Kupang, Indonesia
Port · IDKOE · -10.20°, 123.53° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 9
- vessel calls / yr
- 445
About the port
The World Port Index lists Kupang as a small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 22 m at the anchorage, 5 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 508 port calls at Kupang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 42 a month, 7% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 38%, tankers 38% and container ships 22% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 946 thousand t imported and 110 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (56 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (28).
What is reported near this port
9 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Kupang, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are quakes (6) and incidents (3).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Kupang 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: 47 calls, 78 thousand t in, 8 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Savu Sea; Indian Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 22 m · cargo pier 5 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
- chart
- 73072
World Port Index entry Kupang (No. 51400), 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 0.5%, exports 0.0%.
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.