With increasing pressure on governments to raise revenue, ever-changing rules, and differences in tax regulations for (especially) alcohol in relation to other products, Riviera Yacht Support clarifies some fundamental rules regarding the delivery of tax free goods to yachts in the EU. To purchase goods, including alcohol and provisions, tax free, the local Customs Office needs to be satisfied that the goods are to be exported, and consumed outside the EU. Read More
Following the launch of the Guest training syllabus- introduced to the industry by the PYA in 2011- bluewater training school has spent the past 6 months developing the interior course programme to suit the new framework and help interior crew gain the necessary qualifications in line with their roles onboard. Read More
Moore Stephens Crew Benefits Limited (“MSCB”), a signposting division of financial products specifically for Superyacht crew, is for the third year executive sponsors at the 5 th Dovaston Crew Show this week in Palma. Its stand will be positioned opposite the main bar, similar to last year. In addition MSCB will be sponsoring the satellite bar. Read More
International Yacht Collection (IYC) has announced the recent appointments of Jennifer Howarth—International Crew Placement Director—and Katya Jaimes—Yacht Charter Agent. As IYC continues consolidation of its global services portfolio for an increasingly global clientele, the addition of both Howarth and Jaimes is further evidence of the firm’s long-standing reputation for innovation. Read More
Aspiring Superyacht crews can now undertake globally recognised training allowing them to work internationally and domestically for the first time, thanks to a unique strategic alliance. Australian Superyacht Crew Recruitment & Training (ASC) has partnered with TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Maritime to provide Superyacht STCW95 Basic Safety Training and other superyacht specific courses. Read More
Rinck Travel offers the Yachting Community’s needs for travel arrangements. Sophie Riché explained this morning at the Antibes Yacht Show, “Over 26 years we have adapted our services into a complete package for superyacht companies, industry personnel, owners, captains and crew to travel around the world". Read More
Superyacht CV-9 is taking applicants for the engineer position onboard that is full time, permanent, with good salary, based on experience & qualifications and a great benefit package. CV-9 is a 40 metre, twin screw, 1995 Delta that has been continually maintained and upgraded to the highest standards. Read More
The count down begins for all existing vessels to have the BNWAS retrofitted onboard at the first survey after 1st July 2012. A BNWAS is essentially a ‘dead man’s alarm system’ intended to ensure the officer on watch is alert and competent to carry out his duties. It is, in effect, a timer, which counts down, triggering an alarm. Read More
In addition to the project management activities at Demler Marine Projects, Demler has launched Demler Marine Crew - the first Crew Agency exclusively focused on large Sailing Yachts. Wether you are looking for a new job, or for qualified crew to fill open positions - if it's on a sailing yacht, Demler can help. Read More
It is ten years since the Antibes Raft Racers took to the waters of Port Vauban, creating Mayday mayhem in late April on their home-made whacky crafts. Yes, it has taken ten years to recover from the last one, but the Raft Race Team have lashed it together one more time to bring pre-season cheer to the Mediterranean’s largest pleasure port. Read More
According to local reports, the crew of Ice assisted in a rescue operation off the coast of Cozumel. A small local boat with a single engine was enroute with divers on board to a bull shark dive site in Playa Del Carmen, when it sank after taking on water in rough seas, leaving all divers and crew in the water, drifting towards Cuba for approx 4 hours. Read More
Superyacht captains are being asked to nominate outstanding members of their crew for a new crew competition. Supercrew 2012, organised by yacht management company Krystal Yachts, is open to professional crew who work on any luxury yacht. Each quarter, captains will be able to nominate a crewmember that has demonstrated excellence in their abilities and attitude toward work. The winner selected each quarter will receive an engraved iPad. Read More
The on board Crew Training provided by the professional mariners of Da Gama Limited has continued its expansion following a successful year of working with a number of new build and operational yachts. Having worked on new build and operational vessels between 50 to over 90 metres in length and with crew numbers from single digits to over 30, Da Gama are setting the standard within the industry. Read More
