The Marine Survey Indonesia journal covers survey method, technical explainers, buyer guides and commercial cargo practice. Everything here is written and reviewed by the survey desk, in English and Bahasa Indonesia, with no invented author personas.
Articles are grouped by the silo they support: survey guides, buyer guides, commercial and cargo, technical explainers, answer-engine notes, and Indonesian-language guides.
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Surveying a Liveaboard Dive Boat in Labuan Bajo: Safety & Machinery
What a liveaboard dive boat survey covers beyond the hull: life-saving appliances against real numbers, escape routes, compressor installation and dive-air quality, bilge alarms and tender recovery.
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Why a Phinisi Survey Is Different: Wooden-Hull Checks That Matter
What separates a phinisi survey from a yacht survey: fastening sickness, seam and garboard condition, rot at trapped end grain, marine borer, and why the vessel must be out of the water.
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Preparing a Boat for a Marine Survey: A Seller’s & Buyer’s Checklist
How to present a vessel for survey so the inspection is complete and the day is not wasted — access, engine cold, tanks opened, documents ready — plus what the buyer should arrange in parallel.
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How to Read a Marine Survey Report (and Spot the Deal-Breakers)
How to read a marine survey report in the right order, what the limitations section really tells you, how defect grading works, and the six checks to run on a report you did not commission.
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Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement (UTM): Reading a Steel Hull’s True Age
How ultrasonic thickness measurement works, how a proper reading grid is planned, what wastage percentages mean, and why a handful of spot readings is an anecdote rather than a survey.
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MARPOL, ISM & ISPS Condition Surveys: A Plain-English Primer
What MARPOL, ISM and ISPS condition surveys actually check, why these three regimes cause most port state control detentions, and what an owner can fix before an inspector arrives.
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Tonnage Measurement & Certificates in Indonesia: Who Can Issue Them
What gross and net tonnage actually measure, why a rebuilt deckhouse can change a vessel's registration category, and who is authorised to issue a tonnage certificate for an Indonesian-flag vessel.
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Cargo Damage & Outturn Surveys: Appointing an Independent Surveyor
Who appoints and pays for a cargo survey, what a joint survey at discharge achieves, and how damage patterns distinguish carriage damage from pre-shipment damage.
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P&I Surveys and Club Correspondents in Indonesia: How They Work
What a P&I survey covers, how club correspondents and technical surveyors divide the work, and what an owner should do in the first 24 hours after a liability incident in Indonesian waters.
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On-Hire & Off-Hire Surveys for Charterers: What Gets Recorded and Why
What an on-hire and off-hire survey records at charter delivery and redelivery — condition, bunkers, holds and existing damage — and how it prevents the disputes that otherwise end in arbitration.
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Bunker Quantity Survey: Procedure, Wedge Formula & Common Disputes
How a bunker quantity survey is carried out: tank gauging, temperature profiles, volume correction to 15 °C, the wedge calculation, sampling — and the three disputes that come up every time.
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Draft Survey Explained: How a Coal & Bulk Draft Survey Is Calculated
How a draft survey works step by step: six draught readings, trim and deflection corrections, density, ballast and constants — and where the errors that cost real money come from.
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