43′ N, Long. 108° 37′ E.

Facilities: Bulk chemical storage terminal. Comprises 22×200–40,000 cu.m. coated steel, stainless
steel and temperature-controlled tanks. Total capacity 290,200 cu.m. Services include heating and
nitrogen blanketing.

Stevedores Port operates throughout 24 hours.

Also see ``Surveyors''.

Facilities
Fresh Water Available. Contact Agent.
Fuel Available. Contact Agent with requirements.
Dry Dock See ``Hong Kong'' and ``Hai Phong''.
Repairs There are facilities for carrying out repairs. Contact Agent.
Surveyors Cargo surveyors available through a subsidiary of the port operator.

Services include international and domestic ship tally, container loading, unpacking, cargo
measurement, ship scale measurement, loading and unloading supervision, cargo damage inspection
and appraisal, goods sampling and issuance of tally documents and reports.
 Guangxi Beibu Gulf Ocean Shipping Tally Co Ltd. T: +86 (771) 253 1330. http://

Security
Emergency
1. China MSA, Guangdong Search and Rescue Centre. T: +86 (20) 8333 4384. F: +86 (20) 8316 0900.
http://
2. China MSA, Guangdong MSA Pollution Emergency Response Centre. T: +86 (20) 3429 8277.
F: +86 (20) 3429 1384. http://

Local Info
Weather The local climate is humid subtropical with long, hot and humid summers and mild winters. The
annual average min./max. temperatures are 13.4°C/21.9°C with recorded extremes of 1.1°C and
37.5°C. Average summer high is 28.3°C.
From May to August the prevailing winds are from the south, especially during June and July.
Between October and March, the prevailing wind is from the north and these winds tend to be
stronger with a maximum speed of 31 m./s. The transition months are April and September.

Fog can occur at any time of the year, although it is more likely between November to April. On
average, there are 32 days annually when fog occurs, with around 13 of those days with visibility less
than 1,000 m. Fog tends to occur early morning and early evening for up to 3 to 4 hours at a time;
however, fog can last throughout the day.
The tidal pattern is irregular diurnal formed by the influence of geographical conditions and reflection
waves from the Beibu Gulf after the Pacific tide enters the South China Sea. The tide rises and falls
once a day during spring tide and twice during neap tide. Tidal range is 0.6–5.0 m. The tidal current
is faster during the ebb than it is during the flood, with a maximum velocity of around 0.3 to 0.5 m./s.
in the vicinity of Sandun Island just outside Qinzhou Bay.

Shore
Telephones Mobile telephone coverage provided.
Airport Nanning Int'l, 150 km.
Connections Port has direct road and rail access. Nanning is approx. 90 km. north by road. Regular domestic and
limited regional international air services available from Nanning Airport (NNG). Onward international
connections available through Beijing and Shanghai.
Banks National Banks with ATM facilities available.

Crew
Shore Leave Only permitted to vessels berthed at Port Authority berths. Restrictions apply.

Also see ``Identification Cards''.

ID Cards Shore pass issued by Immigration. Shore passes for foreign crews only issued for vessels berthed at
Port Authority berths and limited to five shore passes per vessel per voyage.
Seamans Clubs None.

Misc
Developments New fully-automated container terminal under construction to the south of Berth No. 8, Guangxi
Qinzhou Bonded Harbor Area (Dalanping South Operation Zone). The terminal will comprise berths
7–10; berths 7 and 8 currently used for dry bulk cargo handling, and will have a designed annual
throughput of 1.6 million TEU. Berths 9 and 10 are planned to accommodate vessels up to 200,000
d.w.t.
Authority Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group, Floors 9-10, South Building, Beibu Gulf Shipping Center,
12 Tiqiang Road, Liangqing District, Nanning, Guangxi 530201, Peoples Republic of China. T:
+86 (771) 558 8075, 253 1330. F: +86 (771) 552 9856. bbwport@bbwport.com www.bbwgw.com
Contact: Port Operations Manager. T: +86 (771) 253 1941. www.bbwport.cn Manager, Qinzhou Port
Office. T: +86 (777) 388 0882. F: +86 (777) 388 0881. bbwgqzmt@163.com
MSA Regional Office:

China MSA, Guangxi Maritime Safety Administration, 18 Jinpu Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China.
T: +86 (771) 553 2819. www.gx.msa.gov.cn