Good reporting. You totally had me at: "Piracy in the Indian Ocean!" I also love how you navigate your way through ownership via the shell corporations. Thank you for your deep-dive work. Me thinks you are an investigative journalist at heart.
Stepping right out is almost like a mixed metaphor, right? Unless you are Jesus you can't walk in water so you can't step right out on the sea. Rowing right out would have been better, and it's an an alliteration.
The South African government basically said that they had no mandate to ban Nord from arriving in Cape Town because the sanctions were enforced by the EU and the US but not the UN.
At the beginning of your Channel you gave inside information about captain's obligations, technical demands a.s.o., it was like a tutorial in some way. I really liked that aspect of content a Lot!!!!
I agree entirely that owners do not stay onboard for long passages. Having said that I worked for a retired owner on a 59m vessel and he came with us across The Pond. It was a very calm passage but he said it was rough and never did it again. The return journey was a bastard with 60 kn winds and 10m seas.
eSysman it's time to incorporate as the world's premiere SY monitoring entity. Your network of spotters alone is worth millions, and could alleviate many governments local and national from the costs and manpower-strain associated with tracking them! LOL. Another riveting post. Cheers.
Personal safety would be a main consideration.It’s not like the yachts can hide out in Antarctica indefinitely without taking on food and fuel and crew changes.Ultimately they have to show up somewhere and no doubt there is a dedicated tracking device on the yacht in case of a piracy incident and ais is turned off.Your idea is good in a normal world sense.
@@corail53 exactly,what do people think they are doing with those satellites 📡 up there,they can track an object the size of a football over thousands of kilometres let that marinate around the brain cells for a while.
Great suspense brewing all the time. Nord is unusual in many ways, her unusual behavior part of the whole parcel. Always look forward to updates on her. Great job sorting out and explaining the name changing game, obviously MEANT to be confusing... As an aside but VERY worth mentioning, those shots while you were talking about ocean crossings were spectacular. Seasickness is not something I ever want to experience again.
then Shut Up all the "anti-Columbus" ignorant fools. i saw some time back replicas sailing into Miami: El Almirante was a great leader and sailor . just remind the fashionable: the carib were island jumping when their sources of barbecue were drained it was On to the next island.
I experienced seasickness only once in my life. As a child we travelled with a small passenger ferry in near-stormy weather north of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. But I was fine. Until my father insisted on me taking a "seasickness pill". The pill worked like a wonder - within five minutes of eating the pill I got seasick, a lot. Bingo! Being from Denmark I have sailed a lot, but never again eaten pills against seasickness, and I never again got seasick.
Please add a correction to your statements on AIS. They are wrong and missleading. AIS is transmitted using VHF 161.975 MHz and 162.025 MHz, using a bandwidth of 25 kHz. This is line of sight only! Typically on a ship where the antenna is high enough above sea level this can be up to 20 miles allowing for the curvature of the earth. IE visible to local vessels and or line of sight receivers only. The information you are reporting is from satellite derived AIS which is not the the same and can be turned off legally under the IMO regulations. This means local transmission can continue while international/satellite positions will not be reported to the web site. You should not rely or report using the Marine traffic web site as this is not a reliable source of local AIS transmissions from any vessel. It is indicative of a vessels position not a definitive. As you will see if you look up our position on the web site. Regards. Ant.
What a spectacular ship, the design is just amazing, from the bluntness front and back, to the stacks angled out the way they are, it's one of the best looking yachts of all time.
OK now mark this date and record it. The next time South Africa wants or needs ANYTHING AT ALL from EU or the US remind them of this date and that since they "have no legal obligation to abide by sanctions imposed by the US and EU" then the US and the EU have no legal reasons to help them NO MATTER WHAT they want or need. See simple problem solved
I can think of 393.4 million reasons that Gov of South Africa should rethink their position on supporting the U.S. decisions in 2022. Maybe next year there should be 0 reasons why my tax money goes to them.
