South Pacific demand grows in Dockwise Yacht Transport

 The Australian yacht market is very buoyant at present due to the strong Australian dollar,' said Roberts. 'Being market leaders, DYT and Aurora are working hard to service the South Pacific market for yacht transportation in relation to this large influx of yacht movements.'

Super Servant 3, at 456 feet (139 meters) in length and operating on a regular schedule to deliver yachts around the world, will look something like a giant moving marina when it comes to town. 

By 'sinking' its dock bay, it will safely float off its cargo of yachts. Captains, owners and crew will be aboard the vessels during disembarkment, ready to take them by their own power on to new adventures.

It’s an amazing process,' said Roberts, 'and no other shipping company has this ability to deliver boats in such a manner.' Nevertheless, 

Roberts says DYT often orchestrates lift-on/lift-off arrangements with third-party carriers for clients wanting a more flexible shipping schedule or to explore destinations where the float-on/float-off ships aren’t scheduled to go.

'With both services combined, we have created a very strong DYT yacht logistics product that is being utilized by many yacht owners and manufacturers and continues to be a leader in the market,' said Roberts.

Super Servant 3 departed Port Everglades in early December, 2010, and will have made stops in St. Thomas (USVI), Golfito (Costa Rica) and Papeete (French Polynesia) before arriving in Brisbane. 

From Brisbane, it will head to Auckland and return to Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) in late February, via Ensenada (Mexico).

DYT’s second 'float-on/float-off' voyage to the South Pacific this year will begin in Port Everglades in early July, with stops in Golfito (early/mid July), Brisbane (early August), Auckland (mid August), and head back via Ensenada (mid September) to Port Everglades (early October) in time for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. 

This particular voyage is ideal for those who want to attend the Rugby World Cup which takes place in Wellington, New Zealand, in August, 2011.

Dockwise Yacht Transport’s (DYT) trademark bright orange semi-submersible ship, Super Servant 3, will arrive in Brisbane on or around January 25, 2011, and Jason Roberts, President of Aurora Global Logistics and DYT’s exclusive commercial agent for Australia says that’s good news for his business and the economy.

In addition, DYT has scheduled these new voyages via the lift-on, lift-off method:Loading in March and April, 2011: Antwerp (Belgium) or Rotterdam (The Netherlands) to Genoa (Italy), then to Brisbane (Australia) and Wellington (New Zealand)

Loading in May and June, 2011:North Adriatic to Augusta and Brisbane (Australia) and Wellington (New Zealand)

Loading in May, 2011:Phuket (Thailand) to Genoa (Italy)

source: https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Dockwise-Yacht-Transport-demand-grows-in-South-Pacific/-79184

South Pacific Demand for Yacht Transport Grows

Dockwise Yacht Transport’s (DYT) trademark bright orange semi-submersible yacht transport ship, the Super Servant 3, will arrive in Brisbane on or around January 25, 2011.

The Australian yacht market is very buoyant at present due to the strong Australian dollar. Being market leader, DYT is working hard to service the South Pacific market for yacht transportation in relation to this large influx of yacht movements.”

Super Servant 3, 456 feet (139 meters) in length and operating on a regular schedule to deliver yachts around the world, will look something like a giant moving marina when it comes to town. By “sinking” its dock bay, it will safely float off its cargo of yachts. Captains, owners and crew members will be aboard the vessels during disembarkment, ready to take them by their own power on to new adventures.

It’s an amazing process, and no other shipping company has this ability to deliver boats in such a manner.” Nevertheless, for clients who want a more flexibleboat transport schedule or those who want to explore destinations where the float-on/float-off ships aren’t scheduled to go, DYT orchestrates lift-on/lift-off arrangements with the carriers of Sevenstar Yacht Transport.

“With both services combined, we have created a very strong DYT yacht logistics product that is being utilized by many yacht owners and manufacturers and continues to be a leader in the market,”

The yacht shipping vessel, Super Servant 3, departed Port Everglades in early December, 2010, and will have made stops in St. Thomas (USVI), Golfito (Costa Rica) and Papeete (French Polynesia) before arriving in Brisbane. From Brisbane, it will head to Auckland and return to Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) in late February, via Ensenada (Mexico).

