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 Republik Indonesia. The result was a struggle for years before the Netherlands forced by international pressure accepted the Indonesian independence on 29 December 1949.
There was totally 1,5 kilometres quay length available with a minimum depth of 2 metres and a hard sea bottom. The quays could be used although further repairs were needed. The load or unload capacity was around 1.000 tons from a ship into a lighter although decreased to just 400 tons from lighter to the storage called goedang. There was an electric crane with a lift capacity of 10 tons, 2 electric cranes with a lift capacity of 3 tons, one steam crane with a lifting capacity of 25 ton and a self-driving crane with a lift capacity of 2,5 tons.
Open storage capacity 2.500 and covered storage capacity 51.000 cubic metres.
Two dug dry docks, both in good condition. The S.S.P.V. dok had as dimensions 39,88 x 8,04 x 3 (depth of threshold at high water) metres and the B.O.W. dok with as dimensions 43,00 x 10,20 x 3 (depth of threshold at high water) metres.
Totally 17 slipways for new building of ships, all usable, of which 8 with as dimensions 12x30 metres, 6 of 10,30 metres, 1 of 8x40 metres, 1 of 12x40 metres and 1 of 8x25 metres. The workshops were in good condition although tools and materials were scarce.
The labourers were mostly natives paid according to regulates wages. There was a shortage of toekangs (skilled Indonesian labourers sometimes is this word similar to boss) and coolies.
Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 195, National Archive, The Hague.
There was totally 1,5 kilometres quay length available with a minimum depth of 2 metres and a hard sea bottom. The quays could be used although further repairs were needed. The load or unload capacity was around 1.000 tons from a ship into a lighter although decreased to just 400 tons from lighter to the storage called goedang. There was an electric crane with a lift capacity of 10 tons, 2 electric cranes with a lift capacity of 3 tons, one steam crane with a lifting capacity of 25 ton and a self-driving crane with a lift capacity of 2,5 tons.
Open storage capacity 2.500 and covered storage capacity 51.000 cubic metres.
Two dug dry docks, both in good condition. The S.S.P.V. dok had as dimensions 39,88 x 8,04 x 3 (depth of threshold at high water) metres and the B.O.W. dok with as dimensions 43,00 x 10,20 x 3 (depth of threshold at high water) metres.
Totally 17 slipways for new building of ships, all usable, of which 8 with as dimensions 12x30 metres, 6 of 10,30 metres, 1 of 8x40 metres, 1 of 12x40 metres and 1 of 8x25 metres. The workshops were in good condition although tools and materials were scarce.
The labourers were mostly natives paid according to regulates wages. There was a shortage of toekangs (skilled Indonesian labourers sometimes is this word similar to boss) and coolies.
Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 195, National Archive, The Hague.
