Established incorporated in 1998 in the Free-trade Zone of Bintan, Riau Province, Indonesia, PT Pelayaran Nasional Bina Buana Raya (BBR) started its operations as a shipping agency company.

With respect to Indonesia's Cabotage Principle, domestic sea-borne transportation of various key specified categories of goods such as coal, granite, sand, and more commodities in general is to be undertaken by Indonesian-flagged vessels.

With the implementation of the cabotage principle since 2005, the Company then started acquiring and operating its own fleet of vessels.

In 2013, the Company become  Public Company and listed all of the Company's shares (Company Listing) on ​​the Indonesia Stock Exchange on January 9, 2013.

Currently The Company conduct business activities in the services sector on Rental service Offshore Support Vessel needed in the offshore oil and gas industry services and rental of Self Propelled Barge vessels weighing 5,024 gross tonnage.