Pontianak, Indonesia
Port · IDPNK · 0.01°, 109.29° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 4
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,340
About the port
The World Port Index lists Pontianak as a very small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage, 3 m at the cargo pier and 22 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 1,775 port calls at Pontianak from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 148 a month, 3% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 38%, general cargo ships 25% and container ships 19% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.0 million t imported and 638 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (170 calls) and the quietest Mar 2026 (134).
What is reported near this port
4 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Pontianak, the earliest issued in 2005; the most common types are incidents (2), other (1) and wrecks (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Pontianak 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: 151 calls, 85 thousand t in, 65 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
- excellent
- water body
- Natuna Sea; South China Sea; South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 3 m · oil terminal 22 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water; not diesel
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
World Port Index entry Pontianak (No. 51941), 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 0.1%.
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.