Burgess comments on the world's largest yacht Azzam

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

The launch last week of Azzam by Lurssen Yachts, represents a significant milestone in the superyacht industry. Conceived for cruising in warm shallow waters, the vessel is an innovative and ground-breaking megayacht with fast speed capabilities, highly sophisticated facilities and an unprecedented degree of luxury. Read More

Burgess expands yacht management services in the US

Monday, 25 March 2013

Despite market conditions remaining tough globally, Burgess turned in an all-time record performance in 2012 across all divisions. The American arm of the company fared particularly well and is confident of a busy, if challenging year ahead. Read More

Central Yacht announces order for 56 metre Benetti FB266

Monday, 18 February 2013

Central Yacht has been appointed owner's representative for the build of 56 metre Benetti hull number FB266, a close sister ship to the Central Yacht styled and designed FB260 Lady Candy. Benetti have adopted some of the innovative features of Lady Candy but reverted to the waterline stern garage losing the beach club. Read More

MCM comments on 39 metre Alloy launch

Friday, 26 October 2012

At 10h10 exactly, on the 18th of October 2012 Alloy Yachts slid the completed 39 metre motoryacht, AY44 into the Henderson Creek for its first journey to the Auckland Waterfront. AY44 is 39.16 metre long with a beam of 8.9 metre and a draft of 2.7 metre. She is designed by Rene Van Der Velden and an interior created by Redman Whiteley Dixon. Read More

MCM reports positive results from Monaco Yacht Show

Friday, 5 October 2012

MCM reports positive results from exhibiting at Monaco“The annual pilgrimage to the Monaco Yacht Show was a busy time for all of us from MCM, having had meetings not only with vendors, designers and industry insiders, but also very in-depth and interesting deliberations with prospective clients..". Read More

Crystal Yacht Management set up by experienced team

Friday, 28 September 2012

A new yacht-management set-up has started its activities in Genoa, Crystal Yacht Management is fully dedicated to technical management activities and ISM Code compliance. A long experience in Ship management of sophisticated vessels is now available to the superyacht industry taking advantage of the ideal location just a few meters away from Marina Porto Antico, Marina Genoa Airport and from all the facilities available to this industry in Genoa. Read More

MYS Preview Video: A visit to Dutch Maritime Partners

Monday, 10 September 2012

Recently Dutch yacht industry veterans Duncan Schaaf and Arne Feenstra of the Amsterdam based management company Dutch Maritime Partners (DMP) announced that they had been awarded the contract to manage the 62-metre superyacht Icon. SYT’s Maarten Janssen visited the company and spoke with the founders. Read More

Andrew Weir Yacht Management provide services to superyacht Ace

Friday, 10 August 2012

Andrew Weir Yacht Management was chosen to handle various services when the 87 metre Lurssen Ace arrived at Portland Harbour the other week. A call to the London offices of AWYM saw all hands on deck for the imminent arrival of Ace on the Dorset coast. AWYM had to make sure that all was in place for the hand over. Read More

Hill Robinson appoints new Director

Thursday, 2 August 2012

Hill Robinson has announced the appointment of Franc Jansen as Director of Hill Robinson, France based in Antibes as of 1 August 2012. Well known in the industry Franc brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Hill Robinson team. Franc’s back ground is in commercial shipping and he holds qualifications both as a navigation officer and as an engineer. Read More

New director of Yacht Management-Europe at IYC

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

IYC has appointed Fabien Roché as Director of Yacht Management-Europe, a newly created position based in IYC’s Monaco office. This is a critical step in IYC’s widening global presence and indicates the firm’s dedication to placing key personnel close to clients to meet the exacting demands of the global superyachting marketplace. Read More

Dominion Marine Technical Services team expands

Thursday, 10 May 2012

The team at Dominion Marine Technical Services (DMTS) has recently grown in accordance with demand. Chris Allix, director and founder of Dominion Marine Corporate Services told us why: “As it is a requirement in the UK MCA Large Commercial Yacht Code (LY2) that all commercial yachts, over 24m and under 500GT have an effective Mini-ISM system on board...Read More

