Port of Pangkal Balam is a seaport in
Pangkal Pinang
Pangkalpinang, colloquially written as Pangkal Pinang, also known as Pin-kong in Hakka, is the capital and largest city of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province in Indonesia. It is located on Bangka Island's east coast, the city is divided into ...
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Bangka. It is the headquarters for port authorities across the island. The port sits close to the mouth of Baturusa River, it runs just north of the city.
The port serves both Indonesian inter-island and international cargo and passenger services, shipping 31,754 tonnes of tin for export in 2015.
While the port was designed for ships with capacities of up to 4,000
GTs
GTS may refer to:
Organisations
* Game Technology Solutions, a Sri Lankan game development studio
* Game Theory Society, a society for the promotion of research, teaching and application of game theory
* GTS (company), Global Trading Systems, an A ...
, silting of the river mouth has reduced its capacity and efficiency, resulting in plans to move the island's primary port elsewhere.
References
Ports and harbours of Indonesia
Bangka Belitung Islands
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