DYT’s second South Pacific “float-on/float-off” yacht transport voyage of the year will begin in Port Everglades in early July, with stops in Golfito (early/mid July), Brisbane (early August), Auckland (mid August), and head back via Ensenada (mid September) to Port Everglades (early October) in time for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

This particular voyage is ideal for those who want to attend the Rugby World Cup which takes place in Wellington, New Zealand, in August, 2011.

In addition, DYT has scheduled these new voyages via the lift-on, lift-off method:

Loading in March and April, 2011: Antwerp (Belgium) or Rotterdam (The Netherlands) to Genoa (Italy), then to Brisbane (Australia) and Wellington (New Zealand)

Loading in May and June, 2011:
North Adriatic to Augusta and Brisbane (Australia) and Wellington (New Zealand)

Loading in May, 2011:
Phuket (Thailand) to Genoa (Italy)

About Dockwise Yacht Transport

Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in the maritime transport of private luxury yachts and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd., a Bermuda incorporated company that is the leading marine contractor providing total transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries as well as installation services of extremely heavy offshore platforms.

Dockwise owns a total of four yacht carriers including the 686-foot (209 meter) super ship Yacht Express. The ships use the unique float-on/float-off loading method that allows yachts of any size to be safely floated on and off as cargo. The carriers submerge themselves by pumping nine million gallons of water into their ballast tanks; the vessels are floated into place one-by-one, then sea-fastened before the ship pumps dry to prepare for boat transport. The process is reversed to allow the yachts to safely disembark once they reach their final destinations.

DYT's global yacht transport routes for its semi-submersibles include the U.S. East Coast (Newport, Rhode Island and Port Everglades, Florida), the Mediterranean (Toulon, France; Genoa and Taranto, Italy; Marmaris, Turkey; Palma de Mallorca, Spain), the Bahamas (Freeport), the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Martinique), the Pacific West Coast (Golfito, Costa Rica; La Paz and Ensenada, Mexico; and Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and the South Pacific (Papeete, Tahiti; Auckland, New Zealand; and Brisbane, Australia).

Even though its schedule with the semi-submersible yacht carriers regularly covers main harbors around the world, as well as more unique destinations, DYT recognizes that it can’t meet every demand for location or timing with its own ships. Therefore, the company is also active in the lift-on/lift-off market, offering the same professionalism and attention to detail in servicing this alternative method of yacht transportation to clients who need additional scheduling flexibility or the ability to get to destinations not normally serviced by DYT’s semi-submersible ships.

Since its maiden voyage in 1987, the company has transported over 11,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe, offering owners and charterers safe and easy access to many of the world’s premier cruising grounds. Along with area representatives around the globe, DYT has additional operating offices in Italy, Martinique and Newport (R.I.).

For more information please contact:
Dockwise Yacht Transport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Catalina Bujor (PR/Marketing Officer)
Telephone: +1 954-525-8707
E-mail: pr@dockwise-yt.com

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DYT Partners with New Zealand Millennium Cup

Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), the world’s leading yacht transport and logistics provider, has announced its partnership with the New Zealand Millennium Cup to offer an attractive discount on southbound shipping for the 2013 as well as 2014 and 2015 editions of the popular superyacht event. The discounted DYT voyage for 2013 will sail from Palma de Mallorca, Spain at the end of November and stop in Le Marin (Martinique), Port Everglades (Florida) and Golfito (Costa Rica) in December before arriving in Auckland in perfect time for the regatta’s February 14 start.

“We transport yachts of all sizes to different ports around the world,” said DYT’s exclusive agent for New Zealand, Dave Ross, who will handle all arrangements for interested parties, “but owners and captains of superyachts are especially appreciative of our knowledge of the South Pacific and the service we provide with our fleet of semi-submersible ships, which utilize a float-on/float-off method that is unique to Dockwise Yacht Transport.”

