Kendari Shipyard Desk coordinates ship repair and docking in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi: we select the right yard or slipway, book the slot, obtain itemized USD quotations, and supervise the work daily until handover. Contracts run through PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara. We are an independent coordination and supervision desk — not the owner of the physical yard facilities.
That independence is the point. Because we do not own a dock, we have no incentive to push your vessel into the wrong facility. We match the job to the facility — a city slipway on Kendari Bay, the Moramo–Lapuko yard cluster in South Konawe, or a large dock further along the eastern route when the vessel genuinely needs one — and we stay on site to protect quality, schedule, and budget.
Repair scopes we coordinate
Hull & plating
Steel replating with ultrasonic thickness verification, wooden hull plank renewal and recaulking, fiberglass lamination repair, surface preparation, antifouling and full paint systems. See the dedicated page on hull repair, blasting and painting in Kendari.
Engine & generators
Top and major overhauls of main engines, generator servicing, alternator rewinding, load testing and sea trials. Details and indicative bands per horsepower are on the engine overhaul page.
Propeller & shaft
Blade repair and repitching, static balancing, polishing, shaft withdrawal and measurement, alignment, bearing and seal renewal — covered on the propeller and shaft repair page.
Welding & fabrication
Certified steel welding, aluminium work for fast craft, piping systems, engine foundations, deck structures and tanks — see welding and fabrication in Kendari.
Electrical & piping
Main panel repair, navigation light installation, winch and pump systems, marine-grade cable rework, fuel and freshwater piping — see the marine electrical page.
Why Kendari: the nearest working base for Wakatobi & Banda routes
For fleets operating around Wakatobi, Buton, and the Banda Sea, Kendari is the closest city with real repair infrastructure, an airport with daily connections, sea ports, and a supply chain for steel, paint, and spares. A dive boat that would spend days repositioning to a distant dock can often reach Kendari within a day’s sailing, complete a planned haul-out, and return before the next charter window. We built a dedicated program around this geography — see Wakatobi & Banda fleet support.
The repair process, step by step
Every project follows the same disciplined sequence: (1) assessment and defect list, built from photos, videos, or an on-board survey; (2) facility selection with honest advice on what Kendari can and cannot handle; (3) a structured USD quotation with clear line items; (4) slot booking and mobilization; (5) daily supervision with photo reports, measurable QC points, and variation-order control; (6) function tests, sea trial where relevant, and document handover. The full walkthrough is on our how it works page.
Indicative USD cost bands
Owners deserve numbers before they commit. As orientation: slipway haul-out for a 30 GT fishing vessel typically runs from the high hundreds to around two thousand US dollars for docking and dock days, before repair work; steel renewal is priced per kilogram installed; blasting and painting per square meter. All bands, the factors that move them, and a guide to reading yard quotations are collected in our docking cost guide for Kendari. Every quotation we issue is in USD; official government fees are passed through at their factual IDR amounts.
Vessel types we handle
Wooden and fiberglass fishing vessels, tugboats and barges serving Southeast Sulawesi’s nickel logistics, speedboats and patrol craft, local passenger vessels, dive boats and small yachts on the eastern route, and mining support craft. Size limits are stated honestly per facility — see the vessel types page and the wider Kendari docking guide for the full facility map.
What you get with supervision
Yard repair in a developing cluster can be excellent value — or an expensive lesson — depending entirely on control. Our supervisors hold the work to a written scope: welding procedures checked, plate thickness verified before and after, paint film thickness measured, and every variation order priced and approved before execution. You receive a photographic daily log and a final handover file: measurements, material certificates where applicable, test results, and the as-done scope. That file is what protects your resale value and your next survey.
Southeast Sulawesi’s repair market, honestly described
Southeast Sulawesi’s repair demand is driven by three fleets. The fishing fleet based around Kendari’s oceanic fishing port cycles through slipways on a seasonal rhythm, and its wooden hulls need disciplined recaulking and antifouling intervals in warm water. The nickel-logistics fleet — tugs, barges, crew boats serving the province’s mining terminals — runs hard hours and needs fast, documented turnarounds that satisfy corporate reporting. The eastern-route tourism and research fleet needs planned maintenance that never collides with charter or expedition seasons. The facilities serving them are real but uneven: capable slipways and yard crews exist, yet standards vary widely between operators, and no single facility covers every scope. That is precisely why a supervision desk earns its fee here. We know which yard crew welds to procedure and which one improvises, which slipway’s winch is rated for your displacement, and which quotation hides its true cost in variation orders. Foreign-flagged and Indonesian-flagged vessels alike get the same discipline: written scope, verified materials, measured results.
Our commitment on every project is simple: honest limits stated before mobilization, USD line-item pricing before work starts, daily photographic reporting while work runs, and a complete handover file when it ends. If Kendari is the wrong place for your scope, we say so early — and manage the referral instead of wasting your dock days.
FAQ
Is there a working shipyard in Kendari for commercial vessels?
Yes — Kendari Bay has coastal slipways for fishing boats, speedboats and workboats, and the Moramo–Lapuko cluster in South Konawe handles wooden, fiberglass and light steel vessels. Honest limits apply: full dry docking for steel ships above roughly 1,000 DWT is referred to larger docks on the eastern route, with our desk managing the process.
Do you own the yard facilities?
No. We are an independent yard-selection and supervision desk. We book slots at third-party facilities, negotiate on your behalf, and supervise the work daily. Contracts are signed with PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara, the legal entity behind Kendari Shipyard Desk, part of the Juara Holding Group maritime ecosystem.
How do I get a repair quotation?
Send your vessel particulars — type, LOA, GT, hull material, defect list or photos, current location, and target dates — to WhatsApp 628113823875 or sales@komodoluxury.com. We respond with clarifying questions, then an itemized USD quotation. Complex scopes may need an on-board survey first, which we arrange in Kendari or at your operating area.
How is Kendari positioned for Wakatobi and Banda Sea fleets?
Kendari is the nearest full-service city to the Wakatobi and Banda operating areas, typically reachable within roughly a day’s sailing from Wakatobi depending on vessel speed and weather. That proximity cuts repositioning fuel and idle days dramatically compared to docks further west, which is why we position Kendari as the planned-maintenance base for eastern-route fleets.
Written by Kendari Shipyard Desk — a specialist maritime brand under Juara Holding Group. Contracting entity: PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara. Quotes in USD: WhatsApp 628113823875 or sales@komodoluxury.com.