Amels 212 superyacht receives Green Passport

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Groundbreaking recognition from Lloyds Register for Ocean Management’s Green Passport initiative, implemented on the new Amels 212. She will become the first superyacht in the world to be awarded a Green Passport by Lloyds Register. The initiative for putting the yacht forward for the Green Passport came from Ocean Management. Read More

New faces at Affinity Management Services

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Affinity Management Services Limited has announced the appointment in March this year of Andrew Morgan to the Board of Directors. Andrew has been with the company since 2008 and previously held the position of Yacht & Aircraft Manager. Read More

62 Metre superyacht Icon now under DMP management

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Only recently Dutch yacht industry veterans Duncan Schaaf and Arne Feenstra launched a new management and consultancy company in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dutch Maritime Partners (DMP). They now proudly announce that they have been awarded the contract to manage the 62-metre superyacht Icon, launched by the Icon shipyard in Holland. Read More

Demler Marine Projects rebranded

Friday, 18 November 2011

Demler Marine Projects GmbH started already in 2006 as Philip Demler Yacht Consulting. After five years of an exclusive cooperation with another project management firm, the company has now been rebranded and continues to provide professional project management and owner‘s representation for ambitious yacht projects. Read More

New management and consultancy company launches in Amsterdam

Friday, 16 September 2011

Dutch yacht industry veterans Duncan Schaaf and Arne Feenstra have just launched a new management and consultancy company in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dutch Maritime Partners. Both Duncan and Arne have been involved in the yachting industry for more than 10 years, working at shipyards, overseeing yacht refits. Read More

MCM at the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Peter Wilson and Nigel Wilson, founding partners of MCM, who have been attending the Monaco Yacht Show since year one, announce that MCM will be exhibiting this year in the cool of the air-conditioned Parvis Piscine on stand QP58. Michael Tyrwhitt-Drake and Mark Dauplaise of the Yacht Management team will also be in attendance. Read More

Floating Life in Turkey at the Marmaris Yacht Marina

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Floating Life International, a Swiss group specialised in the management, charter, sales and fractional ownership of superyachts, has a new base in Turkey for regional development. After opening their office in Shanghai in 2006 and in Monaco in 2010, Floating Life has landed at Marmaris. The Marmaris Yacht Marina will be the central base. Read More

Sea-Alliance launches crew recruitment division

Friday, 13 May 2011

Sea-Alliance Group (SAG), the international maritime business, is undergoing significant growth and is now extending its offering to include Crew Recruitment as one of its many professional services.The company, which provides services in yacht sales and purchase, new construction and technical management, yacht management, charters, marina management and marine projects, has added this new service as it expands the scope of its management solutions in reaction to demand from its growing customer base. Read More

Vistra appoints new Marine & Aviation Director

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Vistra Group today announced the appointment of Marina Gall as its new Director of Marine and Aviation Division. Vistra’s Jersey based Marine and Aviation division offers clients a wide spectrum of services covering the acquisition, ownership and operation of luxury yachts and private aircraft. Marina comes from an accounting background, having spent over 10 years with UK accountants Dodd and Co. Read More

Launch of Superyacht Accounting Services LTD

Monday, 7 March 2011

SuperYacht Accounting Services LTD is a yacht specific, bespoke book-keeping support and solutions company, which helps ensure the superyacht captain is informed with prompt, comprehensive, real-time, on-time, financial information & reports. Read More

Piers Flood joins Ocean Management as superyacht manager

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Ocean Management, the yacht management arm of Ocean Independence, is pleased to announce the appointment of Piers Flood as a Yacht Manager based at Ocean Management head office in Uster, Switzerland. Oxford born Piers originally qualified as a land based engineer and cut his teeth as a project manager on high value engineering projects before fulfilling his ambition to work at sea as an engineer. Read More

MCM grows as owners seek efficiecy

Monday, 17 January 2011

Having successfully launched six new Superyachts in 2010, acting on behalf of the owners, MCM reports that its Yacht Management Division is expanding as more owners look for efficiency. MCM now manages 20+ yachts, both power and sail. As demand has increased and the portfolio expanded, MCM has recruited new staff. Read More

