Port profile · IDBXT
Bontang
Bontang is a very small natural coastal harbour on the Makassar Strait, in Indonesia. Its UN/LOCODE is IDBXT. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Bontang offers provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Bontang
What members see for Bontang, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Bontang, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Bontang right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Bontang day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Bontang and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Bontang offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- No
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- No
Largest vessel
- Length
- 117.3 m
- Beam
- 48.9 m
- Draft
- 13.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Bontang, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Bontang
Other Indonesia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- SangataIndonesia · IDSGQ
- Santan TerminalIndonesia · IDSAT
- SamarindaIndonesia · IDSRI
- SenipahIndonesia · IDSZH
- BalikpapanIndonesia · IDBPN
- Lawe LaweIndonesia · IDLLA
- BunyuIndonesia · IDBYQ
- North Pulau LautIndonesia · IDNPL
Questions about Bontang
What is the UN/LOCODE of Bontang?
The UN/LOCODE of Bontang is IDBXT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Bontang?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Bontang as compulsory.
What is the largest vessel Bontang can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 117.3 m long, 48.9 m wide, 13.5 m draft for Bontang.
Is Bontang a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Bontang.
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