Pontianak Pilotage West Borneo, Indonesia

This is share about Pilotage at Pontianak Port Pictures
 
Pontianak is a small town in West Borneo but its Capital Town
Many culture has as malay, Java, Tionghoa, etc mixed with pure Indonesian.
The River of Kapuas is the most important for entering to the Port, from outer bar to Port about 17 Nautical Mile.
The cannel have many ships in coming and out going  for example;  cargo ships, tanker ships, container ships, wooden ships with motor and many others vessel.
Pontianak Pilot work in Radio VHF Ch. 12. They have 2 Tugs, 2 Pilot Boats, and 1 mooring boat. 14. Persons in charge as Sea Pilot and 4 Harbour Pilot. 
Location at 00 05.640 N - 109 05.000 E is   Pilot Boarding Ground and near of Anchorage Area. It is Buoys from No.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in side the channel. Pilot Station position is 00 02.376 N - 109 13.304 E call "Jungkat Pilot Station" VHF Ch. 12. 
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The water always changed with tide lower and upper LWS: 4.2 Meter and inside the water channel is Muds , current going out speed 2.5 knots if water low usually increased at rainy season. On high water current going in is not necessary up.
The cargoes in Pontianak example is palm oil, Rubber, plywood most as export commodities. 
Port facilities container handle, cargo handle, bulk ore handle, oil jetty and passanger also bunkering facilities. 
IPC Pontianak company is a major handle of Pontianak Port.

Picture at Inner Port of "Pontianak"

Port of Pontianak
Anchorage Area in the port
Traffic at Pontianak Channel
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Inner Anchorage
Leading Light from outer make course 103

Wooden Passanger Ship
Red Buoy make port side of the ship when ship come to the port incoming to the inner port
View from plane when Kapuas River going high water

View on plane. Pontianak city and the kapuas bridge.
When smoke going down, fog because of forest fire

See the way point of the channel when you entering of the port from outer to the inner anchorage.
Picture no.1 from waypoint 001 to 008

Picture no.2 from waypoint 009 to 012 anchorage area
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