The local subsidized price for gas or diesel in December 2012 was 4500 Rupiah/litre, or about US$0.45. You cannot legally purchase this subsidized fuel, but someone will do it for you for a markup.
Fishermen are probably the best people to approach.
Cruisers in 2015 reported sourcing diesel ("solar") via a police contact at 11,000Rp per litre.
It is highly likely the fuel will not be very clean, so use filters.
Gas bottles cannot be refilled in Jayapura, only exchanged.
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CAIT and Temporary Import (as per December 2015).
Word has been out, that you will no longer need a CAIT and maybe no Temporary Import for your yacht.
Here is our experience:
We did apply for a CAIT via an agent well before entering Indonesia via Jayapura.
The CAIT was requested there, both by the harbour master as well as customs. I did try to play dumb first, to check out, whether we could go without. We would not, they were very persistent.
Customs did NOT issue the papers for a temporary import. Instead, they filled some more or less detailed papers on the boat (customs arrival notice was the English text on it) and requested us to go forward to Biak with it to finalise customs clearance.
As we could not anchor at Biak at the time with a strong wind blowing high seas into a very deep and unprotected anchorage, we decided to take a chance a not check in there.
Checking out was done in Kumai / Kalimantan. A bit with shaky knees, as we did not know whether we were OK without the Temporary Import Papers. There was not a problem at all. All the harbour master wanted to see was the CAIT as well as the ships papers and the stamped passports.
To sum it up (when entering to Jayapura and exiting through Kumai): A CAIT was still very much in need (also when we tried to extend our social visa in Bali), the Temporary Import seemed not to be relevant.
Hope that helps,
cheers from Phuket, Fritze (S.Y. Alytes)
These comments on Jayapura by SV Pelican:
Don’t bother attempting to get anything freighted to Jayapura from overseas. Waste of money & time. I ordered a new anchor winch motor from Defender US and paid for priority international FEDEX to be delivered to the main post office here. Cost $170 then when it had not arrived found that FedEx agent in Jakarta had not informed me of the Customs charges.
I paid these ($140) and sent a copy of receipt by email. It took 3 days and numerous phone calls to so called customer service to get them to acknowledge receipt of payment. They promised package would be in JP the following day but no.
The package is now in Sulawesi office but this morning told that it would take maybe one week to get here in JP. Now they say I have to pay MORE money to get it here and not sure when!!! Customer service refuses to put me through to management and manager does not answer multiple emails. The manager is “sick, at lunch, not here yet” and will call back but never does.
I have called Defender in the US but they say it is FedEx problem. I have emailed Fedex but no reply. DO NOT USE FEDEX FOR PACKAGES TO WEST PAPUA. JAYAPURA would rank as one of the worst places to be stuck in Indo – heavy traffic, smog and overpowering police & military presence.