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The five-day event will be held in the southern city of Kaohsiung Taiwan is to host its first international boat show in 2014 at the new Kaohsiung Exhibition Center in southern Taiwan. Organised by Taiwan’s Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) more »

Current framework is seen as a barrier to growing the superyacht industry Superyacht Australia, the trade body for the superyacht industry in the country, has forwarded a submission to the Australian government asking for an urgent review of the regulations more »

For the first time ever, a senior Spanish politician has spoken clearly and directly in English about the importance of abolishing the 12%matriculation tax which uniquely burdens the purchase of all yachts over 8 metres registered under the Spanish flag. more »

To prove the negative impact of the Spanish Matriculation Tax on the country’s luxury superyacht charter market, Nacional de Empresas Náuticas (ANEN), Asociación Española de Grandes Yates (AEGY), Asociación de Empresas Náuticas de Baleares (AENB) and the Mediterranean Yacht Broker more »

The ongoing battle and campaign against the burden of 12% registration tax on yachting in Spain has reached another important milestone. The major nautical associations in Spain and The Balearics have combined resources and commissioned the compilation of a 150 more »

The US-based yacht brokerage has hired new staff in Spain, Monaco and Ft Lauderdale, Florida US-based yacht brokerage Fraser Yachts has expanded its sales team in Spain, Monaco and Ft Lauderdale, Florida. In Spain, Fraser has hired three new sales more »

Antibes Yacht Show is the only International Brokerage and Charter show before the beginning of the season in the Mediterranean. The next Antibes Yacht Show will be held from April 18th to 21st , 2013 in Port Vauban, Antibes. In more »

Maintenance and repair specialist Monaco Marine (MM) has announced its acquisition of refit yard Antibes Marine Chantier (AMC), also known as Chantier Trèhard. AMC, which has been operative for 30 years, has experience largely in refitting yachts from 25m up more »

Following a series of consultation meetings with local nautical associations, as previously reported on SuperyachtNews.com, Balearic government officials have issued a statement reassuring the yachting industry that rumoured anchorage restrictions will not impact cruising in the region. A government white more »

New regulation in force from May 25 to allow cruising on inland waterways Superyachts can enter Russia’s inland waterways for the first time after a new law came into force on May 25th, IBI’s sister title SuperYacht World reports. The more »

The overall economic benefit of the industry must be considered, says Richard Donkin. The Spanish yacht charter industry has been all but destroyed by the matriculation tax, a tax on registration of yachts over eight metres that must be paid more »

Organiser of the Barcelona International Boat Show has announced changes to this year’s edition of the show. Port Vell will be the only venue for both the on-water and on-land exhibitions. In addition, the event will be held from 26 more »

Local councillors and others are balking at the idea of using NZ$16.8m of taxpayer money to fund a new superyacht facility in Auckland. Local sources say that politicians are divided over providing funds to the NZ$45m facility proposed for Wynyard more »

A busy Singapore Yacht Show held from the April 25-29 reflected the continuing growth in Asia’s marine market, while the Asia Pacific Superyacht Conference — run alongside the show — enjoyed strong interest from the with more than 150 delegates more »

Following three busy days at the recently extended Port Adriano superyacht marina El Toro situated only 20 minutes away from the fabulous Palma de Mallorca, the inaugural Superyacht open days event taking place in The Balearics, running from 28th to more »

Port Tarraco ‘s recent merger with AEGY is a cause for celebration. Ideally located in the Western Mediterranean, the marina provides the perfect refuge and port of call en-route to leading yachting destinations on the Spanish mainland, Balearic Islands and more »

Design guru Philippe Starck and Ocibar CEO Antonio Zaforteza held a press conference last week during the official opening of Port Adriano’s new extension in Mallorca, Spain. Attended by more than 75 international media delegates, the presentation discussed the French more »

