In 1946 ordered the Dutch supreme commanding officer in the Far East by order no. 62 to investigate the harbours including shipyards in the Dutch East Indies and Netherlands New Guinea. In those so-called Sitraps (Situation reports) was information collected dealing with the available facilities, personnel and vessels/boats. The Dutch East Indies fell in Japanese hands in the Second World War when the Dutch forces surrendered on 8 March 1942 until Japan surrendered on her turn on 15 August 1945. On 17 August 1945 declared nationalistic leaders like Soekarno and Hadda the independence of what was called the Republic Indonesia. The result was a struggle for years before the Netherlands forced by international pressure accepted the Indonesian independence on 29 December 1949.
An item reported that at Tandjong Priok, Dutch East Indies the total length of available quays was the same as before the Second World War namely around 3.568 metres excluded the quays in the repair docks of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (K.P.M.) and the Droogdok. Mij. The condition of the quays was good while there was none damage due to bombs or explosions. The oil jetty was damaged due to a collision by a LST but which with the use of a laid up Bailey bridge part of which freely protruded could be used again. Daily could maximum around 2.000 tons be handled included transhipment. Depending on the number of ships in the harbour were around 900 Japanese labourer and 2.400 native coolies available for loading, unloading or transferring from one ship to another ship. There 14 mobile portal cranes with a lifting capacity of 1,5-3 tons on land and 3 floating sheerlegs of respectively 15, 30 and 50 tons present. The Goedang capacity (storage) consisted of 11.860 square metres of covered sheds at the so-called diepzeekade (quay along deep water) and of closed sheds 56.270 square metres along the diepzeekade and another 15.400 square metres along shallow water.
Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 197, National Archive, The Hague.
An item reported that at Tandjong Priok, Dutch East Indies the total length of available quays was the same as before the Second World War namely around 3.568 metres excluded the quays in the repair docks of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (K.P.M.) and the Droogdok. Mij. The condition of the quays was good while there was none damage due to bombs or explosions. The oil jetty was damaged due to a collision by a LST but which with the use of a laid up Bailey bridge part of which freely protruded could be used again. Daily could maximum around 2.000 tons be handled included transhipment. Depending on the number of ships in the harbour were around 900 Japanese labourer and 2.400 native coolies available for loading, unloading or transferring from one ship to another ship. There 14 mobile portal cranes with a lifting capacity of 1,5-3 tons on land and 3 floating sheerlegs of respectively 15, 30 and 50 tons present. The Goedang capacity (storage) consisted of 11.860 square metres of covered sheds at the so-called diepzeekade (quay along deep water) and of closed sheds 56.270 square metres along the diepzeekade and another 15.400 square metres along shallow water.
Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 197, National Archive, The Hague.
