Pulau Bunyu, Indonesia

Port · IDPBJ · 3.46°, 117.84°

in force · 60 nm
0
issued · 30 d
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archive messages
6
vessel calls / yr
3

About the port

The World Port Index lists Pulau Bunyu as a very small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.

Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 13 m at the anchorage and 13 m at the oil terminal.

Pilotage is compulsory.

PortWatch estimates 2 port calls at Pulau Bunyu from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 0 a month, 33% fewer than in the twelve months before.

By vessel type, tankers 100% of those calls.

The busiest month was Dec 2025 (1 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (0).

What is reported near this port

6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Pulau Bunyu, the earliest issued in 2008; the most common types are incidents (4), cable ops (1) and quakes (1).

Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Pulau Bunyu is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.

Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates

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Oct 2024Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 0 calls, 0 t in, 0 t out

Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue

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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
fair
water body
Celebes Sea; North Pacific Ocean
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI
depths
channel 6 m · anchorage 13 m · oil terminal 13 m
pilotage
compulsory
traffic and reporting
ETA message required
berthing
anchorage, wharves
supplies
fuel oil
sailing directions
Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
chart
72130

World Port Index entry Tanjung Arang (Bunyu) (No. 51770), matched by name 0.5 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 0.0%, 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.

Pulau Bunyu, Indonesia — navigational warnings near the port · seahazards