China boosting global maritime deployments

As China expands its seaborne presence across the globe, the Asian superpower is seeking additional foreign resupply ports and investing in logistics ships to support its increasing number of naval forays 

PORTS USED FOR RESUPPLY IN CHINESE NAVAL DEPLOYMENTS

Established operational supply nodes
Frequent visits / resupplies
Sparse or recently initiated visits

Ports yet to fulfil military purposebut could serve as resupply locations for China’s navy

Seychelles
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Mozambique
Tanzania
Papua
New Guinea
Australia
Bangladesh
North Korea

Pakistan
Iran
Myanmar
Angola
Namibia
South Africa
Nigeria
Kenya
Djibouti
Yemen
Oman
CHINA

OIL REPLENISHMENT VESSELS BY COUNTRY
Number of vessels used to transfer fuel to other naval ships moving at sea

USS Gettysburg (left) being refuelled by
USNS Walter S. Diehl

United States
China
Russia
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
France
India
19
8
7
6
5
5
4
4

Source: Stratfor
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