Smeralda Holding deal worth at least €290m. The 700-berth Porto Cervo Marina on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda looks set to change owners as part of Qatar Holding’s takeover of Smeralda Holding. Porto Cervo Marina can accommodate around 100 superyachts over 25m more »

La saison en Méditerranée va bientôt débuter pour le yachting. Comme chaque année, la grande transhumance a commencé pour acheminer ces navires de luxe vers leurs bases estivales. De grands navires de transports, chargés de yachts, traversent ainsi l’Atlantique pour more »

Superyacht refit yards form joint venture. Atollvic Shipyard in Vigo, Spain, has formed a joint venture with New Zealand-based superyacht refit, service and repair specialist, Integrated Marine Group (IMG). The new partnership will ensure that IMG clients travelling by sea more »

Boat owners leaving the country in droves following new immigration policy Turkey’s new inmigration policy that rules that foreigners without resident permit can only stay up to 90 days in Turkey every other 90 days, is forcing a mass exodus more »

Lack of exhibitors forces closure of 2012 show The organisers of the Palma International Boat Show have announced that they have cancelled the 29th edition of the event. The show was due to run from 28 April to May 2 more »

New reports on marina infrastructure called “the most comprehensive marina study ever conducted” Two new reports issued by the Marina Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) said that the marina industry employs about 15,900 workers across the country. The reports were more »

Foreign nationals have been excluded from paying the controversial new tax Italian marine industry association UCINA today confirmed that the Italian government has exempted foreign owners of boats and pleasure ships from paying the country’s new berthing tax when passing more »

BWA Yachting says that only Italian-flagged vessels will be required to pay the tax BWA Yachting, a provider of concierge services to the superyacht industry, has informed IBI that Italy’s controversial new Berthing Tax, which is due for implementation in more »

According to marine service provider BWA Yachting, an amendment has been passed in Italy today that modifies the controversial ‘Mooring Tax’ which is due to become law on May 1st. It is understood that only Italian flagged vessels will be more »

The Vilanova Grand Marina yard in Barcelona, Spain, has helped to successfully manage a consortium effort to repaint the mast of the 54m (177ft) Perini Navi sailing yacht Parsifal III. The two-month project consisted of repainting her 65m (213ft) carbon more »

For some time now we have spoken out against a form of taxation, unique to Spain, considered to be a grave injustice, not only for the yachting market but the country as a whole. The ISDMT or Special Tax on more »

Particularly relevant is the brokeroge and charter subsector, led globally by a dozen large companies, which witnessed a growth in demand, not only just requests for information but also signed controcts from a seriously interested public with high purchasing power. more »

Reed Exhibitions has announced that its first-ever Yacht Brokerage Festival — initially planned for 19-22 April 2012 in Cannes, France — has been postponed until the spring of 2013. The decision to postpone the event was made following consultation with more »

Italy’s marine trade association, UCINA, has sent an urgent plea to its country’s government to halt plans for the introduction of a new moorings tax. Under the regime, which becomes law on the 1st May 2012, superyachts over 64m (210ft) more »

Un secteur de haute technologie, un concentré de savoir-faire, des navires splendides, beaucoup d’argent en jeu et toujours une grande discrétion. Le secteur du yachting est un monde à part dans l’univers maritime. Un univers auquel nous avons souhaité nous more »

98 yachts, dont 35 d’au moins 50 mètres, tous les grands noms du secteur et des dizaines de milliers de visiteurs attendus… A partir d’aujourd’hui et jusqu’à samedi, la principauté monégasque devient la capitale mondiale de la grande plaisance. Plébiscité more »

La situación actual es terrible. El impuesto de matriculación único en Europa ha aniquilado el mercado del chárter de grandes esloras. Los armadores de los grandes yates extranjeros reciben siempre el lógico consejo de evitar las aguas españolas so pena more »

La situación actual es terrible. El impuesto de matriculación único en Europa ha aniquilado el mercado del chárter de grandes esloras. Los armadores de los grandes yates extranjeros reciben siempre el lógico consejo de evitar las aguas españolas so pena more »

