By Katia Damborsky Jan 18, 2025 (Bloomberg) –You might call it a golden opportunity. Some yacht owners like to be inconspicuous. That’s not the case for the owner of the 162-foot Khalilah,…
https://gcaptain.com/famous-all-carbon-superyacht-gets-2-million-more-knocked-off-price/
In an increasingly polarized political climate, Oxfam has turned its attention to a fat target in the fight against carbon emissions: the ultra-wealthy. The charity claims that taxing superyachts and…
https://gcaptain.com/oxfams-2-billion-proposal-tax-uk-superyachts-and-private-jet-fuel/
ROME, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A crew member on Mike Lynch’s yacht has spoken of being thrown into the water and efforts to rescue passengers as a storm sank the vessel off Sicily this…
https://gcaptain.com/crew-member-on-mike-lynch-yacht-tells-of-being-thrown-into-water/
By Giselda Vagnoni PORTICELLO, Italy, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Four bodies were retrieved on Wednesday from the sunken wreck of a yacht belonging to the wife of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, the…
https://gcaptain.com/four-bodies-retrieved-from-mike-lynchs-sunken-yacht-off-italy/
A second ultra-luxury superyacht has officially joined the fleet of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. Company officials took delivery of the vessel, the Ilma, at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, on July 12, 2024.
After two years of construction, the delivery ceremony marked the final build milestone, celebrated with several maritime traditions, including the changing of flags on board the yacht and a celebratory toast on top...
By Laurel Chor (Bloomberg) — For almost two years, Robert Brewin collected data from the bow of a superyacht as it sailed pristine waters from the Caribbean Sea to the Antarctic Ocean. …
https://gcaptain.com/scientists-are-turning-to-superyachts-to-boost-ocean-research/
By Jessica Nix (Bloomberg) –Superyachts are the ultimate status symbol for royal families, oligarchs and billionaires from Jeff Bezos to Bernard Arnault. The floating palaces are a source of fascination and…
https://gcaptain.com/as-superyachts-popularity-grows-so-is-their-supersized-climate-impact/
By Ben Stupples and Ava Benny-Morrison (Bloomberg) –Joe Lewis’ superyacht is on the move again after spending most of the past year holed up in a Mediterranean port while the British…
https://gcaptain.com/joe-lewis-250-million-yacht-sets-sail-after-he-pays-us-fine/
U.K. based Lateral Naval Architects has received approval in principle (AIP) from ABS for a new design for a methanol-fueled, 70-meter superyacht. Called the ETP — Energy Transition Platform — the design focuses on reducing carbon emissions by utilizing alternative fuels, specifically green methanol. ABS utilized the ABS Requirements for Methanol and Ethanol Fueled Vessels to review the design and award the AIP.
“ABS is proud to collaborate with forward-looking companies like Lateral Naval who...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/methanol-fueling-comes-to-the-superyacht-sector/
Family-owned Marine Group Boat Works (MGBW), which earlier this year was awarded a Small Shipyard Grant worth more than $1.1 million, is to undertake a multi-million dollar modernization project at its 15-acre shipbuilding and repair facility on San Diego Bay in Chula Vista, Calif. Central to the project will be the addition of a new 820-ton state-of-the-art mobile boat lift, which will be the only sideways-crawling boat lift on the West Coast and the largest in the United States.
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