South Africa does not need the west actually,🤷🏾♂️BRICS , remember? AU, SADC, SACU, South Africa does not need to go overseas to get resources , everything is within the continent, even militarywise 🤷🏾♂️.China , India , Russia, Brazil .🤷🏾♂️
South Africa 🇿🇦 welcoming these Yachts is very smart business. So much money comes with a visit to port of these Yachts. I would turn off my AIS in the Indian Ocean on a trip to Cape Town. Lots of US Navy as well as pirates 🏴☠️ in this part of the Ocean.
The AIS I have on my boat has a simple on off switch . It is a vesper watch mate that both transmits and receives . No cables have to be disconnected or breakers thrown off. It is as simple as scrolling through the menu and selecting the power down selection.
If the crew or management company of MY Valerie are British and Britain have sanctioned that vessel does that mean the crew or management company by their actions are breaking British law and therefore could be found to be criminally responsible by a British court? You do an amazing job with this channel, Keep it up!! Stay Safe & Keep Reporting!!
Cape Town officials are following rules and regulations and has anti-corruption policies but doesn't seem to bother the leading party in South-Africa and current president.Says alot...
I had absolutely no interest in yachts, until I came across this show. it’s fascinating to see how some people show of there wealth be it legitimately come by, but in most cases not. right now for some it’s what goes round comes round 😊. 🇬🇧🇺🇦 Ps. Great show
I am positive the owner would not be aboard Nord crossing the Indian Ocean, because that is a treacherous crossing and can be quite the ordeal to get across it.
Every politician in the world is for sale no matter what country. An example: go look into how US congress members got their wealth - it certainly isn't from the government issued salary but rather from the many many lobby groups and private entities trying to weasel their views through.
During part of your story about how the ship owners usually don't cross the oceans with the vessel for reasons like not liking the potential bad weather ... anyway while you were talking about it you were showing some footage of some rough Seas from the Pilot House point of view and the Seas were pretty rough and you were rocking back and forth as you were talking and for a moment there I almost got a little seasick! :-) but anyway ESYSMAN you also mention the fact that part of the story would make a great movie also goes to my point about you creating a book and or novel that would also make a great movie! And Like Rick says below in his comment that your network of spotters and Friends and so on add value that could be incorporated into a select venue ...( which) could be liaisoned with various entities including certain government agencies, we all know they use your stuff anyway, and as I've mentioned before there's no shame and realizing some True Value from your time and efforts. Anyway we love you man ..stay safe
I was on the USS Midway years ago in rough seas that broke over the front flight carrier deck 90 feet off the water never want to do that again with the destroyers in our group pitch and yaw way worse...no thanks this is before stabilizers
At 6:31 where you show the ships' particulars, it is still listed as Valerie, and it shows that it is not on Ship U.N. Sanction or Owner / operating entity under U.N. sanction. Is the U.N. running a seperate sanction list to the U.S. / E.U. and which sanction has priority..??
This is like a scenario copied and reminds me from the movie “Lord Of War” with Nicholas Cage as the main actor. Excellent movie btw! ;-) Some scene in that movie the crew were given the orders to change the name from Kristol to Kono and registration and flag while they where chased by the coast guard to hide its cargo of weapons, and got away with it. Watch it, It’s a classic! Ok, enough joking around. All of this beside, thank you for the updates and cheers to your information sources. Your info, bulletins and updates are always days ahead of official announcements. Keep it up as reporter of it!
You mentioned that AIS is picked up by satellites; To the best of my understanding as a US merchant marine officer, this is not the case. It is however common for some ships and shore stations to upload a snapshot of anything in their VHF range along with their satellite traffic or landline to the AIS webserver that you use. However a lone AIS transmitting ship not in range of someone uploading to the internet would not show up on the internet webserver, it would however be detected by anyone in VHF vange with an AIS transceiver.
I live in Cape Town so will definitely try go see it. It's way too big for the waterfront harbour so I'm wondering where it will dock? Cape Town harbour? But then it's going to take up space normally occupied by large commercial ships so I'm assuming it's going to rack up large docking bills epscially if it is here for a long time. Other option is Simons Town naval base which makes me wonder how the US/EU will think of the SA Navy essentially hosting this beast.
