Global Marine Travel (GMT) continues to climb the [Travel Weekly Power List](https://www.travelweekly.com/Power-List-2020/Global-Marine-Travel)as a high-valued Travel Management Company within the Maritime Industry, earning its new stripes at #43 in 2020 over #47 in 2019.
The Sanya Central Business District Administration is focusing on new ways to promote boating in China. A new ‘international yacht exchange centre’ has been set up to educate a new audience on the joys boating especially around the tropical resort island of Hainan.
The Singapore Boating Industry Association (SBIA) in collaboration with the Hong Kong Boating Industry Association (HKBIA), is organizing the Asia Boating Dialogue 2020. This Dialogue series was inaugurated in Singapore in 2015 as ICOMIA – The Asian Dialogue. It was an invitation-only event designed to engage the Asian boating community and help it become more institutionalized and organise collective thinking. It was subsequently promoted as the Asia Boating Forum.
Starting on a positive note we would like to welcome Kingship as APSA’s newest member. Roger and Diana Liang are well known in the Asian superyacht community as well as the rest of the world, and their son Jeffrey is joining them in the family shipyard business. It’s great to have them as members of APSA.
The Italian Super Yacht Life Foundation (ISYL) provides vocational training in association with NAVIGO and the shipyards in the Viareggio district. In October 2020 three new courses will be on offer to 75 high school graduates. Courses include technical skills and opportunities, whilst providing a pathway to employment in the yachting industry, and in other strategic sectors such as logistics and tourism.
What will be the new regulation landscape for this summer season in the French and Italian Riviera as far as VAT on charters and new measures imposed by the COVID health crisis are concerned?
YACHTZOO JAPAN has this week listed a Japanese based 2013 Sessa C68 which has only had one careful owner and has been professionally maintained throughout its life. With only 300 hours on its Volvo Penta D13 IPS 1200 drives it is virtually new and is designed to provide owners and guests with fun and enjoyment on the water. Excellent performance in both the open sea (EU RINA Category A) and the bay the yacht has sporty lines and driving performance, maximum speed of about 36 knots.The yacht had multiple upgrades when commissioned and these options included three staterooms plus crew quarters and a downstairs lounging/TV/kids area.
The southern hemisphere’s most comprehensive and awarded marine facility, Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (GCCM) has added to its distinguished talent pool and capabilities with the prized addition and expansion of multiple new and existing marine refit and repair businesses onsite. The landmark 17.5-hectare facility plays home to Australia’s largest concentration of marine trades and provides a seamless and easy one-stop shop destination for superyacht refit and repair on Queensland’s spectacular Gold Coast (ideally located mid-way between Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef on Australia’s East Coast). There are currently over 80 on-site businesses employing in excess of 700 marine contractors, many of whom are leading marine service providers in their respective fields.
