Port of Tanjung Perak
| Port of Tanjung Perak | |
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A passenger ship crossing Madura Strait
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| Location | |
| Country |
 Indonesia
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| Location | Surabaya |
| Coordinates | 7°11′54″S 112°43′22″E / 7.19833°S 112.72278°E |
| Details | |
| Owned by | PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III |
| Type of harbor | Natural |
| Size of harbor | 1029 hectares |
| Land area | 545 hectares |
| Size | 1574 hectares |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 33,227,848 (2011) |
| Annual container volume | 3.13 million TEU's (2014) |
| Passenger traffic | 9,044,499 (2011) |
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Website http://www.perakport.co.id |
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Port of Tanjung Perak is the 2nd busiest sea port in Indonesia, located at Surabaya, East Java. It is the main port for the eastern part of the island of Java.The port is accessed from the North through the Madura Strait, a 25 mile long, 100m wide and 9.5m deep channel between East Java and Madura Island. Because of its strategic position and the existence of surrounding advantageous hinterlands, the port constitutes the center of inter island shipping for Eastern Indonesia. Container terminal of the port is known as Terminal Petikemas. The port is being dredged to 14 metres (46 ft) depth to serve 10,000 teus 5th generation ships to be finished in mid-2015, while 16 metres (52 ft) depth with width 200 metres (660 ft) can serve 15,000 teus or 7th generation ships to be finished in mid-2016.
Before 20th century, oceangoing vessels from Surabaya did loading and unloading activities at Madura Strait and then freighted the cargoes by the means of barges and boats to Jembatan Merah (the first port in that time) situated along Kalimas River. Due to the increases of trade, cargo and transportation traffics, the facilities available at that port were inadequate.
In 1875 Ir. W. de Jonght planned to build Port of Tanjung Perak, but the plan was not realized due to shortage of funds. At the start of 20th century Ir. W.B. Van Goor submitted another proposal for the port. Physical construction of the port started in 1910. After completion port at Kalimas used for local purposes and Jembatan Merah abandoned gradually. An inter-island terminal was built in the port in 1983. A passenger ferry terminal was also built. International Container Terminal Petikemas was finished in 1992.
The port has 6 main terminals, multi-purpose terminals for conventional cargo handling, passenger terminal, RoRo and an international container terminal. Tugging, pilot, bunker, storage and shipyard services are provided. Passenger Terminal of the port is known as Gapura Surya Nusantara. Since 2015 activities of the port is supported by Teluk Lamong Port Terminal, which is one of the most sophisticated port terminals in the world where the entire operating system is automated. Tanjung Perak Port is also equipped with dock facilities that can serve cruises both from domestic and abroad.
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