The reason a Superyacht is owned by a company isn’t purely to hide the beneficial owner. It’s mainly done due mitigate the liability of the beneficial owner. For example, if a Superyacht was owned by a billionaire and it were to crash and people died the billionaire would be liable and could be sued. Their entire wealth would be at risk. If it were owned by a company then the company could be sued but that company wouldn’t have lots of cash or assets so much less would be at risk. Depending on the company structure the billionaires wealth wouldn’t be at risk. Lots of high value assets like planes are owned like this. Even businesses structure themselves like this to mitigate risks to their core business.
Yup and the best part is that anyone can do this as well - it isn't sneaky or illegal or underhanded. It is just acting like an insurance policy for yourself. You don't need to be rich.
I am very surprised at the use of temporary banners being used to display the vessel's name. My experience was as a naval architect and marine engineer for several oil companies. The IMO, classification society, (in our case ABS), and the flag state, (in our case USA/USCG) required permanent markings. For steel hulls the markings had to be welded, painted, inspected and certificated. As for the actual ownership of vessels, in the commercial world the actual owner is often not who you think. Our ships were named and identified by name, logos, and trademarked ship stacks associated with the company I worked for. Some of the vessel's eere owned by the company. Others were bareboat chartered. These vessels were owned by banks, law firms, and even churches.
South Africa, as a BRICS member, will always side with Russia against the UK, US or China. The country also desperately needs to welcome anybody with money to spend. If the bills are not paid, it is the citizens and traders who will be fraught, not the government.
It's the South African GOVERNMENT that is full of shit and corrupt. The SA government does not speak for and stand for all the people of SA. Get your facts straight!
Nord seems to be at a point where they could head south to South Africa, but it could also go via the Suez Canal and head to Turkey. I'd bet a pound they're heading to Turkey.
Idea for a bit of a segue: owners/yachts that do expeditions and adevnture sailing. North West Passage; Antarctica etc. I know SV 'Billy Budd' did the North West passage a few years back.
Why don't these superyachts have fuel delivered via sea like "regular sized" yachts? For instance, I've seen 40 meter yachts refueling outside of ports and having thousands of gallons delivered. Are the superyacht tanks just way too large for this to be practical?
You’re not 100% correct when talking about AIS. AIS has ON/OFF switch like almost any other device on the navigational bridge. You don’t have to flip the breakers or pull out the cables out of it to disable it. You can simply switch it on or off on the power button.
At sometime can you give some reports on new Yachts in design or fabrication? I see these on Boat Int’l and Superyacht Times. It might be interesting to get your reporting in activities at Benelli Luerson etc.
Excellent forensic analysis and explanation of the deactivation of Nord’s AIS. At least we can absolutely and comfortably rule out the possibility that any person in authority in South Africa has decided to be amenable to Nord’s plight as a result of a big bag of dirty money, because such things don’t happen there.
I posted their (SA’s) actions in the UN regarding Russia in the last video and stated that they would let the yacht in. Absolutely no surprise they did. There would be many countries in Africa who would also let them in.
is there any possibility of being arrested by either US or British Naval vessels while on open waters. There is a US/UK Naval base on Diego Garcia - which might make a nice jail cell for Nord.
On Nord: would it be SOP for it to have different speed and heading prior to switching off AIS and then change speed and heading so harder to predict its position? (though I assume Americans could probably track it via satellite images). Can a US court grant order to seize ship anywhere, including in middle of Indian Ocean? On Valerie: How is a ship arrested? Padlock on mooring lines? 7/24 guard to ensure morring lines not taken out? "Ship is given permission to leave" is the big question. payoff to the guard? Wait for one guard to get new job, change ship name overnight, and when newbie guard arrives next day, they tell him he is guarding the worng ship, pointing to paperwork that show she is to guard Valerie and they are a different ship?
On the subject of AIS - if it is "illegal" to turn this off, or not transmit. Surely this would allow any Maritime Authority, or Local Authority, to arrest the Captain for this breach of rules? If the Captain is responsible for the vessel - and that vessel is breaking International Law - it would make sense to then detain the Captain for investigation. Is this just a to simplistic way of looking at the problem - or does no one responsible for Maritime Law care ?
