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New Super Ship to be Ringside at Monaco Yacht Show

by Barby McGowan on 10 Apr 2007
New Ship for Dockwise Transport - Yacht Express SW
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) has released the schedule for its newly launched super ship, the 686-foot (209 meters)Yacht Express, and has plans to make a special visit in September to the Monaco Yacht Show. The ship is the largest vessel of its kind in the world with a semi-submersible dock bay that allows yachts of any size to be safely floated on and off as cargo. It was added to the DYT fleet to provide yacht owners with faster and more frequent delivery of their luxury power and sailing yachts across the oceans.

'We will have a re-christening celebration, complete with fireworks, onboard Yacht Express during the Monaco Yacht Show,' said DYT's President and CEO Clemens van der Werf. 'The Monaco Yacht Show is Europe's largest in-water display of super and megayachts, so it makes sense that the world's only float-on/float-off yacht transport service is there, with its finest ship, to celebrate the role we play in the lives of yacht owners and boat captains who travel the world with their prized possessions.'

Built in Yantai, China, Yacht Express has an official delivery date of May, 2007. In June, it will travel within China to Shanghai, then to Kaohsiung, Taiwan before making its way to Brisbane, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand. August will mark its first transpacific voyage, from Auckland to Ensenada, Mexico. After a run to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the ship will cross the Atlantic, reaching Toulon on September 13 and leaving Toulon for Monaco on the 16th, arriving in Monaco on the 17th. It will remain moored offshore during the Monaco Yacht Show's run from Tuesday, September 17 through Saturday, September 22, and depart the next day for Genoa.

The Yacht Express schedule through March of 2008 is as follows:

Yantai 06/3/07 -- Shanghai 06/25/07
Shanghai 06/28/07 -- Kaohsiung 07/01/07
Kaohsiung 07/04/07 -- Brisbane 07/14/07
Brisbane 07/18/07 -- Auckland 07/23/07
Auckland 07/27/07 -- Ensenada 08/12/07
Ensenada 08/15/07 -- Port Everglades 08/28/07
Port Everglades 08/31/07 -- Toulon 09/13/07
Toulon 09/16/07 -- Monaco 09/17/07
Monaco 09/23/07 -- Genoa 09/24/07
Genoa 09/28/07 -- Port Everglades 10/11/07
Port Everglades 10/14/07 -- Genoa 10/26/07
Genoa 10/30/07 -- Port Everglades 11/12/07
Port Everglades 11/16/07 -- Genoa 11/29/07
Genoa 12/03/07 -- Port Everglades 12/16/07
Port Everglades 12/20/07 -- Ensenada 01/01/08
Ensenada 01/04/08 -- Brisbane 01/23/08
Brisbane 01/27/08 -- Auckland 01/31/08
Auckland 02/5/08 -- Ensenada 02/21/08
Ensenada 02/25/08 -- Port Everglades 03/09/08
Port Everglades 03/12/08 -- Genoa 03/25/08

Yacht Express will be outfitted with a SeaKeeper 1000TM modular ocean and meteorological monitoring system, designed by the International SeaKeepers Society to plot a broad and continuous picture of the critical measures of ocean health, such as salinity, temperature, oxygen and pollution for various scientific and public communities.

Dockwise Yacht Transport, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., specializes in the maritime transport of private luxury yachts and is a group company of Dockwise Transport B.V., the global leader in maritime transports of extremely large and heavy cargos. 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 http://www.yacht-transport.com or contact Catalina Bujor, Dockwise Yacht Transport, 954-525-8707, pr@dockwise-yt.com.
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