Port ofBalikpapan
         
1. Geographical Position : 01o -15'-10" South Latitude
116o -48'-30" East Longitude
2. Anchorage Position
- A Waiting Pilot : 01o - 21'-31" South Latitude
116o -56'- 41" East Longitude
- A Waiting Berth : 01o - 16'- 22.7" South Latitude
116o - 47'- 15.6" East Longitude
3. Navigation Chart (s)
- Indonesian : No. 130, 157
- British Admiralty : No. 031, 3014, 2636, 2637
4. Local Standard Time : GMT + 8 Hours
5. Port Open For Traffic
- Incoming Traffic : 24 hrs
- Outgoing Traffic : 24 hrs
- Berthing : 24 hrs
- Unberthing : 24 hrs
6. Request For Pilot
- Hours Before Arrival : 4
- Hours Before Departure : 3
7. Rain : Rain Season (Month) : Oktober - April
8. Pilotage : Compulsory
Incoming Vessel : Piloting service started at the position of
01o-21'-30" South / 116o-56'-00" East
Outgoing Vessel : Piloting service finished at the position of
01o-21'-30" South / 116o-58'-00" East
9. a. The maximum size of vessel permitted to enter the port
- Maximum weight : 39,000 GRT
- Maximum length : 225 m
- Maximum depth : -12.90 m LWS
b. The tonnage limit of pilotage compulsory vessel
- Tonnage limit : 150 m3 bruto or more
10. Aid to Navigation : Light house, Light buoy
11. Facility
1. Berthing space a. Berth NOL
- Length : 489 m
- Breadth : 21 m
- depth : - 9 and 12 m LWS
b. Berth of Kp. Baru Ujung (twin concrete constructured berths)
- Length : 100 m
- Breadht : 8 m
- Depth : - 3 and 4 m LWS
c. Passenger Terminal Building : 2,500 m2
2. Loading and discharging Equipment
- Mobile Crane : 2 Units, 25 & 35 Tons lifting capacity
- Froklift : 5 Units, of 2 - 5 Tons lifting capacity
- Truck Loader : 1 Unit, of 4 Tons capacity
- Tronton : 1 Unit, of 18 Tons capacity
3. Shed/Open Storage
- Shed : 2 Units, 2,450 m2 dan 720 m2
- Container Yard : 3,856 m2
- Open Storage : 3,672 m2
4. Pertamina Oil Refinery Jetties
5. Dermaga Perkasa Pratama Coal Terminal Jetties
12. Port Service
1. Pilotage
2. Fresh Water
3. Bunker Facility
4. Dock and Repair Facility
a.  Slipway
b. General workshop
c. Dock
d. Healing
e. Small repair
5. Food stuff
6. Loading and Discharging capacity : 10 tons/gang/hour
7. Port labour
8. Shipping agency a. Ocean
b. Special ocean
c. Interinsular
d. Special industry
e. Off shore
f. Local
g. Prahu
9. General Services a. Freight forwarding general
b. Freight forwarding special trade
c. Bank
d. Hospital
e. Telecommunication and Post Office
f. Fire Brigade
10. Stevedoring company
13. Main Commodities
The main export commodities via port of Balikpapan are crude oil, paraffin wax, plywood and coal.