The New Zealand Millennium Cup, hosted by the New Zealand Marine Export Group from February 14- 17, 2013, is now an annual fixture on the superyacht circuit and is set to become the premier superyacht regatta of the South Pacific. Its format is a mix of harbor and passage races in the Hauraki Gulf to make the most of the spectacular yachting environs. The program of events gets underway on the evening of the 14th with a Cocktail Party and briefing for owners and captains. Racing and further social events take place over the 15th and 16th, with the last of the racing taking place on the 17th, followed by a dinner, official prize giving and entertainment to close.

For more information on discount booking with Dockwise Yacht Transport, contact Dave Ross, +64 9 374 0365, dave.ross@mckayshipping.co.nz . For more information on the New Zealand Millennium Cup, including details on how to enter, visit www.millenniumcup.com or contact Amy Welch, +64 224 444 011, amy@millenniumcup.com.

More about DYT
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in the maritime transport of private luxury yachts and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd., a Bermuda incorporated company that is the leading marine contractor providing total transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries as well as installation services of extremely heavy offshore platforms.

DYT’s global yacht transport routes for its semi-submersibles include the U.S. East Coast (Newport, Rhode Island and Port Everglades, Florida), the Mediterranean (Toulon, France; Genoa and Taranto, Italy; Marmaris, Turkey; Palma de Mallorca, Spain), the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Martinique) , the Pacific West Coast (Golfito, Costa Rica; La Paz and Ensenada, Mexico; and Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and the South Pacific (Papeete, Tahiti; Auckland, New Zealand; and Brisbane, Australia).

With additional lift-on/lift-off offerings, DYT has serviced the following ports: Dubai (UAE), Genoa and Livorno (Italy), Hong Kong (China), Jacksonville and West Palm Beach (Florida), Marmaris (Turkey), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Phuket and Singapore (Thailand), Portland (Australia), Salalah (Oman) and Southampton (UK).

Since its maiden voyage in 1987, the company has transported over 12,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe, offering owners and charterers safe and easy access to many of the world’s premier cruising grounds. Along with area representatives around the globe, DYT has additional operating offices in Italy, Martinique and Newport (R.I.).

For more information please contact:
Dockwise Yacht Transport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Catalina Bujor (PR/Marketing Officer)
Telephone: +1 954-525-8707
E-mail: pr@dockwise-yt.com

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Precious Cargo of Luxury Yachts returns to South Florida

Every October at Port Everglades, one of the most active cargo ports in the United States, Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) reminds the world that its semi-submersible ships are among the most extraordinary in the world, and the cargo they carry is as precious as any delivered around the globe by the thousands of ships that pass through there. This year, not one but two Dockwise ships, the 686-foot (209-meter) Yacht Express and the smaller 555.93-foot (169.49-meter) Super Servant 4, will follow in succession to the South Florida destination, having loaded in Genoa, Italy, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, respectively. The cargo they carry—over 3,708.34 linear feet of luxury yachts—are worth a combined $358,475,000 USD and will either disembark at this Ft. Lauderdale stopover or carry on with DYT to other drop-off points in the U.S. and the Caribbean.

According to Graeme Lord from Fairport Yacht Support in Ft. Lauderdale, shipping his client’s prized possession, the 136-foot (41.45 meter) M/Y Lagniappe, safely across the Atlantic takes lots of expertise, starting with his own in knowing who to trust. Lord has come to depend on DYT’s dedicated service to yacht transport in arranging bookings of anywhere from five to eight yachts a year for the last 15 years. That’s 50-100 yachts, he says, that he has either been involved with as a crew member or, more recently, as a “bookings and negotiations” coordinator for his own yacht support business.

“There are plenty of ships without fixed schedules or published ports of call, which will pick up any cargo, including yachts, but this leaves too much to the shipping company’s discretion as far as which route it takes and how long it takes to get there,” said Lord. “And there are ships that do stick to schedules but don’t have the personnel with the knowledge of DYT’s loading masters, engineers and crews.”

