Merauke, Indonesia
Port · IDMKQ · -8.48°, 140.39° · Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Mineral Products, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 172
About the port
The World Port Index lists Merauke as a very small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage, 3 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 174 port calls at Merauke from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 15 a month, 4% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 51%, container ships 38% and general cargo ships 10% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 166 thousand t imported and 64 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (18 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (11).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Merauke, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are incidents (2) and other (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Merauke 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: 13 calls, 12 thousand t in, 7 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
- very small river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Arafura Sea; South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 3 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- water; not diesel, fuel oil, provisions
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 164 (Enroute) - New Guinea
World Port Index entry Merauke (No. 53130), 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 0.1%, 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.