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Duty officer working a port call file with yachts alongside at dusk

Concierge Desk

The yacht keeps sailing. The desk absorbs the shore.

One desk ashore that takes ownership of a Bali port call from the moment you are inbound — berth, clearance, provisions, fuel, crew, guests.

In short

A shoreside concierge serves the vessel and her captain; a charter concierge curates the trip for her guests.

  • Both run together on a busy call, and this desk offers both.
  • We own no marina, fuel barge or warehouse — the independence is the point.
  • One contact, one consolidated account for the captain or management company.

During a call

Five streams, run in parallel

A port call splits into predictable work. The desk runs the streams alongside each other rather than one after another.

Pre-arrival file

Electronic declaration checks, crew and guest manifests, agency appointment and berth confirmation before you reach the approaches.

Alongside services

Provisioning windows, bunkering slots with pre-delivery testing, waste and laundry, timed around guest movements.

People logistics

Crew changes against flight schedules, fast-track arrivals, drivers, medical appointments and crew days off.

Guest programme

Restaurants, villas, dive guides, cultural excursions and event nights on board.

The duty officer

A named person on WhatsApp around the clock, with authority to re-sequence suppliers when weather, flights or guests move.

Clearance detail sits on the Indonesia clearance and cruising permit desk.

Two desks, often confused

Shoreside or charter

You brief one desk either way. Which one depends on whether the boat or the guest list is the thing that needs handling.

Shoreside desk

Serves the vessel and her captain.

Client
Captain or management company
Covers
Formalities, berth, fuel, provisions, crew
Billed
Per port call or on retainer

Charter desk

Serves the guests and the trip.

Client
Owner, guests or broker
Covers
Vessel shortlist, route, chef, experiences
Billed
Per guest, per day

When guests need a vessel found and a trip built, that runs through the charter curation desk.

Tender running between the shore and yachts at anchor off Bali

Coverage

Bali is the hub, not the boundary

The same desk stages support at Serangan and the east-coast roadsteads, plans fresh top-ups through Labuan Bajo for Komodo legs, and coordinates the far-east file for Raja Ampat through Sorong.

Discretion travels with it. Shore staff are engaged under confidentiality terms, guest names move on a numbered manifest rather than open supplier chatter, and no single supplier ever holds the full picture of the programme.

Berth context across the archipelago

Working figures

What shoreside support costs

Engaged per port call or on retainer. Third-party charges are billed at documented cost, never blended in.

Phinisi and motor vessels at anchor off a Komodo island

Full port call file

from USD 1,500 per call

Coordination across clearance, berth, provisioning and fuel scheduling.

Guests on the bow of a phinisi under sail

Day-rate attendance

USD 250–450 per day

Shorter calls that do not need a full file.

Phinisi lying at rest in flat water between charters

Standing programme

from USD 950 per month

Vessels basing in Bali move to the Owner Care Program.

Quotes are itemised in USD before you commit. Supplier invoices are passed through with documentation, not marked up silently.

The full package structure

Asked at the counter

Four questions captains ask

Forty more in the full FAQ ledger

Send the ETA

Vessel LOA and draft, arrival window, and what the call needs to achieve — embarkation, crew rotation, maintenance, or all three. The desk replies with a port call plan and one quote.