The [Sea Women of Melanesia](http://www.coralseafoundation.net/seawomenofmelanesia.php) programme is supported by the Coral Sea Foundation, and is promoting sustainable tourism to the region by encouraging superyacht owners and captains to support these grassroots conservation measures.
The Maldives is a destination that continues to grow in popularity amongst luxury yacht visitors and charterers, and now there is an exciting new yacht marina at the CROSSROADS Maldives, a world-class lifestyle leisure and entertainment destination.
Lateral Naval Architects provides complete engineering expertise to the superyacht industry, from project conception to delivery, operation and refit. Our core competency is engineering, but our unique focus is on meaningful innovation to enable superyachts that meet the demands of today’s owners and those of the future. We believe that meaningful innovation starts with asking new questions. We have an exciting opportunity for an undergraduate to join Lateral for a 12-month placement! This is a unique chance to gain an exceptional insight into naval architecture and engineering in the superyacht industry.
Gulf Craft, the Emirates-based yacht builder, has selected Gold Coast City Marina and Shipyard (GCCM) as their preferred service centre to support Australasian based clients with service, maintenance, and refit. Based on the Gold Coast, midway on Australia’s east coast, GCCM is within easy reach of vessels cruising Australia and the South Pacific and offers exceptional facilities and expertise in meeting the needs of Gulf Craft owners.
Rivergate Marina & Shipyard, the premier facility in south-east Queensland, congratulates the Queensland state government for its foresight and investment in the Australian superyacht infrastructure.
During these uncharted times when all are living in the moment, the team at Asia Pacific Superyachts (APS) Indonesia would like to extend a heartfelt wish to everyone and their families and loved ones to stay well and safe during the Covid-19 crisis.
Catalano Shipping Indonesia and Pelindo Properti Indonesia have teamed up to produce Indonesia’s first international standard marina. Benoa Marina in Bali provides good quality, sheltered and clean dock space. Good quality fuel, water, garbage disposal and even shore power are available in a secure and protected environment.
Marsh JLT Speciality is one of the leading providers of advice, broking, and associated services for insurance, reinsurance, and employee benefits. Marsh JLT is recognised as a market leader in specialised risk solutions, offering clients a full range of insurance and reinsurance intermediary services complemented by risk management consultancy services.Tom Chan is the Technical Representative (Broker) in Hong Kong, and he manages the company’s product offerings that span a wide range of business sectors and industries. This enables the specialist teams to provide sophisticated programme design and innovative risk management solutions tailored to meet clients’ needs in the most cost-effective manner.JLT’s industry knowledge and expertise in these specialities ensures that JLT is providing solutions to some of the world’s largest companies, as well as many small and medium enterprises, private individuals and public organisations.
In these difficult times, Crew and shore-based companies are facing various unique and unprecedented challenges. Most yachts are not authorised to sail or carry out maintenance work with contractors, and in many countries, the crew remain under complete “lock-down” onboard. Swiss Ocean identifies some of the stresses facing crew during the Covid-19 crisis.