This is maritime law - it isn't exactly enforceable. It mostly works on a trust based system because of the whole international waters thing, not to mention their is not really a governing body that can enforce it. There is a reason why all military boats can turn it off and on at the push of one button.
The curent Soth African government (ANC) was helped by Russia during the apartheid days. They will not go againts their old Russian comrades. Also they see this as a business oppertunity to service other super yachts. Will this be in the best interest of South Africa... time will tell.
Actually the South afrikans now stating the they see no reason to enforce the sanctions doesnt mean that when the yacht is there they might put it on chains anyway for some other reason.
It's actually pointless trying to flee arrest - International maritime law permits the "right of pursuit" which allows naval/enforcement forces of a port state to pursue and board/arrest a vessel leaving that state's waters even if it enters into international waters. ITs an interesting decision by South Africa - essentially they're choosing to side with Russia over the EU and US, which is fine and they have that right but those choice come with consequences and I'm not sure it's a good idea for the country in the long term to choose Russia as your friend.
Okay not completely pointless - if you could make it to the territorial waters of a friendly state then you'd be okay. (Or if anyone's willing to put up enough military force to protect you - but lets face it that's unlikely)
Over 200 luxurious yachts roaming the world seas for K G B pleasure? How about recruitment? Recruitment of local invited guests by recording incriminating evidence to blackmail them (at a later date) into cooperation w/ K G B. These boats were like little floating epstein islands on board which out of port "anything goes" under a watchful eye of... K G B cameras. The ownership of these boats was so well camouflaged that invited guests couldn't have any idea that they've entered the K G B territory. South Africa is friendly with K G B, since the entire anti-apartheid movement was financed and directed from Moscow since the 1960's. Russians have compromising information about majority of South African politicians, majority of whom possibly spent "quality time" on board of those boats.
Gee perhaps the US ought to withhold the nearly $400 million in aid we provide South Africa to bolster it's health and welfare needs and just divert that money to Ukraine.
Ultimately all these Super yacht owners just need to buy controlling shares in P.O lines and incorporate these vessels into the fleet for charter as ultimately the sanctions are illegal anyway as international courts will find when the cases come through for compensation.
Will be 'standing by' at Cape Town harbor on the 9th to take some pics .
If it doesn't turn up there, look in Simon's Town.
@@alison__16 yes, like Waterkloof and the wedding plane.😄
@@js250 exactly 😁
Good reporting. You totally had me at: "Piracy in the Indian Ocean!" I also love how you navigate your way through ownership via the shell corporations. Thank you for your deep-dive work. Me thinks you are an investigative journalist at heart.
Waiting patiently here in Cape Town to see if THE NORD actually arrives!! 🤔 Should be very interesting to see!! 😉😉
Great info on this report. I notice that NORD was making 17 knots. That is stepping right out. Thank you for this.
Stepping right out is almost like a mixed metaphor, right? Unless you are Jesus you can't walk in water so you can't step right out on the sea. Rowing right out would have been better, and it's an an alliteration.
@@DowntownChris always a wise guy in the peanut gallery. Steppin right out works for me. Deal with it.
The South African government basically said that they had no mandate to ban Nord from arriving in Cape Town because the sanctions were enforced by the EU and the US but not the UN.
Didn't hear it that way, Anyhow EU/US also have no obligation to do any trade with SA, we all choose who we play with.
Awesome content, thanks for the updates!!!
Love it when I get a Notification from eSysman! Keep up the good work mate!
I usually watch his videos before I get the notices.👍
Thanks!
You are too kind sir. Thank you
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At the beginning of your Channel you gave inside information about captain's obligations, technical demands a.s.o., it was like a tutorial in some way. I really liked that aspect of content a Lot!!!!
I agree entirely that owners do not stay onboard for long passages. Having said that I worked for a retired owner on a 59m vessel and he came with us across The Pond. It was a very calm passage but he said it was rough and never did it again. The return journey was a bastard with 60 kn winds and 10m seas.
This is getting more and more intriguing everyday..Nord about to visit its family of allies perhaps.