Most important to Lord is the way in which the yachts in his charge are loaded and off-loaded. DYT’s de-ballasting process allows sea water to flood each ship’s dock bay, giving it a marina-like appearance as yachts safely motor out the back and on to new adventures. The process is reversed for loading, with scuba divers securing the yachts with sea fasteners before the water leaves the “marina. “In all those shipments with DYT, I’ve never had anything even remotely that resembles any damage, but I’ve had problems in the past with other shipping companies where they show up to lift a yacht and they don’t have the right lifting gear. It’s a struggle; you don’t just go down to the hardware store and buy that lifting gear.”

While the Yacht Express and Super Servant 4 are DYT’s own ships that have regular routes and utilize the float-on/float-off process that is unique to its fleet, the company can also oversee lift-on/lift-off services for yachts on other cargo ships if the need for meeting a schedule or delivering to a remote destination so demands it. Lord, who explained that M/Y Lagniappe is privately owned but charters in the Mediterranean, the U.S. and the Caribbean, said that in all cases, it simply makes sense to use a company that specializes only in the transport of yachts. “They understand the process right from the first phone call. Their loading master, their stevedores, all these behind-the-scenes people, they know what they are doing. We want to get the yacht from point A to point B at a reasonable cost, but as important, on a predetermined timeline. Especially with a charter yacht like M/Y Lagniappe, a delay or damage could result in us missing a charter.”

M/Y Lagniappe, which in Creole means “something extra,” lives up to its name by providing charter guests with the very best luxury, amenities and service, including accommodations for 10 in five exquisitely appointed staterooms with private baths. Among its many features is a sun deck with Jacuzzi and fixed sun beds. The yacht will arrive on the Super Servant 4 with 19 other yachts, of which eight are also over 100 feet. A total of 14 yachts will off-load at Port Everglades. The Super Servant 4 will then deliver the remaining yachts to Newport and St. Thomas prior to heading back to Palma de Mallorca; it returns to Port Everglades via Martinique and then begins its voyage Down Under via Golfito (Costa Rica), Brisbane (AU) and Auckland (NZ), before returning to Port Everglades via Golfito in mid-March, 2013.

Captain Steve Hilton of Monaco also has been utilizing the services of DYT for 15 years, and his current command, the M/Y Bad Girl, at 186 feet (56.7 meters), will be the largest among 18 vessels aboard DYT’s Yacht Express, which trumps DYT’s other ships in the fleet not only in size but in its purpose-built extras such as accommodations for crews crossing with their yachts and amenities such as a pool and theater. “This is the fourth crossing for M/Y Bad Girl with DYT; it’s a commercial yacht for charter that could normally cross on its own bottom, but with the rising cost of fuel and maintenance on the engines, it makes more sense to ship with DYT,” said Captain Hilton. “They are the best professionals in the business, and they’ve done more volume.”

M/Y Bad Girl, which sleeps 12 and boasts an air-conditioned limousine tender and an array of toys including wave runners, kayaks and kite surfing gear, splits her time between the Med and the Caribbean, with stops in the Bahamas where Captain Hilton says her shallow draft allows her to explore areas traditionally suited to smaller boats
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After Yacht Express offloads M/Y Bad Girl and the other yachts, it will then add a few yachts before heading back to Genoa where it will become flush again with a full load. The ship will sail to Martinique, then back to Genoa and complete two more round trips to Port Everglades before undergoing routine maintenance and beginning again in spring to take yachts back to the Mediterranean for the busy charter and cruising season there.

More about DYT
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in the maritime transport of private luxury yachts and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd., a Bermuda incorporated company that is the leading marine contractor providing total transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries as well as installation services of extremely heavy offshore platforms.

DYT’s global yacht transport routes for its semi-submersibles include the U.S. East Coast (Newport, Rhode Island and Port Everglades, Florida), the Mediterranean (Toulon, France; Genoa and Taranto, Italy; Marmaris, Turkey; Palma de Mallorca, Spain), the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Martinique) , the Pacific West Coast (Golfito, Costa Rica; La Paz and Ensenada, Mexico; and Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and the South Pacific (Papeete, Tahiti; Auckland, New Zealand; and Brisbane, Australia).