La situación actual es terrible. El impuesto de matriculación único en Europa ha aniquilado el mercado del chárter de grandes esloras. Los armadores de los grandes yates extranjeros reciben siempre el lógico consejo de evitar las aguas españolas so pena more »

La situación actual es terrible. El impuesto de matriculación único en Europa ha aniquilado el mercado del chárter de grandes esloras. Los armadores de los grandes yates extranjeros reciben siempre el lógico consejo de evitar las aguas españolas so pena more »

La situación actual es terrible. El impuesto de matriculación único en Europa ha aniquilado el mercado del chárter de grandes esloras. Los armadores de los grandes yates extranjeros reciben siempre el lógico consejo de evitar las aguas españolas so pena more »

La situación actual es terrible. El impuesto de matriculación único en Europa ha aniquilado el mercado del chárter de grandes esloras. Los armadores de los grandes yates extranjeros reciben siempre el lógico consejo de evitar las aguas españolas so pena more »

El Club Náutico de Palma ha sido el escenario de la presentación de la Superyacht Cup 2011, la regata de superyates más importante del Mediterráneo que se celebrará del 22 al 25 de junio con sede en el Muelle Viejo more »

El Club Náutico de Palma ha sido el escenario de la presentación de la Superyacht Cup 2011, la regata de superyates más importante del Mediterráneo que se celebrará del 22 al 25 de junio con sede en el Muelle Viejo more »

El Real Club Náutico de Palma fue escenario hoy de la presentación de la Superyacht Cup 2011, la regata de superyates más importante del Mediterráneo que se celebrará del 22 al 25 de junio con sede en el Muelle Viejo more »

El Real Club Náutico de Palma fue escenario hoy de la presentación de la Superyacht Cup 2011, la regata de superyates más importante del Mediterráneo que se celebrará del 22 al 25 de junio con sede en el Muelle Viejo more »

La situación actual es terrible. El impuesto de matriculación único en Europa ha aniquilado el mercado del chárter de grandes esloras. Los armadores de los grandes yates extranjeros reciben siempre el lógico consejo de evitar las aguas españolas so pena more »

El 4 de julio, Puerto Portals cumple veinticinco años. Hablar de este aniversario es acordarse de la mejor época de glamour náutico que ha tenido Mallorca en estas dos últimas décadas y media. Con una plantilla de 40 personas, 400 more »

Parece increible, pero por fin la náutica de recreo puede alegrarse de una noticia que puede ser el punto de partida para que la afición por la navegación despegue por fín en España y se ponga a la altura de more »

Parece increible, pero por fin la náutica de recreo puede alegrarse de una noticia que puede ser el punto de partida para que la afición por la navegación despegue por fín en España y se ponga a la altura de more »

La victoria del PP en las elecciones autonómicas ha de traer, necesariamente, cambios en las políticas hacia la náutica de recreo en Baleares. El futuro presidente del Govern, José Ramón Bauzá, mantuvo reuniones con casi todos los representantes del sector more »

Marina Port Vell, ubicada en el centro de Barcelona, recibe por noveno año consecutivo la Bandera Azul. Acreditación de calidad medioambiental de la Federación Europea de Educación Ambiental (FEEA), representada aquí en España por la Asociación de Educación Ambiental y more »

El nuevo Govern se compromete a rebajar el impuesto de matriculación de los nuevos barcos. (El MUndo-El Diario de Baleares, 26 mayo 2011) Download this press release

Uno de los proyectos empresariales más ambiciosos vinculados al despegue náutico de la Comunidad Valenciana gracias a la estela de la Copa América acaba de declararse insolvente. Vulkan Shipyard, el astillero y varadero creado en el Puerto de Sagunto para more »

