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Standards

What has to be true before a vessel goes on the list.

Compliance is the part of brokerage that is invisible when it is done and expensive when it is not. This page sets out our own standing, what we verify on a vessel, and what we do on the water.

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Vessel documentation and clearance checks at Benoa

In short

We are a registered Indonesian PT within Juara Holding Group, and we decline vessels that cannot evidence clean title and a valid clearance position. Both halves matter — a compliant broker listing a non-compliant hull helps nobody.

  • Corporate: registered PT, registered taxpayer (NPWP), operating under Indonesian law.
  • Vessel: title, registration, crew certification and safety equipment evidenced before listing.
  • Operational: qualified captain on every sea trial, briefing before departure, no exceptions for weather.

Before listing

The five checks a vessel clears before we represent it

Run in this order, because each one can end the conversation and there is no sense paying for the next.

  1. Title and registration

    Ownership traced to the registered owner, and the registry entry matched against what the seller says they hold. Mismatches here are the most common reason we decline.

  2. Import and duty position

    Whether duty and VAT were paid, and whether the vessel can lawfully transfer to the buyer you have in mind. A foreign-flagged hull on a temporary regime is a different sale.

  3. Crew certification

    Captain and key crew holding the appropriate Indonesian licences (Ahli Nautika Tingkat / ANT), and all crew covered by BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.

  4. Safety equipment

    Service records for life rafts, fire extinguishers and EPIRBs, plus onboard drill records. We ask for dated evidence, not assurances.

  5. Encumbrances

    Mortgages, liens, unpaid yard bills and charter obligations that would follow the hull. Found at this stage they are negotiable; found at closing they are a dispute.

On the water

Operational protocols

What applies the moment a client steps aboard.

Sea trial conduct

A qualified captain commands every trial, a pre-departure briefing is given to everyone aboard, and the trial is subject to weather. We will lose a day rather than run one marginal.

Port clearance

Any vessel we take to sea carries a valid Surat Persetujuan Berlayar (SPB) from the local harbourmaster (KSOP), confirming it is seaworthy and cleared to depart.

Emergency response

A written plan with 24/7 contacts for our team and direct lines to BASARNAS, Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency. Clients are briefed on it before departure.

Document handling

Vessel and client documentation moves over encrypted channels. Financial details and ownership records are not sent through ordinary messaging.

Where international standards fit

ISO and SOLAS are largely written for commercial tonnage. Here is how we treat them on private yachts.

Not mandatory, but noted

Private yachts are usually outside SOLAS. Where a hull was built or is managed to SOLAS or ISO 9001, we say so on the listing, because it narrows what a survey has to find out.

Independent surveyors

Condition reports come from surveyors accredited by bodies such as RINA or IIMS, instructed by the buyer and reporting to the buyer — never to us.

Partners vetted too

The legal, financial and technical firms we introduce are checked for their own credentials before we put a client in front of them.

Compliance questions on a specific vessel: sales@balipremiumtrip.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

Have a vessel checked before you offer.

Send the hull details and we will tell you what its documentation position actually is — before money moves.

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