This hub answers the questions owners actually send the desk: how to choose an Indonesian yard, what docking rules and costs look like, how BKI surveys work, what foreign owners need to know, and how supervision changes outcomes. Each answer links to the full guide where the detail lives — and where a question is specific to your vessel, WhatsApp the desk directly.
Choosing a yard
How do I choose a reliable shipyard in Indonesia for dry docking?
Screen on geometry first — the dock must fit LOA, beam, draft and certified lift — then vet on documents: dock certificates, welder qualifications, coating facilities, class relationships, and references from three comparable dockings including final-invoice behaviour. Never select on headline price; select on the normalised tender and the yard’s remeasure record. The full protocol is on shipyard selection & vetting, and national capacity is mapped in the National Yard Register.
Which Indonesian shipyard should I use for a 500 GT ferry?
A 500 GT ferry fits floating docks and larger slipways in every major cluster. The deciding factors are ramp and side-shell access for door work, passenger-ship survey experience, and slot timing against your sailing schedule. Java north-coast and Makassar yards serve this class routinely; we shortlist against your route so repositioning cost stays sane.
Dry docking rules & timing
How often must a classed vessel dry dock?
Standard class practice: two docking surveys in each five-year special survey period, with no more than 36 months between them — one usually paired with the special survey itself. Your vessel’s survey status report is the authoritative calendar; the cycle map is explained on BKI class & compliance.
How far ahead should I book a dock slot?
Two to four months for planned dockings at reputable yards; longer for flagship graving docks and ahead of seasonal peaks — demand clusters before monsoon trading windows and fleet fiscal-year cycles, so the best docks sell out earliest exactly when you want them. Emergency slots exist at a premium. Booking mechanics and dock-type selection are covered in dry dock, slipway & haul-out.
Costs & payment
Compare dry docking costs: Batam vs Surabaya vs Jakarta?
All three price from similar tariff structures; the differences are in labour depth, subcontractor competition and dock dues. Batam is typically sharpest on fast commercial scope thanks to its subcontractor pool and FTZ logistics; Surabaya is strongest value for heavy steel and survey-intensive work; Jakarta prices competitively for government and ferry classes. On any given docking the normalised tender — not the city — decides: exclusions and remeasure exposure swing invoices more than location. Planning bands per vessel class are in the USD docking cost guide.
How do I draft an RFQ for dry docking a tugboat in Indonesia?
Structure it in the yard’s own layers: vessel particulars and docking plan; dues and lay days; tariff items by unit; steel by kilogram with the remeasure rule stated; coatings by square metre and system; machinery items listed individually; exclusions declared; growth-work rates fixed. An RFQ in this form gets comparable quotes back — and signals the yard that quantities will be verified.
What payment schedule do Indonesian yards expect?
Mobilisation on docking, progress against verified work, final settlement at redelivery — retention against the punch list is negotiable at reputable yards. Releases should follow verified quantities, which is what owner-side supervision exists to verify.
BKI & class
How do I check whether a yard can host my BKI survey?
Confirm the yard’s standing practice with BKI attendance — current welder and procedure qualifications — and confirm with the local BKI office that your specific scope can be witnessed at that facility. We run both checks before any survey docking is booked; details on BKI class & compliance.
Foreign owners & flags
Can foreign-flagged vessels repair and dock in Indonesia?
Routinely — Batam and the major Java yards receive foreign tonnage as repair calls, with customs and immigration handled by the yard’s agent and your class society attending as normal. Export, flag transfer and delivery-voyage questions are covered on vessel delivery, flag & export.
Where do I find shipyards that repair passenger ferries and ro-ro?
Ferry and ro-ro work concentrates at Java north-coast yards, Jakarta docks and Makassar — yards with shore-ramp access, passenger-survey experience and door/ramp machinery capability. The register maps them by cluster; tell us the route and sailing gap and we return the shortlist that fits it.
What does a foreign owner need before sending a vessel to an Indonesian yard?
Three things prepared in advance make the difference: a clean technical file (class status, last docking report, gauging results), an agent-and-customs plan — normally provided through the receiving yard — and a scoped tender rather than an open-ended work order. Owners who arrive with all three routinely finish faster and cheaper than the market’s reputation suggests; owners who arrive with none supply the stories that built that reputation.
Supervision & the desk
What does docking supervision actually involve day to day?
A supervisor on the dock floor through working hours: verifying steel and tariff quantities before they are invoiced, checking surface preparation before coatings are applied, measuring DFT with calibrated instruments, staging survey items so class attendance passes first time, holding growth work to pre-agreed rates, and sending the owner a photographic day log every evening. It is presence with authority — the difference between an invoice you audit afterwards and one that never inflates in the first place.
Who is behind Indonesia Shipyard and how does the desk charge?
The desk is operated by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara, a specialist maritime brand under Juara Holding Group. We are not a shipyard and take no commission from yards: owners pay for shortlisting, tender normalisation and supervision, quoted in USD per engagement. Enquiries and first estimates are free — the story is on the about page, and the fastest route to an answer is WhatsApp +62 811-3823-875 or sales@komodoluxury.com.