Provisioning Lead Times: Order Before You Reach Sorong
Provisioning for Raja Ampat works backwards from one fact: Sorong is the last full supply stop, and its two supply lanes run on different clocks — the local…
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Sorong Marina Journal
Field notes on clearance, berthing, bunkering and Raja Ampat operations, written at the gate by the Sorong Marina Editorial Desk.
Port Dues, Light Dues & the Invoice Lines Nobody Explains
Every yacht invoice at an Indonesian port is built from three kinds of lines — official charges passed through from government, supplier costs for real goods and services,…
Health Quarantine First: Why Karantina Opens Clearance
Karantina — the health quarantine authority — opens every Indonesian clearance because, in law, nothing else can happen until it does: free pratique is the permission that unlocks…
Spare Parts to Papua: Importing Yacht Spares via Sorong
A spare part reaching a yacht in Sorong makes a two-stage journey: into Indonesia through a main customs gateway — Jakarta, in practice, for most international freight —…
Ganti Kru & Jemput Tamu via Bandara DEO: Panduan Operator
Bagi operator kapal wisata, Bandara DEO (SOQ) adalah gerbang orang untuk seluruh operasi Raja Ampat — dan jarak dari pintu kedatangan ke gangway kapal di Sorong adalah yang…
Fresh Water Quality in Sorong: Tank Fills Without Regret
Fresh water in Sorong is a logistics product, not a tap: it reaches yachts by hose during a wharf window or by tank-boat run to the anchorage, and…
Bunkering Modes in Sorong: Truck-to-Wharf, Barge or Drum?
Fuel comes aboard in Sorong three ways: by truck to a wharf you are lying alongside, by arranged barge for volume at anchor, or by drums ferried out…
Biaya Sandar & Labuh di Pelabuhan Sorong: Kapal Wisata
Biaya sandar dan labuh di Pelabuhan Sorong untuk kapal wisata mengikuti struktur jasa kepelabuhanan Indonesia yang berlaku: komponen sandar bila menempel dermaga, komponen labuh bila berlabuh jangkar, ditambah…
Anchoring Etiquette in a Working Port: Sharing Sorong Bay
Anchoring etiquette in Sorong reduces to one principle: this bay works for a living, and the yacht is its guest. Ferries keep schedules, traders load and sail, fishing…
Agen Kapal Yacht Asing di Sorong: Kapan Perlu, Kapan Tidak
Agen kapal untuk yacht asing di Sorong bukan kewajiban hukum yang berlaku untuk semua kapal — dan siapa pun yang mengatakan sebaliknya sedang berjualan, bukan menjelaskan. Yang benar…