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Liveaboard, Charter or Cargo: Three Business Cases for One Hull
A hull commissioned at Tana Beru can become a diving liveaboard, a private charter yacht or a working cargo vessel. They start from the same construction…
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BKI, Flag and Pas Besar: Registering a Wooden Vessel in Indonesia
A vessel is not finished when it floats; it is finished when it has papers. For a traditionally built wooden hull the documentation route runs backwards…
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From Tana Beru to Komodo: The Delivery Voyage Most Owners Never See
A hull launched at Tana Beru is not yet where it earns money. Between the yard and the Komodo or Flores cruising grounds lies a delivery…
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Stage Payments, Not Deposits: How Wooden Vessel Contracts Are Structured
A build at Tana Beru is funded as it proceeds. Material purchase follows payment, so the contract structure that works is a series of stage payments…
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Can a Foreigner Commission a Vessel at Tana Beru? The Honest Answer
Yes, and it happens regularly. Commissioning a hull is a commercial transaction and a foreign buyer can enter it. What trips people up is everything downstream:…
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Ownership & Contracts
Commissioning, stage payments, supervision, survey, registration and delivery of a wooden vessel.