El sector náutico balear ha encontrado en el nuevo gobierno del popular José Ramón Bauzá una nueva oportunidad para sacar adelante las medidas necesarias para garantizar el futuro de un sector que se encuentra en estos momentos en una situación more »

El sector náutico balear ha encontrado en el nuevo gobierno del popular José Ramón Bauzá una nueva oportunidad para sacar adelante las medidas necesarias para garantizar el futuro de un sector que se encuentra en estos momentos en una situación more »

Code sets out mandatory values and practices for refit members. The International Council of Marine Industry Associations’ (ICOMIA) Superyacht Refit Group has launched a unique Code of Practice to ensure that their yard members develop and maintain relationships, certainty, performance more »

La Federación Española de Asociaciones de Puertos Deportivos y Turísticos (FEAPDT) participo en la World Marina Conference organizada por el ICOMIA Marinas Group durante los pasados días 10, 11 y 12 de mayo que se celebró en Singapur. La WMC more »

Exhibitors at last month’s Palma International Boat Show reported a much high level of visitor interest. The 28th Palma International Boat Show closed at the end of the first weekend in May after nine days, having registered approximately 30,000 visitors. more »

Balearic government considers nautical tourism is vital for the future. Half a millions euros to be spend on new international campaign. (Majorca Daily Bulletin, May, 11, 2011) Download this press release

Magnífico articulo sobre la «pitada» durante el Salón de Palma de Camilo José Cela Conde, publicado en el Diario de Mallorca el 8 de mayo de 2011. Download this press release

Nautical sector is demanding more government backing and help.(Majorca Daily Bulletin, May, 6, 2011) Download this press release

Marine representatives have been blasting their yacht horns each day of the show in protest over the government’s lack of support for the Spanish boating industry Marine industry representatives at this year’s Palma International Boat Show have decided to make more »

España es un país barato para algunas cosas y muy caro en otras. Por ejemplo, en el amarre de yates y barcos de recreo. Tres puertos españoles se han colado entre los 15 más caros del mundo por este concepto, more »

If you’re thinking of strolling along Palma’s Paseo Maritimo any day between April 30th and May 8th, beware of a startling, one-minute chorus of yacht hoots at noon, emitted every day from the Palma Boat Show and expected to echo more »

If you’re thinking of strolling along Palma’s Paseo Maritimo any day between April 30th and May 8th, beware of a startling, one-minute chorus of yacht hoots at noon, emitted every day from the Palma Boat Show and expected to echo more »

Salamanca Capital Investments (SCI) has completed the acquisition of Marina Port Vell Salamanca Capital Investments (SCI), a Mayfair, London UK-based investment advisory business and part of the Salamanca Group, has completed the acquisition of Barcelona marina, known locally as Marina more »

POLITICIANS ARE LISTENING For yachting’s sake… make sure they hear us! Sound your horn every day of the Palma Boat Show. For one minute at 12.00 noon. (April 30th to May 8th inclusive) Download this press release

POLITICIANS ARE LISTENING For yachting’s sake… make sure they hear us! Sound your horn every day of the Palma Boat Show. For one minute at 12.00 noon. (April 30th to May 8th inclusive) Download this press release

A group of yachtsmen and nautical business owners, together with private and professional boat captains including recreational sea fisherman, are determined to express their disappointment with the local and national authorities in Spain and The Balearic Islands in a passionate more »

A group of yachtsmen and nautical business owners, together with private and professional boat captains including recreational sea fisherman, are determined to express their disappointment with the local and national authorities in Spain and The Balearic Islands in a passionate more »

Marina Port Vell colabora con los hermanos catalanes Marc y Jordi Mateu, en la regata oceánica Transquadra. El velero es un Jeanneau Sunfast 3200 diseñado exclusivamente para esta competición.(Barcelona, 26 abril 2011) Download this press release

La náutica mallorquina no moja. Amarra en seco, que es más barato. Tras dos años de velas plegadas y barcos al pairo, la campaña 2011 comienza con olor a Trafalgar: se masca la derrota. Otra derrota: el año pasado fue more »

