Crew
A phinisi needs Indonesian maritime competence and international hospitality in the same crew. Placed into managed charter, a vessel runs on the same crews and standards as the group’s own fleet — which is the part of the offer that is hardest to build from scratch.
Quick answer
Crew size follows guest capacity, not length. VIP I carried a crew of seven for twelve guests; a hull carrying thirty guests across sixteen cabins needs materially more, and needs them rotated.
Compensation is quoted per vessel
This page carries no salary bands. The previous version published nine of them — captain through junior steward — with no source behind any figure, and crew pay moves with rotation pattern, certification level, charter tips and season. The desk quotes a crew budget against a named hull and a named calendar.
Sizing it
Two vessels on our book are both 38 metres. One carries thirty guests across sixteen cabins; the other carries 21–25 across eight. They are not the same crewing problem, and length tells you nothing about which is which.
The only crew number the group publishes is on VIP I: a crew of seven for twelve guests on a 31-metre hull. Treat it as the one real data point and scale the conversation from there rather than from a table.
Certification
Currency matters as much as possession. A lapsed certificate is an insurance problem before it is a safety one.
The foundation certificate for anyone working aboard a commercial vessel — fire, survival, first aid, personal safety. Checked for currency, not just for existence.
Every crew member
Current fitness-to-work certification for seagoing duty.
Every crew member
The captain and engineers hold competency certification appropriate to the vessel’s tonnage band and the waters worked. Every phinisi on our book sits in the Pas Besar band, 7–500 GT.
Captain and engineers
STCW certification applies according to the vessel’s flag, tonnage and trading area. Which parts bite is a question for the flag administration rather than an assumption.
Depends on flag and trading area
MARPOL compliance and the crew training that supports it, according to the vessel’s certification.
Per vessel certification
A vessel running dive charters carries a certified divemaster, and a dive-focused operation usually carries a second plus a compressor technician.
Dive operations only
Any non-Indonesian crew member needs the correct work authorisation, which is a separate question from their maritime certification.
Foreign crew · Immigration
Certification requirements depend on the flag, the tonnage band and whether the vessel carries paying guests. Confirm the applicable set against your own vessel and intended operation.
Where crew come from
A phinisi crew is assembled from communities that do not overlap, which is why building one from scratch takes years rather than months.
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Crew plan
Tell us which vessel and which calendar and the desk builds the crew plan against it — composition, rotation, certification status, and what it costs. A vessel going into managed charter inherits the network rather than recruiting one.
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