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Understandably, many yacht-charter clients have cancelled spring plans. Still further plans for the summer are on hold due to coronavirus concerns. Some insurance companies, though, offer travel-insurance plans with partial or full coverage in case of trip interruptions. Reasons include illness and mandatory evacuations. For all charters booked this month through its brokers, Northrop &Continue Reading
The news in many parts of the world due to the pandemic is anxiety-inducing. As hard as it is for us, our kids are picking up on the worry and struggling even more. So, we’d like bring a little light into your household, even for a short while. Below, you’ll find 10 superyacht sketches forContinue Reading
The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are among the latest to ramp up COVID-19 containment efforts. Over the weekend, the government issued a no entry to yachts order, set to last two weeks. It impacts both megayachts already in the waters as well as ones planning to clear customs and immigration. The Antigua and BarbudaContinue Reading
New tax regulations passed last year by the European Union’s executive branch are in limbo in France. The elimination of the French flat-rate VAT reduction, set to be effective on April 1, is suspended. According to Thierry Voisin, the president of the trade organization European Committee for Professional Yachting (ECPY), France’s Minister of the EconomyContinue Reading
Although the entirety of Italy has been under a lockdown since March 9, select few businesses remained operational, even ones considered non-essential, until March 22. Factories, which include megayacht shipyards, were among those. Despite all shipyards remaining closed since then, yacht crew in Italy can still move around, with some restrictions. SOS Yachting, which offersContinue Reading
Transatlantic as well as transpacific crossings are on the minds of the owners of a soon-to-deliver megayacht at Van der Valk Shipyard. Part of the Van der Valk Explorer series, Venera is in the outfitting shed, expecting hand over in summertime. This third project in the Van der Valk Explorer series belongs to repeat customers. MeasuringContinue Reading