La náutica mallorquina no moja. Amarra en seco, que es más barato. Tras dos años de velas plegadas y barcos al pairo, la campaña 2011 comienza con olor a Trafalgar: se masca la derrota. Otra derrota: el año pasado fue more »

Spanish superyacht marina Vilanova Grand Marina-Barcelona has announced that its technical area is fully operational and is now working at full capacity. Based near Sitges, just outside of Barcelona, the marina boasts 49 moorings for yachts of up to 100m more »

La europarlamentaria balear del PP asegura que este impuesto impide que se desarrolle la actividad del chárter náutico en España en igualdad de condiciones que en el resto de los estados miembros (6 abril 2011) Download this press release

El nuevo varadero lanzará un programa de invernaje en seco para la próxima temporada de invierno. Vilanova Grand Marina – Barcelona ofrece un servicio integral de varada y puesta a punto de embarcaciones, desde una sencilla revisión, limpieza de casco more »

El presidente de la Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Mallorca, Joan Gual de Torrella, pedirá un cambio en la fiscalidad que se aplica al sector de chárter náutico en España durante su comparecencia este miércoles ante la Comisión more »

Los barcos deportivos de más de 24 metros de eslora, los conocidos por grandes yates o «megayates», inscritos en el Régimen Especial de Canarias (REBECA) que se exploten comercialmente, pasan a estar excluidos del Impuesto Especial sobre Determinados Medios de more »

Los barcos deportivos de más de 24 metros de eslora, los conocidos por grandes yates o «megayates», inscritos en el Régimen Especial de Canarias (REBECA) que se exploten comercialmente, pasan a estar excluidos del Impuesto Especial sobre Determinados Medios de more »

El presidente de la Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Mallorca, Joan Gual de Torrella, pedirá un cambio en la fiscalidad que se aplica al sector de chárter náutico en España durante su comparecencia este miércoles ante la Comisión more »

Exención de impuesto de matriculación para los megayates inscritos en el registro especial canario. (Skipper nº 341, abril 2011) Download this press release

Exención de impuesto de matriculación para los megayates inscritos en el registro especial canario. (Skipper nº 341, abril 2011) Download this press release

e3 Systems announced today that that they have recently signed their 100th VSAT contract. The company have been pioneers of VSAT satellite services on super yachts. In addition to installing the first ever VSAT antenna on a super yacht in more »

La sede de Unidad Editorial sirvió como pantalán de la botadura de NAUTA360.com, el primer portal del grupo compartido por las tres principales cabeceras: El Mundo, Marca y Expansión. El sector náutico consigue así su mayor plataforma de difusión en more »

It took more than a decade to stress to our authorities with strong arguments that nautical tourism is an excellent niche market to improve our offer and increase our revenue, the goal, no doubt, would be to capture a larger more »

Good prospects for Spanish marinas. While «everything is done»in this industry, as stated by the President of the Mediterranean Sea Company (which manages the ports of La Duquesa, Estepona, and the future Marina Málaga). And, despite the crisis, in Spain more »

The employers claim the passivity of the Government and accused him of having «ideological prejudices» The marine industry poorly regulated Balears costing hundreds of millions of euros in investments that do not run and taxes are not paid, as reported more »

The general direction of the Merchant Marine Nautical Gazette has confirmed that yachts over 24 meters in length that are dedicated to charter sailing or exploit for profit «are not subject to registration tax.» (www.portbooker.com) Download this press release

Vilanova Grand Marina – Barcelona organized a weekend ski trips for captains and crews in Baqueira Beret, in the Catalan Pyrenees. More than 30 people signed up for the activity to discover one of the most beautiful valleys of the more »

Recent developments in the area of yachting VAT have generated much heat but little light. Our most recent Yachting VAT Note burrows down to the essence of the superyacht as a pleasure asset and explains why ignoring that essence in more »