Sampit, Indonesia
Port · IDSMQ · -2.51°, 112.97° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 465
About the port
The World Port Index lists Sampit as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 2 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 542 port calls at Sampit from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 45 a month, 62% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 52%, tankers 39% and container ships 3% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 235 thousand t imported and 231 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Apr 2026 (63 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (26).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Sampit, the earliest issued in 2023; the most common types are incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Sampit 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: 55 calls, 26 thousand t in, 25 thousand t out
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
- good
- water body
- Java Sea; South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 2 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- not assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- provisions; not fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
World Port Index entry Sampit (No. 51910), 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 0.1%.
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.