With additional lift-on/lift-off offerings, DYT has serviced the following ports: Dubai (UAE), Genoa and Livorno (Italy), Hong Kong (China), Jacksonville and West Palm Beach (Florida), Marmaris (Turkey), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Phuket and Singapore (Thailand), Portland (Australia), Salalah (Oman) and Southampton (UK).

Since its maiden voyage in 1987, the company has transported over 12,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe, offering owners and charterers safe and easy access to many of the world’s premier cruising grounds. Along with area representatives around the globe, DYT has additional operating offices in Italy, Martinique and Newport (R.I.).

Dockwise Yacht Transport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Catalina Bujor (PR/Marketing Officer)
Telephone: +1 954-525-8707
E-mail: pr@dockwise-yt.com

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Dockwise Yacht Transport Services Storied Destinations Around the World

Whether transporting 50-foot sport fishing boats or 250-foot luxury yachts, Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) and its fleet of semi-submersible ships give clients access to many of the world’s major shipping ports, which in turn lead to some of the most desirable travel destinations around the globe.

In early February, DYT’s 556-foot (169.49 meter) Super Servant 4 started its annual passage to Brisbane (Australia) and Auckland (New Zealand), a sailing that originated in Palma de Mallorca in late November, 2012. Having stopped in Le Marin (Martinique), Port Everglades (Florida) and Golfito (Costa Rica) on its way to the South Pacific, the semi-submersible ship, which “sinks” to load and unload its floating yacht cargo, is now enroute to Golfito and will return to Port Everglades before it goes transatlantic.

Currently aboard Super Servant 4 is Glen Kerunsky’s (Calgary, Canada) 64-foot (19.66-meter) motor yacht Mystery Ship, with which Kerunsky has cruised the South Pacific for the last three-and-a-half years.

“The last time we used Dockwise was in 2008, to ship our boat from Long Beach to Vancouver,” said Kerunsky. “We cruised Mystery Ship all the way down to the South Pacific from Canada, but if we could do the trip again, we would start by shipping the boat on Dockwise to Auckland and begin our trip there. The country is a must-see, and there are so many friendly people.”

Kerunsky and his wife Cindy enjoy scuba diving but they like to discover each of their new destinations both by sea and by land. After they had exhausted their options in New Zealand, they cruised north to Tonga and then west to Fiji where they did more diving. The next stop was the Vanuatu Islands.

“It is a very friendly place,” said Kerunsky. “All of these places make you feel like you are stepping back in time, and it’s great because many of the islands are so remote that many tourists cannot get to them.” After exploring the Vanuatu, the couple cruised to New Caledonia, and from there it was a four-day run to Australia. In Australia, they explored the coastline and dove the Great Barrier Reef before cruising south to Brisbane to ship their boat.

“Dockwise is timely, easy to work with, and there is always a representative to talk to,” said Kerunsky, acknowledging that when things go like clockwork, it’s easier for yacht owners to pursue the wilder of their dreams. In fact, when Mystery Ship arrives in the port town of Golfito, located on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the Kerunskys plan to continue their adventure, taking excursions up and down the Costa Rican coastline and into Panama, Nicaragua and El Salvador before they cruise to Mexico and then head home to Canada by the summer of 2014. “We’re looking forward to hiking through the rain forest in Costa Rica and getting into the whole rhythm of the countries we visit, experiencing the food and meeting the people.”

According to Jason Roberts, president of Aurora Global Logistics and DYT's agent in Australia, Brisbane is an especially attractive port for both big game fishermen and those cruising on sailing or power yachts. “Australia’s east coast is a major draw for fishing, especially Far North Queensland, where anglers from all over the world come, hoping to catch a 1,000 pound Marlin and win the Port Douglas Marlin Challenge,” said Roberts. “As for superyachts, they can head north to the Great Barrier Reef or south to French Polynesia.” (DYT also directly services Papeete, Tahiti.)

After Super Servant 4 stopped in Brisbane, it picked up additional yachts in Auckland, including the Auckland-based VvS1, a 111.32-foot (33.94-meter) motor yacht ultimately destined for Palma Mallorca.

