page_title: Transport in Indonesia
section_title: Ports and harbours
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Indonesia / Water transport / Ports and harbours
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Tanjung Priok - Jakarta - Indonesië
context_page_description: Indonesia's transport system has been shaped over time by the economic resource base of an archipelago with thousands of islands, and the distribution of its more than 200 million people highly concentrated on a single island, Java.
  All transport modes play a role in the country’s transport system and are generally complementary rather than competitive.
  Road transport is predominant, with a total system length of est. 438,000 kilometres in 2008.
  The railway system has four unconnected networks in Java and Sumatra primarily dedicated to transport bulk commodities and long-distance passenger traffic.
  Sea transport is extremely important for economic integration and for domestic and foreign trade. It is well developed, with each of the major islands having at least one significant port city.
  The role of inland waterways is relatively minor and is limited to certain areas of Eastern Sumatra and Kalimantan.
  The function of air transport is significant, particularly where land or water transport is deficient or non-existent. It is based on an extensive domestic airline network where all major cities can be reached by passenger plane.
context_section_description: Major ports and harbours include Bitung, Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta, Kupang, Palembang, Semarang, Surabaya, and Makassar. Ports are managed by the various Indonesia Port Corporations, of which there are four, numbered I through IV. Each has jurisdiction over various regions of the country, with I in the west and IV in the east. Port of Tanjung Priok in Jakarta is the Indonesia's busiest port, handling over 5.20 million TEUs. A two-phase "New Tanjung Priok" extension project is currently underway, which will triple the existing annual capacity when fully operational in 2023. In 2015, ground breaking of the strategic North Sumatra's Kuala Tanjung Port has been completed. It is expected to accommodate 500,000 TEUs per year, overtaking Johor's Tanjung Pelepas Port and could even compete with the port of Singapore.
caption: Port of Tanjung Priok, the busiest port in Indonesia.
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