The Company was established on 12 March 1981 for an unlimited duration. PT Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk ("BLT") is an international liquid cargo shipping company, with a flexible and diversified servicing the chemical, oil and gas sectors, primarily in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. BLT is the largest provider of seaborne transportation of liquid cargoes in Indonesia and one of the largest in the intra-Asian chemical tanker segment, both by tonnage and by number of ships.

As of October 2006, the Company's fleet comprised 58 vessels, carrying organic and inorganic liquid chemicals, edible or vegetable oils (primarily palm oil), crude oil and refined petroleum products, and liquefied gases (liquid petroleum gas and other petrochemical gases) and propylene, ethylene, propane and other petrochemical gases.

The Company has a marketing presence in Bangkok, Beijing, Dubai, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore and Taiwan