PYA has welcomed Thirty Seven South Ltd to the expanding network of PYA Regional Offices. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Thirty Seven South is the 7th PYA Regional Office gives the association truly global reach. Read More
International Yacht Collection (IYC) has announced its First Mate Sponsorship of USSA’s 7th Annual Captains Briefing and Reception, a two-day networking event, 18-19 January 2012, at the Yacht Club Isle de Sol, St. Maarten. The event is of particular interest to IYC as its St. Maarten office supports many of the IYC fleet for charter and sale and is a hub of its Caribbean business. Read More
A new competition is being organised which allows superyacht captains to recognise outstanding members of their crew. Called Supercrew 2012 and organised by yacht management company Krystal Yachts, the competition is open to professional crew members who work on any luxury yacht. Read More
PYA will launch, during the Monaco Yacht Show & at Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, a new formal structure for the training and certification of interior crew working on large yachts. This structure has been developed in close consultation with all the stakeholders: Interior Crew; Captains; Training Providers; Charter Agents and Crew Agencies. Read More
The Isle of Man has entered into a new tripartite declaration designed to improve the living and working conditions of all seafarers on Isle of Man-registered ships. This formalises the important work carried out in a tripartite forum between the Isle of Man Government, the Isle of Man Shipping Association and the seafarers’ representative unions. Read More
With major changes to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) for Seafarers and Code imminently coming into force, Regs4ships Limited publishes amendments live to their digital maritime regulations service. Read More
Superyacht Australia recently met with AMSA to discuss the critical issue of Marine qualifications in the Superyacht sector. This was another key issue raised during the Superyacht and Marine Export Conference held last month prior to the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. Read More
The professional body for yacht crew launches its first App: PROJOBS, the PYA’s job finding service for members. Currently PYA has some 500 members who are Masters so PROJOBS will provide an invaluable job resource to all these members looking to engage crew. Equally, all Sea Going members can just as quickly "spread the word" of their availability. Read More
Twelve months ago today Captain John Percival arrived at Marine House to open up for that day’s training. On opening the front door, the scene which lay before him was one of total devastation. He was ankle deep in water, the walls were charred and layered with soot…Fire had broken out at Hoylake Sailing School/JPMA in the early hours of 11th May 2010. By 09:30 that morning, all of the students and instructors had been relocated to Hoylake Community Centre, which was to be the hub of operations until December last year. Read More
Following a well attended public meeting at the recent Antibes Yacht Show and in response to interior crew, Captains and Training Providers; the Professional Yachtsman's Association has agreed to lead the development of a formal career structure for training and certification for Interior crew. Read More
Edmiston wish to raise awareness of a possible UK visa scam that was discovered recently. The group of scammers using a variety of apparent pseudonyms such as Morris Winter, Capt. Jones William and Capt. Pierre Elliot start with false job adverts in emails naming unsuspecting companies, "The Edmiston Hotel" amongst them. Read More
Moore Stephens Crew Benefits Limited (“MSCB”) launched its new website: www.mscb.im on friday, built by Isle of Man software systems specialist Arts Interactive Limited. The new website features a fresh, open look with interactive login for crew, a photo gallery with links to MSCB’s social media networks. Read More
Hoylake Sailing School Ltd and John Percival Marine Associates are pleased to announce the official Re-opening of their refurbished Training Centre on 24th January following a serious fire in May 2010 which destroyed approximately 25 per cent of the training centre and caused serious smoke damage to the remainder of the building. Read More
Friday marks the first complete week of business for Bluewater Crew & Training in their brand new premises in the old town (La Lonja) of Palma. After 8 successful years of business in Portal Nous the Crew Training Centre has relocated to a new facility complete with two classrooms and a Navigation Simulator to be more convenient for the crew that the company works with. Read More
Luxury Yacht Group launches a real time salary statistics tool for the yachting industry worldwide. As a trustworthy resource for crew placement, yacht management, and luxury yacht charters, Luxury Yacht Group (LYG) is raising the bar by becoming the industry resource with its proprietary salary statistics tool. Read More
