Kota Baru, Indonesia
Port · -3.25°, 116.23° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 457
About the port
The World Port Index lists Kota Baru as a very small coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 19 m in the channel, 16 m at the anchorage, 5 m at the cargo pier and 14 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 609 port calls at Kota Baru from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 51 a month, 8% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 77%, dry bulk carriers 14% and general cargo ships 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.0 million t imported and 3.7 million t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (65 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (38).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Kota Baru.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 65 calls, 244 thousand t in, 361 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Makassar Strait; South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 19 m · anchorage 16 m · cargo pier 5 m · oil terminal 14 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- services
- medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
- chart
- 72080
World Port Index entry Kota Baru (No. 51860), matched by name 1 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 0.8%, exports 0.8%.
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.