Semarang, Indonesia
Port · IDSRG · -6.95°, 110.42° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,310
About the port
The World Port Index lists Semarang as a small open roadstead harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Semarang is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,598 port calls at Semarang from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 133 a month, 5% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 56%, tankers 22% and general cargo ships 12% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.6 million t imported and 785 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (155 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (112).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Semarang, the earliest issued in 2001; the most common types are incidents (2) and quakes (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Semarang 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: 136 calls, 307 thousand t in, 91 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
- small open roadstead
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Java Sea; South Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 11 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour, medical; not garbage disposal
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 163 (Enroute) - Borneo Jawa Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara
World Port Index entry Semarang (No. 51040), 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 1.4%, exports 0.2%.
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.