Breaking the Deadlock: (No longer valid as of 17 May 2021) While we were all concerned with the consequences of the new anchorage limits and regulations in French waters (Arrêté […]

Breaking the Deadlock: When Cyber Security regulations came on the floor, I couldn’t help wondering which industry stakeholder had put enough pressure on IMO for something like that to happen, […]

Breaking the Deadlock A boat, any boat, is always a compromise. I have showed recently how that affects classics of similar length such as The Krupp yacht “Reveler” and the […]

Breaking the Deadlock: In our yachting world, we pride ourselves in our short communication lines, optimised collaboration at all levels and utmost reactivity. To achieve that, operators work in very […]

Breaking the Deadlock: Exploration ships and the Polar Code. Following some comments on the launch of the first Damen SeaXplorer, let’s have a look at what exactly you should be […]

(Breaking the Deadlock series.) In our industry, we often hear people talking about specific yacht certifications (LY3, PYC etc…) as opposed to SOLAS, the latter being considered as the certification […]

By “local boats”, I mean a boat or ship, built in a particular country, flying the flag of that country, and operated exclusively within the waters of that country. The […]

As I was recently catching up on my maritime and yachting news reading, I happened on an article where the famous Cap 437 regulation was still referred-to. That reminded me […]