Harbour Notes
Construction milestones, zone announcements, charter-season notes, and the regulatory changes that actually move a passage plan — logged as they land, with dates attributed and speculation labeled as such.
2027 Bali Berth Market: Capacity, Pricing and the Superyacht Push
Here is the 2027 Bali berth market in three sentences. Supply: still structurally short — a working commercial port at Benoa, a tide-sensitive working yacht stop at Serangan, and a handful of moorings and…
Visa Runs From Your Berth: Crew Immigration Logistics in Bali
The one-paragraph truth about crew immigration in Bali: the boat’s paperwork and the people’s paperwork are two separate systems, most nationalities enter Indonesia easily on a visa on arrival that runs about thirty days…
Night Arrivals at Benoa: Lighting, Pilotage and Berthing After Dark
The straight answer experienced captains already know: Benoa can be entered after dark — it is a working commercial port with a buoyed, dredged approach and lit aids — but a first-time night arrival…
Marina Events Calendar: Owner Gatherings on the Bali Waterfront
A marina becomes a community the day its calendar fills, and Bali’s waterfront calendar is filling from two directions at once. From the estate side: venue and restaurant operations on Serangan are already trading,…
Pets Aboard at the Dock: Marina Rules for Animals in Bali
Here is the answer nobody selling you a Bali cruise will lead with: bringing a pet into Bali is one of the hardest animal-import problems in world cruising, and any planning that starts at…
Yacht Deliveries via Bali: Using a Marina as Your Handover Point
Every yacht delivery needs a handover point — somewhere the delivery crew steps off, the owner’s crew steps on, and the boat changes hands in good order with the paperwork matching the hull. In…
The Serangan SEZ Effect: What Development Means for Berth Holders
Strip away the renders and the press language, and the Serangan story for a berth holder reduces to one sentence: a special economic zone was wrapped around a working waterfront in 2023, main construction…
Long-Stay Berthing in Bali: Rate Structures Worth Asking For
Answer first: long-stay berthing in Bali is negotiated, not listed, and the per-metre arithmetic rewards commitment. Against a visiting-yacht benchmark of roughly USD 1–3 per metre per day, monthly wet berths in the region settle…
Marina Wi-Fi, Water and Power: Utility Standards Compared
Ask a berth holder what actually shapes daily life at a dock and the answer is rarely the view: it is the three utilities — shore power, water and connectivity — and whether they…
Biosecurity at Bali Marinas: Hull Cleaning Before You Arrive
The short version: Indonesia does not yet run the hard-edged biofouling regimes of New Zealand or Australia, but arriving in Bali with a clean hull is still the professional standard — and increasingly the…
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