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May

Chairman’s Message 16 May 2022

With countries opening their doors to vaccinated travellers, and much of the world learning to live with Covid, once again people are moving around the globe and attending live events. Travel to the Cook Islands is now open via air and sea after the latest Travel Advisory and supporting Border Entry Requirements, effective 01 May 2022. Similarly, Ocean Marina (Pattaya, Thailand), is looking forward to welcoming visitors to the first Thailand Yacht Show to be hosted in the Gulf of Siam 09-12 June 2022.

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May

APSA at ASMEX 2022

The Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX) welcomed international and local delegates to the City of Gold Coast Welcome Drinks which leads into the annual conference, ASMEX 2022. The Conference is being held at the InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort, and this year’s theme is ‘Reconnecting with the world’. APSA members participating in this year’s conference include Kenta Inaba from Super Yacht Logistics (SYL) Japan who will be presenting and participating in a panel discussion on ‘Brisbane Olympics 2032 – 10 years out: planning services and facilities for visiting superyachts’.

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May

Second Sanlorenzo SX76 Sold to Sanya

Following the first major delivery of a Sanlorenzo SX76 into Hainan in February 2022, under the recently deployed Hainan Free Trade Port Scheme, Simpson Marine are pleased to confirm the second order of this model. The yacht is due to arrive in Sanya this summer, taking advantage of this attractive scheme that exempts imported yachts from the 38%import and duty tax that is currently applicable in the rest of Mainland China.

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May

Cook Island Are Open from May 1

Travel to the Cook Islands is now open via air and sea after the latest Travel Advisory and supporting Border Entry Requirements, effective from 1 May 2022 (CKT), were issued.

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May

Benetti Launches the First Oasis 34M

Oasis 34M has an agile, inviting, modern and innovative spirit, optimising like no other 34-metre yacht in the world the five exclusive plus points of the Oasis Deck® solution are key to the success of the Oasis 40M on which the design is based:

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May

HFW at Superyacht Investor London 2022

HFW is proud to once again be the event partner of Superyacht Investor London 2022, one of the leading conferences for connecting and informing the dealmakers of the superyacht industry, taking place at the Hilton London Tower Bridge on 16-17 May. HFW’s yacht team is looking forward to reconnecting face to face with clients and friends, and will be participating in several panels.

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May

Global Marine Travel (GMT) attends Posidonia

Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition was established in 1969 and is one of the major calendar events of the shipping industry. Every two years, the event attracts the most influential personalities from the Greek and international shipping community and major companies and organisations active in all sectors of the shipping industry and backed by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy, the Union of Greek Shipowners, and the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, and with the support of the Municipality of Piraeus and the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee.

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