“I’ve loaded previous boats on Dockwise for transatlantic voyages, so I knew the process,” said Andy Grocott (Auckland, New Zealand), who has been the captain of VvS1 for over six years. “Dockwise is reliable, on schedule, and the timing of the departure from Auckland has us arriving in Palma in good time for the Mediterranean charter season.”

Grocott explained that VvS1 was built at Alloy Yachts in Auckland and the boat has returned to the region the past six summers, “because it has a great marine infrastructure with marinas, shipyards, technicians, yacht agents and excellent cruising grounds.” He added that VvS1 spends the winters cruising the South Pacific – French Polynesia, Tonga, Wallis, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Queensland. “The owner, who has listed the boat for sale, is looking for new places to go, and when VvS1 arrives in Palma de Mallorca it will spend a few weeks there before heading to the south of France and then Turkey to begin its cruising season,” said Grocott. “VvS1 is capable of making the trip to the Med on her own bottom, but the time it would take, plus the cost of fuel and wear and tear on the vessel, makes transportation by Dockwise a better option.”

Float-on/Float-off
Super Servant 4 is one of DYT’s owned and operated “float-on/float-off” yacht carriers. It uses a unique de-ballasting process that allows seawater to flood the ship’s dock bay to a draft required by the yachts to safely motor in from the stern of the ship. When the yachts are over their assigned positions and touch the wooden cribbing or rubber mat, divers place temporary supports upright as the ship slowly rises from the water until the deck is dry and the ship’s crew can begin the docking operation. With its cargo secure, the DYT ship leaves for its next destination, a veritable moving marina.

The company is also able to coordinate lift-on/lift-off voyages onboard third-party cargo ships when needing to service additional ports of call. In fact, to keep up with the adventurous appetites of its clients, DYT has confirmed an upcoming voyage that will commence in Singapore in mid- to late March and stop in Phuket (Thailand) and Malta along the way, with a final destination of Genoa (Italy) at the end of April.

More about DYT
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in the maritime transport of private luxury yachts and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd., a Bermuda incorporated company that is the leading marine contractor providing total transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries as well as installation services of extremely heavy offshore platforms.

DYT’s global yacht transport routes for its semi-submersibles include the U.S. East Coast (Newport, Rhode Island and Port Everglades, Florida), the Mediterranean (Toulon, France; Genoa and Taranto, Italy; Marmaris, Turkey; Palma de Mallorca, Spain), the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Martinique) , the Pacific West Coast (Golfito, Costa Rica; La Paz and Ensenada, Mexico; and Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and the South Pacific (Papeete, Tahiti; Auckland, New Zealand; and Brisbane, Australia).
With additional lift-on/lift-off offerings, DYT has serviced the following ports: Dubai (UAE), Genoa and Livorno (Italy), Hong Kong (China), Jacksonville and West Palm Beach (Florida), Marmaris (Turkey), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Phuket and Singapore (Thailand), Portland (Australia), Salalah (Oman) and Southampton (UK).

Since its maiden voyage in 1987, the company has transported over 12,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe, offering owners and charterers safe and easy access to many of the world’s premier cruising grounds. Along with area representatives around the globe, DYT has additional operating offices in Italy, Martinique and Newport (R.I.).

Dockwise Yacht Transport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Catalina Bujor (PR/Marketing Officer)
Telephone: +1 954-525-8707
E-mail: pr@dockwise-yt.com

http://www.yacht-transport.com/news/pressrelease-1.html

Dockwise Yacht Transport Readies for Busy Season

As the seasonal migration of superyachts begins in late August from the Mediterranean to the wintertime cruising grounds of the Caribbean and South Florida, Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), operating for 26 years in the yacht transport industry, is gearing up for a busy season. Recent bookings include the most valued superyacht the experienced company has ever transported, the new 214-foot m/y Galactica Star, built by Heesen, which has booked a round trip from Genoa, Italy to Martinique this fall and from Port Everglades back to Genoa in spring 2014. While Dockwise has the capability to ship yachts from 30 feet to more than 200 feet, it regularly ships those in the 120-foot to 165-foot range, mainly to and from the Mediterranean.

