Indonesia Shipyard is a national shipyard coordination desk. We select the yard, write the technical specification, supervise the work on the slip, and carry a vessel through Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia class, Kemenhub documentation and delivery. We do not own steel or a dry dock — we own the process that decides which dock your vessel belongs in, and the paperwork that lets it leave.
What this desk is for
Indonesia builds and repairs an enormous amount of tonnage — barges and tugs in Kalimantan, steel workboats and conversions in Batam, naval and commercial hulls in Surabaya, and a living wooden shipbuilding tradition in South Sulawesi that still launches large sailing vessels without a single production drawing. What the country does not have is a neutral layer between a foreign or domestic owner and that fragmented yard landscape. Owners routinely commit to a yard on the strength of a quotation and discover, eighteen months later, that the quotation and the class rules were describing different vessels.
That gap is the work. This desk sits on the owner’s side of the table: it defines the vessel in writing before anyone quotes, shortlists the yards physically capable of the job, and then stays on the slipway while the job is built.
Four services
| Service | What it covers | Typical owner |
|---|---|---|
| Newbuild supervision | Specification, yard tender, milestone inspection, sea trial, handover | Owner ordering a first or replacement vessel |
| Repair & refit | Damage scoping, steel renewal, systems refit, charter-readiness works | Operator with a vessel already in service |
| Dry dock & haul-out | Dock booking, lift limits, hull treatment, underwater survey windows | Fleet manager on a survey cycle |
| Class & compliance | BKI classification, statutory certificates, flag and tonnage work | Owner facing a class entry or flag change |
How an Indonesian shipyard programme is sequenced
- Definition. Vessel particulars, intended trade and intended flag are written down first. Intended trade drives class notation; intended flag drives statutory certificates. Neither can be retro-fitted low-costly.
- Yard shortlist. Candidate yards are filtered by physical capability — dock or slip dimensions, lifting capacity, hull material experience, and whether they have delivered a class-surveyed vessel of comparable type before.
- Tender. The same written specification goes to every yard, so the returned prices describe the same vessel. Prices that arrive against a verbal brief are not comparable and are not used.
- Contract. Milestones, payment triggers, penalty and inspection rights are set before steel is cut. Contracts are issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara.
- Build and survey. Attendance at keel laying, framing, hull closure, machinery installation, inclining and sea trial, in parallel with the class surveyor’s own attendance.
- Delivery. Certificates, tonnage measurement, IMO number where applicable, registration or export documentation, and physical handover.
Where the yards are
The Indonesian shipyard directory sets out the capability map region by region: what Batam can do that Surabaya cannot, why a 40-metre wooden hull is built in Tana Beru and refitted in Bali, and which clusters have the dock length for a vessel over 90 metres. For Indonesian-language readers, the same ground is covered in the panduan galangan kapal Indonesia.
Honest limits
Three things this desk will not do. It will not quote a price before a specification exists, because a number without a scope is a negotiating position rather than a budget. It will not recommend a yard on the basis of a commission relationship — the shortlist is capability-led and the reasoning is written down. And it will not represent the yard’s interests in a dispute: the supervision role only has value if it is unambiguously the owner’s.
Timelines in Indonesia are shaped by real constraints — monsoon windows, dock occupancy, steel and equipment lead times through customs, and the availability of a class surveyor. We plan against those constraints rather than against an optimistic bar chart.
Working with this desk
Send vessel particulars to sales@komodoluxury.com or message +62 811-3823-875. The opening deliverable is a written scope and a yard shortlist with the reasoning attached. All quotations and contracts are issued in USD. Common questions are answered on the FAQ page, and the desk’s remit and limits are set out in about this desk.
Frequently asked questions
What does Indonesia Shipyard actually do?
We are a shipyard coordination and supervision desk, not a yard operator. We match a vessel programme to the right Indonesian yard, write the technical specification, supervise construction or repair on the slip, and manage class, flag and handover. Construction, repair, refit and vessel-sale contracts are issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara.
Which regions of Indonesia do you cover?
The four working clusters are Batam and the Riau Islands for steel newbuild and conversion, Surabaya and Java for large repair and dry docking, South Sulawesi around Makassar, Bulukumba, Bira and Tana Beru for wooden and phinisi hulls, and eastern Indonesia — Bali, Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Sorong — for charter-fleet refit and haul-out.
Do you quote in Indonesian rupiah?
No. All specifications, budget bands and contracts from this desk are issued in USD so that owners, lenders and insurers work from a single currency across a multi-year programme.
How do I start?
Send the vessel particulars — length, hull material, tonnage, intended flag and intended trade — to sales@komodoluxury.com or WhatsApp +62 811-3823-875. The first deliverable is a written scope and yard shortlist, not a price.