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Australia Customs: Move to make pleasure craft reporting and clearance totally electronic
Australian Customs and Border Protection are going to introduce a system of Electronic Reporting for international yacht arrivals and departures ...

Published 11 years ago, updated 5 years ago

Philippines, Palawan, Rio Tubbataha: German couple abducted from yacht
Reports about this abduction which occurred in April are mixed, however, the main facts as we have interpreted them are outlined ...

Published 11 years ago, updated 6 years ago

Hawaii: Authorities up the ante on anchor damage to coral
by Khon2/Sail-World Cruising Under Hawaii's newly amended coral rules, which took effect on May 1, ...

Published 11 years ago, updated 6 years ago

Trans Pacific Plastic Pollution Survey
This is the first time in history that any organization has done a continuous marine plastics survey from one continent to another. During our 7,000 ...

Published 11 years ago, updated 5 years ago

Greece makes the yachting buzz in April! The end of Charter Licences?
Just before the beginning of the new charter season Greece has published a new Law 4256/2014 14 April 2014 dealing with “Touristic yachts and other ...

Published 11 years ago, updated 6 years ago

South Pacific, Niue: Arrive with correct paperwork or face fines
Lying on the direct route from French Polynesia to Vava'u in Tonga, Niue is a favourite stop for westbound yachts. With the first arrivals this ...

Published 11 years ago, updated 6 years ago