General Description
Location: Samarinda is situated on the Mahakam River, approx 60km from the outer bar, in eastern Borneo. General overview: Samarinda is the principal trading place of the E coast of Kalimantan and is an important administrative centre. The port mainly handles timber from several large timber mills in various locations on the river, supplying logs and sawn timber for export. Coal, from various upriver regional mines, is regularly exported. There is also an oil jetty. Traffic figures: Approx 17,900 vessels, 51,000,000t of cargo handled annually. Load line zone: Tropical. Max size: LOA 100m, draught 6.6m.