Planning & Supervision

8 articles

Charter-Spec vs Private-Spec Phinisi: Build Choices That Diverge

A charter-spec phinisi is engineered around revenue: maximum guest cabins with identical quality, robust crew areas, redundant systems that protect…

18 Aug 2026 7 min read

Planning & Supervision

Serious phinisi yards enter 2027 with slipways committed twelve to eighteen months ahead: charter-fleet renewal, post-quake rebuilding demand and a…

18 Aug 2026 6 min read

Planning & Supervision

Five owner visits carry most of a build's value: contract signing and yard walk, keel-laying with the timber on site,…

18 Aug 2026 7 min read

Planning & Supervision

A truthful monthly build report has five parts: progress against the contractual milestone table, photographs from fixed repeat vantage points,…

18 Aug 2026 7 min read

Planning & Supervision

The Sulawesi–Kalimantan choice is a logistics decision wearing a heritage costume: Sulawesi yards sit at the heart of the Konjo…

18 Aug 2026 7 min read

Planning & Supervision

SVLK (Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu) is Indonesia's mandatory timber legality assurance system. For a phinisi build it means every consignment…

17 Aug 2026 7 min read

Planning & Supervision

An owner's representative is your paid eyes at the yard: a marine professional who verifies milestones, checks materials against the…

17 Aug 2026 7 min read

Planning & Supervision

The 2027 timeline for Indonesian phinisi construction outlines a detailed progression from initial keel laying to final ocean trials. This…

27 Sep 2025 7 min read

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