Dockwise Yacht Transport Launches Super Ship

Created by doina. Last modified on 2007-01-26 14:21:48
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Topic: Global Yachting Services
Countries: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, France, Italy, Martinique, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, US Virgin Islands, USA

Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), the world's only float-on/float-off yacht transport service, has launched its newest ship, which will provide yacht owners with faster and more frequent delivery of their yachts across the Atlantic Ocean. The 209 metre long Yacht Express, built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China, has an official delivery date of May, 2007. It will be the largest vessel of its kind in the world, purpose-built with a semi-submersible dock bay that allows yachts of any size to be safely floated on and off as cargo. Yacht Express will join four other dedicated yacht carriers, all semi-submersible, in the existing liner service of DYT.

"This ship is designed to have a service speed of 18 knots", said DYT President Clemens van der Werf. "This means that a transatlantic voyage with this ultra modern yacht carrier can be reduced by nearly 50%, from 15 to 8 days." Yacht Express also will feature amenities not found on the other DYT ships such as complimentary cabins for ride-aboard crew, an atrium with swimming pool, conference, media and fitness facilities, allowing for added comfort and entertainment during transit.

The year 2007 will also see Dockwise Yacht Transport introduce two new ports of call: Stockholm, Sweden and Freeport, Bahamas. The destinations embellish the Ft. Lauderdale-based shipping company's many route offerings on its regular liner service to and within Europe and to the Caribbean. (The company also services the Pacific West Coast of North America and the South Pacific.)

"Since DYT is the only shipping company devoted exclusively to the maritime transport of luxury yachts, we constantly study the migration habits of both power and sailing yachts of all sizes," said DYT President Clemens van der Werf. "With the Stockholm stopover added in August to our regular stops in Marmaris (Turkey) and Palma de Mallorca (Spain), owners and captains can go back and forth between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, which especially enhances cruising options. Freeport supplements our Caribbean routes for boating enthusiasts who go south for the winter. It will be a direct DYT destination from Newport, Rhode Island, at the end of October, making it convenient to get to Florida and the Bahamas for the winter."

Since its maiden voyage in 1987, DYT has transported over 8,000 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.

For more information, visit www.yacht-transport.com