Where Liveaboards Actually Wait in Sorong Between Trips
Between Raja Ampat trips, liveaboards wait in Sorong the way the port allows: at anchor in the roadstead for most […]
Vessel Declaration at Sorong: Temporary Import Explained
The vessel declaration is the customs half of clearing a foreign yacht into Indonesia at Sorong: your boat is admitted
Syahbandar, KSOP & Who Signs Your SPB: Port Hierarchy 101
Every Indonesian port call ends at the same desk: the harbourmaster — the Syahbandar function, housed in Sorong within the
The Superyacht Advance-Team Checklist, Eastern Indonesia
A superyacht call at the Raja Ampat gateway succeeds in the planning quarter, not the arrival week: fuel volume feasibility,
Sorong vs Waisai as a Turnaround Base: Cost-Led Compare
Sorong wins the turnaround-base comparison on almost every cost line — fuel, provisioning depth, spares, crew connections, formalities capacity —
Sorong for Shore Leave: A Sailor’s Half-Day in the City
Sorong is a working port city, not a postcard — and that is exactly its value for a crew half-day:
Cyclone-Free, Not Weatherproof: Sorong Sea States by Month
Sorong’s weather headline is genuinely good — the gateway sits in the cyclone-free equatorial band, so the catastrophic risk that
Sorong Market Runs for Yacht Galleys: What’s Really There
Sorong’s markets can genuinely feed a yacht galley: daily-landed fish, honest tropical produce, staples in volume, and town supermarkets for
Sorong Harbour Entry by Night: Lights, AIS & Local Traffic
Entering Sorong harbour at night is workable for a well-prepared crew, but it is a working commercial roadstead, not a
From SOQ Arrivals Hall to the Gangway: A Guest Day Plan
The distance from Sorong’s arrivals hall to a yacht’s gangway is the shortest of any Raja Ampat entry route —