We have been informed by the Immigration Office of the Port of Naples that in the event of the next G8 Summit, from 28 June 2009 to 15 July 2009, Italy will be temporarily considered an extra Schengen country; for security reasons, Clearance procedures also require the full checking of all passports, regardless of nationality

Our Principal Surveyor, John Ross, has been appointed as an Examiner for the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency "Small Commercial Vessels and Workboats Code of Practice". Commercial Yachts can now be coded locally or anywhere within our area of operation.

Sardinia to cancel superyacht tax. It would seem that the new Governor of Sardina, Mr Ugo Cappellacci, appears to be determined to cancel the Sardinian Regional Tax, which taxed yachts visiting the harbours and ports of Sardinia...

The MCA has issued a Safety Alert regarding Fixed CO2 Fire-Extinguishing system discharge nozzles â?? in the particular case the nozzles were plastic and melted in a fire, rendering them useless. Copy and Paste the link below for full details. http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/workingatsea/mcga-healthandsafety/mcga-safety_alerts-tech/ds-safe_alert_tech-22.htm

A lorry broke free of its lashings and crashed through the stern door of the ferry Stena Voyager last night as it was leaving the Scottish Port of Stranraer on passage to Belfast. â??Stena Voyagerâ?? is unable to dock at Stranraer due to a lorry hanging off its stern. The vessel discontinued its voyage with the lorry hanging off the stern, which is now preventing the vessel from connecting to the Stranraer linkspan. The 156 passengers on board and 33 crew have thus been stranded on the vessel since the incident occurred at approximately 21:20 last night.