Banjarmasin, Indonesia
Port · IDBDJ · -3.29°, 114.56° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,747
About the port
The World Port Index lists Banjarmasin as a very small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 3 m in the channel, 20 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 20 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 4,079 port calls at Banjarmasin from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 340 a month, 4% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 45%, tankers 20% and general cargo ships 17% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.5 million t imported and 82 million t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (404 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (284).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Banjarmasin, the earliest issued in 2022; the most common types are incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Banjarmasin is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 290 calls, 133 thousand t in, 6.0 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Java Sea; South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 3 m · anchorage 20 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 20 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- no
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
- chart
- 72060
World Port Index entry Banjarmasin (No. 51890), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Indonesia's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.9%, exports 19%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.