Alison Rentoul, The Crew Coach, has launched a new two day workshop for yacht crew, designed to maximize the personal and professional potential of individual crew, while reinforcing their roles and objectives in giving yacht owners, captains and managers what they really want: Great service and smooth operations. Read More
Rinck Travel, a leading travel agency specialised in marine travel, launches a free new service on its website. Through this new online booking tool, maritime companies and ships crew located anywhere in the world can both book seaman and regular airfares, pay online via credit card on a secure payment solution and receive their e-ticket instantly on their email. Read More
Moore Stephens Crew Benefits, a source of niche financial products specifically for Superyacht crew, will sponsor the Captain’s Hideout during the Monaco Yacht Show. The Monaco Yacht Show is held from September 22nd - 25th. Read More
The PYA and yacht consultants regs4yachts have announced they have come together to provide all PYA members web-based access to regs4yachts Standard Digital Maritime Regulations service at a ground-breaking price of £300 excluding VAT. Read More
Moore Stephens Crew Benefits Limited (MSCB), product placement providers of niche financial and HR products for superyacht crew, today announced a strategic new alliance with Nautilus International, a nautical international trade union and professional organisation. Read More
The PYA supports MLC 2006, however this ‘seafarers bill of rights’ contains some unintended consequences for Yachts which jeopardise the future of our industry. The PYA has been lobbying the ILO to explain these issues. Read More
Zephyr Yachting has enjoyed a successful first year of trading. With RYA/MCA recognised qualifications ranging from Powerboat Level 2 and PWC through to Yacht Masters, Helmsman and Day Skippers – Zephyr Yachting has helped many professional crew, in all levels of experience advance in their chosen career path. Read More
Cowes-based charity and leading maritime training provider, UKSA, is offering four young people the chance of a lifetime to gain a place on the Trinity House Yachting Cadetship. Starting this autumn, successful applicants will not only have their full course fees paid, but will also receive a maintenance grant to help fund them through their studies. Read More
News just comes in from Anna Percival, who informs SuperYachtTimes.com that their renowned yacht training school in Wirral (near Liverpool), John Percival Marine Associates, was hit by a fire in their school building overnight. Read More
Brooks Marine Group (BMG), has announced the opening of its Newport, Rhode Island office, effective 24 May 2010, a key date in Newport as the American Superyacht Forum takes place during the same week from 23-26 May. BMG adds the Newport location to its existing location in Wilmington, North Carolina and satellite office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Read More
Moore Stephens Isle of Man, providers of multi-sector wealth management services has today announced a comprehensive financial support service for Superyacht crew through one of its group companies, Moore Stephens Crew Benefits Limited. Read More
Over the last 18 months, the Professional Yachtsmen's Association (PYA) has dedicated a lot of time, effort and financial resources toward trying to find solutions to implementing MLC 2006 in the yacht industry. The majority of these efforts have been in attending the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Large Yacht sub-group (LYSG) meetings in Southampton. Read More
Crewsalary.com is an innovative new salary website designed to offer you the clearest and most accurate representation possible of the pay structure in today's yachting industry. The launch of this free service means the days of struggling with limited information from a small range of salaries per yacht size are now gone. Read More
International Yacht Colleciton welcomes Captain Mark Diekmann aboard M/Y One More Toy, one of the megayachts in their charter fleet. Mark started his career in yachting at the age of 17. He has been a megayacht captain since he was 28. He holds a Master of Oceans Motor and Steam Ships of 3,000 gross tons along with many other endorsements that he has attained throughout the 20 years that he has been in the industry. His experience and personality guarantee that every voyage on board One More Toy will be a memorable one. Read More
Equiom is delighted to announce the opening of a new office in Jersey from where they will be operating their new crew management and payroll services. Many factors can dictate whether crew are subject to National Insurance contributions (NI), such as the flag state of the yacht, domicile of the crew members and jurisdiction of employment. This may result in the owning company being subject to Secondary Class 1 NI contributions. Read More
