Alotau - Clearance
For full details on clearing into and out of PNG see PNG Formalities.
Customs are reported to be friendly and professional.
The Port will respond to English on VHF Ch. 16. and will arrange your Customs and Quarantine check-in.
Customs and quarantine are located in a large orange building on the left-hand side when you walk from the city center towards the Goilani Bridge.
The immigration office is located on the top floor of the Masurina Business Centre.
There does not seem to be a problem is anchoring away from the town at, e,g, Discovery Bay, Wagga Wagga village, and taking a boat across to clear in. Or at one of the excellent anchorages in the Killerton Islands (about ten miles east of Alotou) and taking a local bus into the town.
Sara Mogis at Aloteau Customs is reported to be helpful in ensuring the necessary pre-arrival paperwork was done.
Last updated: November 2018
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