Superyachts Are Staying Clear of Party Islands to Avoid Seizure, Predictably So
22 May 2022, 05:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The party has stopped for the world’s mega-rich, maritime tracking data reveals. Superyachts flee to friendly waters, and the Balearic Sea is “treacherous”
Motor Yacht A Is a $300 Million Exercise in Disruptive Design, From Hull to Moving Walls
22 May 2022, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Designed by Philippe Starck and built by Blohm & Voss, Motor Yacht A remains one of the boldest, most visually-striking vessels to sail the seven seas
Azovstal Steel Plant Billionaire May Be Selling Unfinished Lurssen Megayacht Luminance
21 May 2022, 05:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Rinat Akhmetov is the richest man in Ukraine and the owner of the Azovstal steel plant that is now under Russian control. Rep says Luminance might go
Blade-Shaped, $300 Million Motor Yacht A Has Disappeared in the Arabian Sea
20 May 2022, 05:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Owned by Andrey Melnichenko, Motor Yacht A is one of the most controversial, famous and spectacular vessels ever built, and it’s gone missing
Mysterious, Record-Breaking $600 Million Megayacht Azzam Changes Owners
18 May 2022, 05:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Azzam is the longest privately-owned superyachts in the world, shrouded in secrecy and allegedly dripping in excess. Its original owner has passed away
Superyacht Amadea Is Too Expensive for Fiji, at $1 Million a Week in Maintenance Costs
14 May 2022, 04:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Fiji authorities want the controversial megayacht gone because it costs too much to maintain it. Amadea has been stuck there since it was arrested in April
$400 Million Flying Fox Megayacht Is Rushing to Turkey After Secretive Departure
11 May 2022, 06:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Flying Fox was detained in the Dominican Republic for one month while under investigation, left there in secret, and is now heading to Turkey
Porsche’s First Megayacht, Royal Falcon One, Still on the Market After Hefty Price Cut
11 May 2022, 05:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Royal Falcon One is a futuristic-looking catamaran steeped in luxury and capable of incredible performance, that no one wants to buy, apparently
Billionaire Sheikh’s 300-Foot Superyacht Is Outrageous, a Floating Greek Island
11 May 2022, 03:42 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / When you're royalty, you get to enjoy a private Greek island and a floating palace all in one, thanks to a jaw-dropping megayacht
Russian Billionaire’s Mysterious Megayacht That Can Change Color Hides in the Panama Haven
9 May 2022, 01:18 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / He is one richest men in Russia and in the world, and now he is also sanctioned by the UK. His stunning toy, the Pacific, made it to Panama. But for long?
Billionaire Owner of $325M Amadea Spent Over $500K on Fuel Trying to Flee Sanctions
8 May 2022, 09:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Megayacht Amadea has been detained in Fiji for weeks, and holds the record for longest and most expensive trip trying to avoid sanctions
The U.S. Has to Pay $30 Million in Annual Running Costs for Seized Amadea Megayacht
8 May 2022, 05:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Once the appeal on seizure is heard, the U.S. will move Amadea into territorial waters and may proceed to sell it auction. Until then, it has to pay
$700 Million Scheherazade Megayacht Has Refueled and Is Getting Ready to Flee Sanctions
6 May 2022, 04:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Scheherazade has been docked and temporarily restrained in Italy over supposed ties to Putin, but signs point that it’s getting ready to get away
Metal Billionaire Has Successfully Disappeared the $300 Million Megayacht Alaiya
5 May 2022, 09:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Fool me one, shame on me: Alisher Usmanov will not make the same mistake after authorities seized Dilbar, so his second megayacht has gone dark
Steel Billionaire’s $100 Million Titan Megayacht Is Racing to Safety in Friendly Waters
1 May 2022, 06:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Analysts talk of the emergence of a new trend, as Alexander Abramov’s Titan races to Turkey to avoid sanctions, and will most likely go “invisible”
On Board Louis Vuitton Mogul’s Megayacht, Where Even the Engine Room Is a Work of Art
1 May 2022, 04:02 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This megayacht doesn't just turn heads, it makes them spin. Owned by one of the world's top billionaires, the king of luxury, it's pure sophistication
Roman Abramovich’s Megayachts to Be Mothballed Due to Loss of Flag Registration
30 Apr 2022, 06:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Bermuda moves to remove registration for flag of convenience for Eclipse and other oligarchs’ superyachts, effectively rendering them illegal for sailing
Russian Gold King’s Megayacht Trapped in Fiji as the U.S. Is Trying to Seize It
20 Apr 2022, 07:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Amadea, the Lurssen megayacht that tried to flee to safety, is now in limbo in Fiji, where local and U.S. authorities are trying to impound it
The World’s Largest Superyacht, $600 Million Dilbar, Officially Seized at Shipyard
15 Apr 2022, 04:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / After a month-long investigation, German authorities have established a link between Dilbar and Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, and impounded the vessel
Russian Gold Tycoon’s Stunning Megayacht Is Crossing the Pacific, but Not for Pleasure
12 Apr 2022, 03:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / One of the most stunnning superyachts ever built, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Amadea is currently embarked on an unusual ocean crossing