Yachting News
Hundreds of people are feared dead after a Chinese ferry carrying over 450 passengers sank on the Yangtze River on Monday night after getting stuck in a cyclone.
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In a rare occurrence last week, DYT Yacht Transport’s two semi-submersible ships pulled into Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) simultaneously to load $350 million worth of yachts bound for the Mediterranean Sea.
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Team Vestas Wind shore crew chief, Neil Cox, breathed a huge sigh of relief as his boat was successfully returned to the water this weekend for its first sail since grounding on a reef in the Indian Ocean back in November.
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According to the Hawaii Police Department, Randy Llanes, 47, was killed on Friday while trying to catch the swordfish with a spear gun. The fish was about 6 feet long, half of which was its bill, and weighed about 40 pounds.
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During an inquest into the death of Michael Hanton, his family claimed that the 22 year old had been 'overworked' in the days leading up to the tragedy in Port Vauban in Antibes.
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The most challenging aspect of shipping is when things out of anyone’s control change unexpectedly. An example of this is the recent shipping of containers for the Maxi 72s and Wally Yachts to Menorca for a regatta.
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On May 22, 2015 Palladium Technologies, said farewell to one of its most valued employees. Richard Lamos, Director of Engineering, who retired after five very productive years with Palladium.
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McMurdo,has announced several key search and rescue (SAR) initiatives through its partnership with the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) to be launched at next week’s World Maritime Rescue Congress in Bremerhaven, Ge...
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Four new certificates of competency for seafarers working on commercial motor yachts will be introduced in Australia from early 2016.
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MarQuip has received an order for the comprehensive engineering of IMO Tier III compliant exhaust systems for one of its leading clients. It has also signed a new agreement with an agent for the Turkish market.
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CMC Marine carries on with the development program launched two years ago right after the relocation in the new modern headquarters in Cascina (PI).
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Team Brunel completed a triumphant Leg 7 early on Wednesday to bolster their hopes of finishing with a podium place in the Volvo Ocean Race and also keep alive their hopes of overall victory.
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A powerful 24-hour surge by Team SCA piled the pressure on overall race leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing in Leg 7 on Monday, as the battle to finish first in Lisbon gathered pace.
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The stunning new Truly Classic 127 Atalante has left her construction hall at Claasen Shipyards in the Netherlands and the mast and rigging process is now getting underway.
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The 70th edition of the Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race yielded winners in ten classes – four IRC (including one for Double-hand), four PHRF, J/44 and Multihull – and a place in the record books for Jim and Kristy Hinze Clark...
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After 40 years, divers in Florida will finally begin work at the bottom of the sea to remove 700,000 used car tyres that authorities dumped there in 1972.
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Architettura d’Interni is proud to announce that Abeking & Rasmussen built MY Amore Mio 2, refitted by FM-Architettura d'Interni, won the prestigious Neptune trophy for yacht refitting category at the World Superyacht Awards 2015 ...
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Imtech Marine has been awarded a third contract to supply the electric & hybrid propulsion system for a hybrid ferry operated by Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) of Scotland.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has declared that his country will conduct search and rescue missions for Rohingya migrant boats in the Andaman Sea.
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Team Brunel’s Bouwe Bekking was embroiled in the battle for the Leg 7 lead in the Volvo Ocean Race on Thursday, nine years to the day when he was at the centre of one of the most dramatic episodes the race has ever seen.
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Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics Inc, the leading company that consists of the Minn Kota, Humminbird and Cannon brands, has appointed Marathon Leisure Ltd as their new distributor for UK and Ireland.
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Alix Tichelman, the prostitute charged with killing a Google executive in a heroin-laced bender on a yacht, was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison by a Santa Cruz County judge.
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While unfortunate launch failures continue to delay completion of the new Inmarsat Global Xpress service we’ve all heard so much about, it’s going to be very interesting to see how the other cracks in their foundation impact this ...
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Having just returned from a 3 week visit of 3 yachting events in 3 different countries, we are very happy to inform you that all 3 events were a success and a pleasure to attend.
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Ocean Reunion will row 3,000 nautical miles across the world’s second largest ocean, heading west from the Canary Islands to Antigua.
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The Daily Telegraph has reported that a British sailor pulled unconscious from the water off Puerto Portals in Mallorca, is in a coma after falling from Motoryacht Kibo. It is reported that the harness and seat he was cleaning fr...
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At this year’s World Superyacht Awards (9 May 2015) UK-based businesses celebrated as their innovations contributed to six yachts picking up eight coveted Neptune trophies.
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Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad and Team Alvimedica skipper Charlie Enright have been invited to address a United Nations (UN) convention later this year focusing on the growing problem of rubbish in the oceans.
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Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP), winners of the in-port race a day earlier, were again the class act as they led the six-boat Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Newport at the start of Leg 7 after a hugely successful stopover.
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Maritime tensions rise in the Persian Gulf as five Iranian boats fire shots at a Singapore flagged cargo vessel in international waters yesterday.
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