Komodo Shipyard Journal
Engineering notes from the build desk
Notes on hull materials, systems, compliance, refit and cost, each answering a question an owner actually asked us.
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Cost and Planning
Payment Milestones in an Indonesian Shipbuilding Contract
How to structure payments on an Indonesian boat build: verifiable physical milestones instead of calendar dates, retention, title and risk during construction, variation orders,… Build Desk
Refit and Conversion
Converting a Fishing Vessel into a Komodo Liveaboard
What it really takes to convert an ex-fishing or working vessel into a certified Komodo liveaboard: structural assessment, stability, accommodation and escape routes, systems… Build Desk
Cost and Planning
Can Foreigners Own a Liveaboard in Komodo? Ownership Structures Explained
How foreign ownership of a Komodo liveaboard actually works: why personal ownership is not the route, the role of an Indonesian company, nominee arrangements… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits
Registering and Flagging a Yacht in Indonesia for Charter Work
How vessel registration and flag choice affect a Komodo charter business: Indonesian registration for domestic commercial work, why foreign flags do not solve the… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment
Bow Thruster Sizing and Manoeuvring for Labuan Bajo Berthing
Why Komodo liveaboards need more thruster authority than the tables suggest: windage, current at the berth, mooring buoy pickup, tunnel placement, and retrofit constraints… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits
Grey and Black Water Treatment for Yachts in Komodo National Park
Waste water handling for vessels in Komodo National Park: holding capacity sized to guest count and trip length, treatment options, grey water often overlooked,… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits
Fire Safety and Redundancy on a Commercial Komodo Liveaboard
Fire risk on a liveaboard carrying passengers in remote waters: engine room suppression, detection zones, escape routes, galley and fuel risks, battery and compressor… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits
Anchor and Mooring Gear Sizing for Komodo National Park
Ground tackle and mooring arrangements for Komodo: deep current-swept anchorages, scope and windlass capacity, buoy pickup in a running stream, chafe protection overnight, and… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment
Solar and Battery Systems for a Komodo Eco Liveaboard
Where solar and battery capacity genuinely pay on a Komodo liveaboard: silent nights, reduced generator hours, realistic panel area on a working dive deck,… Build Desk
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Labuan Bajo, Flores and the Komodo National Park region. Yard work placed across Indonesia by hull material.
Quotations in USD. Contracts issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara.