It is the deepest inland class I port (open to direct foreign trade) in China.

Chongqing Port has 181 production berths of all kinds, including 4 main multimodal transfer stations.

Chongqing is the main berth for sightseeing boats due for the Three Gorges.

The Port of Chongqing is spread throughout Chongqing Municipality, and it is divided into 8 port areas, each in turn divided into several operation areas: the main three hubs of Main City, Wanzhou and Fuling,[2] and five ancillary areas.

[11] One of its subsidiaries (and main port operator), Chongqing Gangjiu (重庆港九), is listed in the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE: 600279) Chongqing focuses on its intermodal capacity as a transshipment center, and as an inland link to the large oceanic ports downriver.