Palembang, Indonesia
Port · IDPLM · -2.99°, 104.83° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,568
About the port
The World Port Index lists Palembang as a medium river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 3 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Palembang is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,282 port calls at Palembang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 190 a month, 9% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 43%, dry bulk carriers 37% and general cargo ships 17% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.1 million t imported and 36 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (234 calls) and the quietest Mar 2026 (154).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Palembang, the earliest issued in 2017; the most common types are incidents (1) and piracy (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Palembang 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: 212 calls, 353 thousand t in, 3.5 million 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
- medium river natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Natuna Sea; South China Sea; South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 3 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
World Port Index entry Palembang (No. 50330), 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 1.9%, exports 7.5%.
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.