The Flagship Superyacht Academy, which is now known as VT Flagship, has today announced the latest addition to its range of superyacht-specific training programmes. The new eight-day Client Representative Masterclass is designed to equip attendees with the necessary skills to effectively manage a new-build project in a large yacht environment. Read More
The use of dynamic positioning (DP) systems has never been higher. Not only are offshore fleets expanding, but the use of DP across other ship types is also increasing rapidly, with DP even used on the likes of cruise ships and superyachts. Read More
A great time was had by all at bar ‘Tender To…’ on the Friday evening of the 2008 Monaco Yacht Show. Flagship Superyacht Academy entertained crew, captains, journalists, managers, brokers and builders to celebrate the launch of their bespoke whole crew STEP (short for Safety, Training and Emergency Procedures) training programmes. Read More
Crew Insurance Services, Inc. has announced the addition of new insurance plans to increase their existing insurance product lines. Crew Insurance services, Inc. has specialized in marine crew insurance for over six years, and has focused primarily on worldwide yacht crew health insurance for all nationalities. Read More
Ocean Safety, has recently opened an ‘in-house’ Training Facility. Designed to provide in depth servicing and technical product knowledge to the commercial and leisure marine industry, this new Training Division also aims to give peace of mind to the individual leisure user. The courses offered are tailored to suit each specification. Read More
Flagship Superyacht Academy will officially launch their whole crew training STEP programmes at the 2008 Monaco Boat Show. STEP (short for Safety, Training and Emergency Procedures) programmes enable a yacht in build, refit, already delivered or simply experiencing large crew turnover to enhance crew teamwork in every element of their onboard safety. Read More
Sunseeker Superyacht Management is an innovative and dynamic company that offers as part of its wide range of services, ‘Captain Placement’ for Sunseeker motor yachts. Our team have between them decades of experience running some of the world’s finest motor yachts so we understand what it takes to run one to the highest standards. Read More
Hands Om Crew introduces an entirely new concept to the yacht crew placement market. By developing a next generation staffing agency committed to bringing the healing arts into the luxury yacht market and private homes, Hands Om Crew has sought out to fill an industry void. Read More
Vulkan Shipyard S.L. has started its Nautical Training School, a pioneering model in Europe with an emphasis on the training of high quality human resources in the fields of naval construction and particularly specializing itself in the world of yachts. Read More
Northrop and Johnson Fort Lauderdale is proud to announce the nomination of M/Y Argyll, 153’ NAYS, for the International Superyacht Society (ISS) Distinguished Crew Award. This prestigious honor is designed to “recognize yacht crew whose distinguished acts of service best exemplify the standards to which professional yacht crew aspire." Read More
The Bangkok based recruitment company Manarco managed to recruit Thai service crews for all positions onboard Silver. The crew members are currently in the process of obtaining their visas. Silver is currently in the last stage of her construction and she was built in Perth (Australia) by Hanseatic Marine. Read More
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IMA Yachts names Beverly Grant as its new director of crew solutions
The Sacks Group plans to sponsor the Fort Lauderdale CrewShow
Riviera Sea School onboard with RYA Personal Watercraft scheme
Yachting Financial Solutions: the new look and name for Clive Evans IFA
ISS announces a complete day of crew & industry educational forums
Moore Stephens Yachting now offers financial services for yacht crew
Crew shots from the Superyacht Cup 2007 - onboard schooner Meteor
2 Oceans Maritime Academy opens new RYA/MCA training facility
Crew Shots 5 - The crew of Suakin, Mana, Outside Edge IV, Romantica & Windrose
Crew Shots 3 - The crew of Baloo, Big D, Thalima, Dilbar, Kogo & Midlandia
Crew Shots 2 - The crew of Ulisse, Blue Papillon & Princess Emma
Crew Shots 1 - The crew of Borkumriff IV, Lady Soul and Let It Be
Blue Water reports record numbers for the STCW95 Basic training course
Meeting of the Mind 2004 is the Feadship Crew Challenge 2004
The Research Vessel (RV) Pegaso just made her debut in Monaco and gave the world a glimpse into her Global Mission for Marine Conservation. Her oceanographic capabilities are impressive: 5-person Diver Lockout submarine, Ice Class notation, 10,000 nautical miles at 12 knots, wet/dry laboratory, and separate scientist quarters. Read More
