BELAWAN, PORT AND TERMINAL INFORMATION

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000500410135-4
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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December 14, 2016
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October 26, 2000
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135
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Publication Date: 
March 8, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2002/01/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000500410135-4 U.S. Officials Only CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY Indonesia (Sumatra) THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION PLACE ACQUIRED (BY SOURCE) DATE ACQUIRED (BY SOURCE) Port Information to lE OoturtntCoNiAIN^ INFORMATION ATRECtINS Ent NAtIONAL OIFEN'I OF tilt UNITED STASES, .ITNIN THE NSANINO O. TITLE It. EEC110n2 T'I AND TEA. OF TNI U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED, ITI TAANSSIIE10N OR ALOE. L,ATIOn Or ItS CONTENTS TO ON RECEIPT St AN UNAUTNOAICEO REASON IE General Description of Port Entrance Outside Anchorage Controlling depth (MLW) Mea tid l 27' 25' 6o' n a range Velo it f 27 to 30' 25 to 60 to 62' c y o tide Up to 3 knots Up to 2 knots Up to 2 knots li S i per hour per hour er h a n ty of water Nature f b 1.065 1.065 p our i o65 o ottom sludge sludge . sludge Belawan, Port and Terminal Information Due to a oazdbank in the channel, the depth is 25' at low tide and 27' at high tide. Max size of vessel - 450' length, unlimited beam, 27' draft. Limiting conditions :- 10,000 BIRT Vessels are not permitted to enter port or depart during hours of darkness due to government regulations. Continuous dredging is required due to silting. This was started on 3 November 1952. Pilotage is compulsory due to strong currents, wear Jetty, dredger. There are special harbor regulations regarding entering or leaving the port due to the strong currents, weak Jetty, dredger and government regulations. There are no special harbor regulations regarding anchoring. Navigational difficulties are encountered when entering or leatring the port due to the narrow entrance. Two tugs of 4500 HP are available. U.!). Officlalo Only CCNFDENTI'AL f i ., 7C . IPAG O, IMOR l U JECT A AREA CODES! DATE DISTR. ?/N) A A 519L NO. OF PAGES j NO. OF ENCLS. SUPP. TO REPORT NO. 1UISTRIBUT10P4/'# ISTATE_X JARMY ^EY NAVY _Ev AIR -EV rDl Th.1a report Is for the use within the USA of the Intelligence components Agencies indi t d b of the Departments or ca e a ove. It Is not to be transmitted overseas without ori inati fn t the concurrence of the g ng o c:e hrough the Assistant Dire- - of the Office of Collection and Dissemination, CIA. Approved For Release 2002/01/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A00050041 01 35 -5X1A CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY -2- There are no oil barges available. Bunker fuel is supplied by Standard Vacuum Sales Co/Petroleum Board Diesel fuel is supplied by Standard Vacuum Sales Co/Petroleum Board Fresh water is supplied by Djawatan Pelabuhan Belawan There is a machine shop for minor repairs only and a foundry for small. parts only. No drydock is available. Petroleum Pier Sheds 18 - 19 Terminal - Belawan Owner - Djawatan Pelabuhan Belawan - Indonesian Government Used by - Petroleum Pier for all ships carrying white oils. Sheds 188 and 19: Public general cargo berths Berths and Approaches Berth Approaches . Jetty Sheds 1,3/19 Controlling deptii (14W) 27' 27' 2~' Mean tidal rxzni;e 27' -30' 2'(1-3c' ' 25' - 2'(1 Velocity of tide Up to 3 knots per hour Up to 3 knots per hr Salinity of water 1.06 .L.065 Nature of bottom sludge sludge Max si.e of vuosel - 450' length,, unlimited beam, 27' draft. Limiting conditions :- length 11.50, draft 2'(' . Vessels cannot dock or undock during hours of darkness due to regulations of ilar'oor master. Pilots are furnished to incoming ships between 0600 and 1600 hours and for outgoing ships between 0600 and 1800 hours. Vessels can dock or undock at all stages of, tide. There is one tug available for docking but none for unlocking. Fires must be extinguished under ships boiler for white oil tankers but not for black oil tankers. Loading (discharging) is permitted during hours of darkness for kero and black oil but not for mogas and avigas. Shore electricity is available; 220 volts, 50 amperes, 50 cycles, 3 phase. Fuel oil is available only at Sheds 18 and 19 - 8" line, 480 bble/hr. Diesel oil is available only at Sheds 18 and 19 - 2" line. Max delivery rate:- by railroad tank care. Fresh water is piped up to 5 tons/hr during daytime only. CONFIUENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2002/01/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000500410138C1A CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIAiS ONLY -3- Shore Facilities Grade No El (ft) Cap bbls No & Diam in Length (f~2 Cap B /hr Hose Conn No & Size Max All'd Press Mogan 1 21 20,000 _ 4030 1000 2 - 8" +20 Mogas 2 21 20,000 2 - 8" 4030 1000 2 - 8" 40 Kero 3 21.06 21,250 3 - 8" 4030 1000 2 - 8" 40 ADO 4 13.92 15,676 4 - 8" 4030 1000 2 - 8" 40 (Empty) 5 .16.29 11,562 5 - 8" 4030 - 2 - 8" 40 Fuel oil 6 21.18 22,504 6 - 8" 4600 1000 2 - 8" 40 Ind Diesel 7 1386 15,000 7 - 8" 4600 1000 2- 8" 40 Mogas, kero, ADO and in .future Avigaa are handled by common pipeline. Manner and Position in which vessel is moored:- Petroleum Pier, Mooring with bow against tidal current Shore moorings post Buoy ? _ I I. % F Dolphin old) Jety ? Shore mooring post Sheds 18 and 19 moor along long concrete wharf with mooring posts. In view of the narrow harbor entrance, which repeatedly becomes silted up, regular dredging has become necessary; the channel has been dredged from 27 to 30 feet. Ships must remain at anchor outside the harbor to await their turn to enter, for in view of the narrow entrance only one ship may be piloted at a time into or out of the harbor. White Oil Pier; There in at present only one 8" p1pe~.1,ne lea4i. from this pi.efi to t fie Bel.Awan '. VM;LxM],. This line is for tex*or receipt only and h r4].es Magri, kern, Al)A, wA, in the future, Avigae. Black Oil kaiar - Shed 191 There are two 8" pipelines hero, one for he ndling a aee1 oil and the other fuel oil. These lines serve for tanker rseo1,pt as well as for bunkering. As this pier is used for loading and unloading cargoes of all other sh!.ps, it often happens that B 0 tankers must await outside till this particular wharf is unoccupied or allotted to them, because the wharf capacity is too small for the large number of chips that call at Belawan. CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY 756.548. i22T 756.547 122T i 5.543 1227 71F5.5115 1221 756.51+6 122T 756 5' 122T Dolphin (old)