Equisea successfully presented SeaVision Platform at 2010 Monaco Yacht Show

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Equisea successfully presented its “SeaVision Platform” at the Monaco Yacht Show 2010: a groundbreaking combination of online software with dedicated terminals for manager, captain and owner to globally and efficiently manage yachts. Over the last years, Equisea has been busy developing SeaVision Platform. Read More

Latest news from Marine Technical Design Ltd (MTD)

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Marine Technical Design (MTD) provides design, technical services and project management to the luxury and mega-yacht industries. Over the years the company has been involved with some of the world’s most prestigious newbuilds and classic yacht refits. MTD is headed by Alastair Bingham, a chartered naval architect. Read More

Pelagos Group: Providing yacht construction management services

Monday, 8 November 2010

Pelagos Group was established by Brian Cromer, a former project manager at Delta Marine in Seattle and Derecktor Shipyards in Connecticut. Brian Cromer brings a combined experience of twenty years as a professional mariner and ten years as a project manager at two premier US shipyards (Delta Marine and Derecktor) to the yacht owner's side of the table. Read More

Stephen Brew joins the board yacht management company I-Cap Marine

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Mr Stephen Brew has joined the board of yacht management company I-Cap Marine Ltd. I-Cap Marine provides a wide range of management services primarily to owners of superyachts, including registration, provision of representative person, project management, crewing and payroll solutions, accounting and VAT work. Read More

Royale Oceanic opens new Monaco office

Friday, 23 July 2010

Royale Oceanic has announced the opening of their new ground floor office in Monaco situated in an attractive building conveniently close to the harbour. Initially manned by senior Royale Oceanic staff, the new office opening coincides with the forthcoming Monaco Yacht Show in September. Read More

Hill Robinson continues steady growth

Friday, 9 July 2010

Hill Robinson announces the strengthening of its key departments to reinforce their position as the leading independent yacht management company. New personnel have been recruited in the Antibes office to offer additional support to the Technical Departments; Charter Management Department; Crew Administration and Operational Support. Read More

MCM: Six new yachts launched in four months

Friday, 11 June 2010

Following on from the successful handover of the 58.4-metre Dubois designed sloop, Kokomo, currently in Tahiti – MCM has five superyachts either launched - or very close to the slipways. The first is Lady B, a high-performance Dubois 44.7-metre cruising sloop, with a graceful low-profile, and a Rhoades Young interior. Read More

Fraser Yachts awarded management contract for Meduse, Octopus and Tatoosh

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Fraser Yachts / Yacht Services Division is has announced that they have been awarded the renewal of the yacht management contracts for M/Y Octopus, M/Y Tatoosh and M/Y Meduse. In addition to this news, Stuart Larsen of Fraser Yachts has been appointed as the owner’s central agent for the sale of M/Y Tatoosh. Read More

Vantage, a new name in the superyacht industry

Friday, 4 June 2010

There is a new name in the yachting industry; Vantage. A new name, but one backed by a tremendous heritage and pedigree. Vantage is the suite of services provided to the super yacht industry by Döhle Private Clients Limited, which is part of one of the world’s largest shipping companies, employing over 3,500 seafarers on over 300 vessels. Read More

Engel & Völkers Yachting and Equisea Yacht Management sign collaboration agreement

Friday, 28 May 2010

Engel & Völkers Yachting GmbH in Hamburg and Equisea Yacht Management have entered into a dedicated collaboration agreement. The aim is to create synergies between a unique high standard service system in yacht sales and charter brokerage, capitalizing on a growing international network of licence partners, and an innovative professional yacht management offer. Read More

Inserve Yachts move to prestigious new offices

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

In April, Inserve Yachts moved to prestigious offices in central Southampton. Inserve Yachts provides independent safety, security and technical services to the large yacht industry. The company specialises in ISM and ISPS management systems, tailored to be practical and beneficial to each yacht as well as providing ongoing shore support. Read More

Equisea Yacht Management launches SeaVision Platform

Monday, 17 May 2010

Equisea Yacht Management is specializing exclusively in integrated and business oriented management of crewed, private and charter yachts of any size. Owners and crew are our principal source of inspiration to constructively develop and implement new ways of running yachts in a transparent and cost-efficient manner. Read More

