Yachting – 2017 built 110.01m yacht KAOS at Malta – September 2022
The largest yacht ever built at Oceanco and the largest yacht ever built in the Netherlands , KAOS was spotted in the Maltese Territorial Waters during the first days of September, 2022. She was built in 2017 to the Passenger Yacht Code standard, which added extra layers of requirements and complexity. She was built for Sheikh […]
Casualties – Yacht MY SAGA sinks offshore Catanzaro, Italy – 20.08.2022
On Saturday 20th August the Port Authority of Crotone VTS (Vessel Traffic Services) received a distress call from the 39.4 metre motor yacht MY SAGA that she was taking water ingress at her stern while on passage from Gallipoli to Milazzo. Immediately VTS advised Guardia Costiera (Italian Coast Guard) who dispatched CP 321 and a Romanian […]
Yacht Transportation – DEO VOLENTE at Malta again in June & July 2022
The Star Class Yacht Transport Carrier DEO VOLENTE was seen again at Malta delivering yachts. The second 2022 call was back to Tuesday 7th June, a public holiday in Malta for discharging 2 Motor Yachts. This included the Polish motor yacht JUPOLY. Upon discharging back to the sea, she shifted to Grand Harbour Marina to […]
AFM – Limpet Mines removed from Palestine Liberation Organization yacht ANGEL – 21.08.1987
After the Lebanon War the Israeli government was rather confident to secure the last strategic peace with the northern neighbour. To the Israeli Navy, Hezbollah at first was no enemy. The terrorists acted only in Lebanon and ashore of which they had no boats at their disposal and no move to carry out terror attacks […]
Yachting – 2019 built 41.14 m yacht ROYAL FALCON ONE at Malta – June 2022
The 2019 built 41.14m catamaran hull ROYAL FALCON ONE was seen at Grand Harbour, Malta for 22 hours berthing at St. Angelo Wharf, Grand Harbour Marina She entered Valletta on Monday 6th June, 2022 passing breakwaters at 0718 hrs coming from Genoa, Italy. She was designed by the Singapore based Royal Falcon Fleet sporting naval […]
Yachting – 2021 built 70.2 m POLARIS at Malta
One of the Italian built luxury yachts around the world is the 2021 built superyacht POLARIS built by Rossinavi at Viareggio, Italy. She’s the 280th largest yacht in the world and the first largest yacht to be built by her builder. In fact shortly after she was delivered to her owner she entered Grand Harbour, […]
Yachting – 78 m yacht TANGO seized in Spain – 04.04.2022
On Monday 4th April, 2022 the 78 metre yacht TANGO owned by the Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg was seized in Mallorca, Spain by the Spanish Authorities at the request of the United States. The seizure marks the first instance of the United States seizing an asset belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch since Russia’s invasion […]
Yachting – 2022 built ALCHEMIST at Malta – March 2022
On Friday 25th March the 2022 delivered 61.87 metre superyacht ALCHEMIST entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 0741 hrs coming from Bizerte, Tunisia. Originally she was due to enter the previous day in the afternoon but due to weather conditions she changed ETA. She was built in Italy by Sanlorenzo and designed by Officina Italiana Design […]
Yachting – 65 m yacht LADY M seized in Italy – 04.03.2022
On Friday 4th March, 2022 the 65 metre yacht LADY M owned by Alexei Mordashov, the richest man in Russia was detained at Imperia Port, Italy by the militarized Police Force Guardia Di Finanza. The move followed similar seizures in France and Germany belonging to other Russian oligarchs, as Western states implement massive sanctions, including […]
Yachting – 156 m mega yacht DILBAR seized – 02.03.2022
On Wednesday 2nd March, 2022 the German Government seized the 4th longest yacht in the world – DILBAR as part of a series of sanctions on Russian oligarchs during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov. DILBAR is named after Usmanov’s mother. Below is the first DILBAR launched in 2005 as a 66 […]
