# Sabang (ID SBG)

**UN/LOCODE:** ID SBG  
**Country:** Indonesia  
**Water Body:** Andaman Sea; Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 5.8833, 95.3167

A 40-metre natural depth and free-port status on one side, modest actual throughput on the other – that contrast defines Sabang (ID SBG) on Weh Island at Indonesia's north-western tip. Declared a Free Trade Zone and Free Port under Law No. 37 of 2000, it allows duty-free import and handling of a wide range of goods, barely 500 km from the Malacca Strait. Warehouses, cranes and jetties back ambitions as a logistics and bunkering hub on the Andaman Sea. In daily reality, however, ferries to Banda Aceh, fisheries and tourism outweigh container or liner cargo. Shippers needing regular boxed services and dependable customs clearance are better served via Belawan near Medan or Malahayati close to Banda Aceh. Sabang is best read as a strategically placed free port with growth ambitions but still-limited scheduled traffic.

## Transit Times & Routes

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