YMG Group takes over full ISM and ISPS Management for superyacht Anedigmi

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

The Switzerland based YMG Group subsidiary company YMG Sec Safe Ltd located in Gibraltar received the Isle of Man Document of Compliance (DOC ) and just took over the full ISM and ISPS Management of 50 metre superyacht Anedigmi. The Yacht is now also available for Charter after a refit in Germany and on her way to the Mediterranean Sea. Read More

Yacht management company is looking for a fleet manager

Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Monaco based, expanding, innovative and integrated Yacht Management Company is hiring a fleet manager (m/f) to take care of the operational, technical, administrative and financial aspects in relation to the preparation and operation of various types of crewed yachts. Candidates should have the following profile. Read More

Marine Dragon grows with Chinese Yachting Market

Monday, 15 March 2010

Following the growth of Asia yachting market, Marine Dragon is has strengthened its consulting and project management team with William Jelbert and Joe Yuen. The arrival of William is enlarging the scope of services of MDC in China and South East Asia. With 5 years experience in yacht design and construction for Robertson & Cain. Read More

Watkins Superyachts Ltd under new independent control

Monday, 14 December 2009

Watkins, the City of London based large yacht specialist, building on the solid foundations of their birth within the Lloyd’s insurance market, is now under new independent control and is to be renamed Watkins Superyachts Ltd. Read More

Ocean Management now commercial passenger ship certified

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Ocean Management was delighted to win the mandate for the full management of this magnificent 90.6m mini-cruise vessel. Sunrise was largely re-built in 2001 and subsequently benefited from a full interior refit in 2004. Since OCI concluded the sale of the vessel in April she went into immediate service for her new Owner. Read More

ASP managed yacht Northern Cross goes green

Monday, 29 June 2009

ASP Yacht Management based in San Remo Italy and managed by Lena Sundell has encouraged the owner of Northern Cross to convert his yacht into an environmentally friendly vessel. Lena, contacted environmental and organic supply specialist Earthly Supply Company in Antibes France, to supply products and services for this project. Read More

Falcon Rydell to manage first Icon 62

Thursday, 2 April 2009

Dutch yacht management company Falcon Rydell has announced that it has been awarded the contract to manage a brand new 62-metre motoryacht due for launch in the summer of 2009. The Icon 62 will be the first superyacht to be completed by a new luxury yachtbuilder, Icon Yachts in the Netherlands. Read More

Palm Beach Yachts International manage the build of 46m Pendennis

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Palm Beach Yachts International (PBYI) has announced that its yacht construction division has recently completed the overarching management on behalf of the owner of the 141’ Trinity Big City and has just signed a yacht construction management agreement with an owner to build a 150’ Pendennis. Read More

Watkins Yacht Management and Air Harrods announce joint marketing venture

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Watkins Yacht Management has entered into a joint marketing venture with Air Harrods to provide aviation and concierge support, both helicopter and fixed wing, to the superyacht industry. Transfers to yachts now begin at the owner, charterer or guest’s front door and form a seamless itinerary incorporating limousines, flights and helicopter transfers. Read More

Fractional Ownership, the way forward for superyacht ownership

Tuesday, 20 January 2009

With the high cost of purchasing and maintaining a superyacht in these difficult financial times, the concept of Fractional Ownership has found a highly receptive market. There are a number of differing schemes on offer, but Curvelle has developed a system which allows the owners a much greater level of flexibility and freedom of choice. Read More

Royale Oceanic completes new Sarafsa

Thursday, 21 August 2008

The Private Client large yacht specialists Royale Oceanic have recently completed the Total Project Management which includes all commercial, legal and technical aspects, with its sister company Burness Corlett Three Quays providing naval architecture and marine engineering support for Sarafsa, the 82m superyacht built by Devonport. Read More

Huge week for MCM in New Zealand

Monday, 17 December 2007

On Wednesday Peter Wilson watched the 84’ Langan designed Angel being launched by Yachting Developments in Hobsonville. She then motored down the harbour to have the mast stepped before returning to the dock at the yard for final tweaking. She has been 18 months in the making, and Wednesday marked a significant project milestone. Read More