There are two ways for a yacht to make its way across an ocean: on its own keel or docked safely aboard a transport vessel. The expense of having a yacht shipped by a qualified yacht transporter typically is outweighed by the substantial insurance requirements and costly wear and tear of a long sea journey. DYT is the only yacht transport company with semi-submersible ships, also known as float on float off, a method that is much less stressful on yachts than being hoisted by crane. In addition, these unique yacht carriers are equipped with 14.1 meter (46.25 feet) dock walls which protect the yachts from the elements while underway.

To and From the Mediterranean
The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale and operates in the most popular global cruising areas, including Newport, Rhode Island and the Caribbean, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, Costa Rica, Australia and New Zealand. As summer sojourns in the Mediterranean end and megayachts depart for warmer winter destinations, Dockwise runs a total of seven sailings originating in the Mediterranean, from Genoa, Italy or Palma de Mallorca, Spain and calling on ports in either the Caribbean or Port Everglades, Florida. The return to the Mediterranean for the spring/summer cruising season begins with voyages in March 2014. Another boat transport in early November picks up boats in Newport and unloads them in St. Thomas, and another annual voyage commences in Palma de Mallorca in November, stops in Martinique, Port Everglades, and then Golfito, Costa Rica in December before proceeding “Down Under” via Brisbane, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand and returning via the same ports.

“Our ships fill up quickly because we hold the client service bar so high,” said Catalina Bujor, marketing officer for Dockwise Yacht Transport. “We deliver flawless service to some of the most demanding clients in the world—most of which are repeat clients—and it is these high standards that distinguish our company from the rest.”

Semisubmersible Ships
Unlike other yacht transport companies that often are freight forwarding operations, Dockwise Yacht Transport owns its fleet of semi-submersible ships and therefore has total control, allowing for strict adherence to shipping schedules, safety and care standards. Each client is guided through the shipping process by teams that are professionally trained for this type of yacht transport who are dedicated to, and experienced with, the company’s specific method of shipping. Freight includes cradles, basic customs clearance fees in both departing and arriving ports, excellent insurance coverage, and expert assistance during loading and unloading.

More about DYT
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in the maritime transport of private luxury yachts and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise, a Netherlands incorporated company that is the leading marine contractor providing total transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries as well as installation services of extremely heavy offshore platforms.

DYT’s global yacht transport routes for its semi-submersibles include the U.S. East Coast (Newport, Rhode Island and Port Everglades, Florida), the Mediterranean (Toulon, France; Genoa and Taranto, Italy; Marmaris, Turkey; Palma de Mallorca, Spain), the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Martinique) , the Pacific West Coast (Golfito, Costa Rica) and the South Pacific (Auckland, New Zealand; and Brisbane, Australia).

Since its maiden voyage in 1987, the company has transported over 12,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe, offering owners and charterers safe and easy access to many of the world’s premier cruising grounds. Along with area representatives around the globe, DYT has additional operating offices in Italy, Martinique and Newport (R.I.).

Dockwise Yacht Transport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Catalina Bujor (PR/Marketing Officer)
Telephone: +1 954-525-8707
E-mail: pr@dockwise-yt.com

http://www.yacht-transport.com/news/pressrelease-6.html

Sevenstar Yacht Transport adds activities of Dockwise Yacht Transport

Sevenstar Yacht Transport is proud to announce it has grown its business by adding the activities of Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT). DYT represents a valuable addition to Sevenstar’s services in the demanding market of yacht transportation. Over the last decades DYT provided excellent service to a very loyal customer base.

“We are happy to have DYT on board and to benefit from its qualified staff and high end yacht transport expertise to meet our clients’ needs”, says Richard Klabbers managing director of Sevenstar Yacht Transport (SYT).

The sale includes two semi-submersible vessels that allow ‘float on, float off’ (super) yacht transportation.

DYT Yacht Transport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Catalina Bujor (PR/Marketing Officer)
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