@@GarrishChristopherRobin777 BRICS is real. Good on South African Government
eSysman it's time to incorporate as the world's premiere SY monitoring entity. Your network of spotters alone is worth millions, and could alleviate many governments local and national from the costs and manpower-strain associated with tracking them! LOL. Another riveting post. Cheers.
Interesting idea ... Can this be done?
Personal safety would be a main consideration.It’s not like the yachts can hide out in Antarctica indefinitely without taking on food and fuel and crew changes.Ultimately they have to show up somewhere and no doubt there is a dedicated tracking device on the yacht in case of a piracy incident and ais is turned off.Your idea is good in a normal world sense.
or Better: proudly lay low .
All this information is already out there and freely available to the governments. It would be hard to monetize this.
@@corail53 exactly,what do people think they are doing with those satellites 📡 up there,they can track an object the size of a football over thousands of kilometres let that marinate around the brain cells for a while.
Thanks. ✌🏻👊
Great suspense brewing all the time. Nord is unusual in many ways, her unusual behavior part of the whole parcel. Always look forward to updates on her. Great job sorting out and explaining the name changing game, obviously MEANT to be confusing...
As an aside but VERY worth mentioning, those shots while you were talking about ocean crossings were spectacular. Seasickness is not something I ever want to experience again.
then Shut Up all the "anti-Columbus" ignorant fools.
i saw some time back replicas sailing into Miami: El Almirante was a great leader and sailor .
just remind the fashionable: the carib were island jumping when their sources of barbecue were drained it was On to the next island.
I experienced seasickness only once in my life. As a child we travelled with a small passenger ferry in near-stormy weather north of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. But I was fine. Until my father insisted on me taking a "seasickness pill". The pill worked like a wonder - within five minutes of eating the pill I got seasick, a lot. Bingo! Being from Denmark I have sailed a lot, but never again eaten pills against seasickness, and I never again got seasick.
Please add a correction to your statements on AIS. They are wrong and missleading.
AIS is transmitted using VHF 161.975 MHz and 162.025 MHz, using a bandwidth of 25 kHz. This is line of sight only! Typically on a ship where the antenna is high enough above sea level this can be up to 20 miles allowing for the curvature of the earth. IE visible to local vessels and or line of sight receivers only. The information you are reporting is from satellite derived AIS which is not the the same and can be turned off legally under the IMO regulations. This means local transmission can continue while international/satellite positions will not be reported to the web site. You should not rely or report using the Marine traffic web site as this is not a reliable source of local AIS transmissions from any vessel. It is indicative of a vessels position not a definitive. As you will see if you look up our position on the web site. Regards. Ant.
Well done! It’s obvious you put a lot of time into these. Much appreciated.
What a spectacular ship, the design is just amazing, from the bluntness front and back, to the stacks angled out the way they are, it's one of the best looking yachts of all time.
OK now mark this date and record it. The next time South Africa wants or needs ANYTHING AT ALL from EU or the US remind them of this date and that since they "have no legal obligation to abide by sanctions imposed by the US and EU" then the US and the EU have no legal reasons to help them NO MATTER WHAT they want or need. See simple problem solved
Didn't the russian and cubans kill a lot of south africans about 50 years ago, i would think they have a score to settle?
Well said.
I can think of 393.4 million reasons that Gov of South Africa should rethink their position on supporting the U.S. decisions in 2022. Maybe next year there should be 0 reasons why my tax money goes to them.
South Africa does not need the west actually,🤷🏾♂️BRICS , remember? AU, SADC, SACU, South Africa does not need to go overseas to get resources , everything is within the continent, even militarywise 🤷🏾♂️.China , India , Russia, Brazil .🤷🏾♂️
Axis of evil.
South Africa 🇿🇦 welcoming these Yachts is very smart business. So much money comes with a visit to port of these Yachts.
I would turn off my AIS in the Indian Ocean on a trip to Cape Town. Lots of US Navy as well as pirates 🏴☠️ in this part of the Ocean.
The AIS I have on my boat has a simple on off switch . It is a vesper watch mate that both transmits and receives .
No cables have to be disconnected or breakers thrown off. It is as simple as scrolling through the menu and selecting the power down selection.
or the Vesper button if you so choose to wire up, Class A AIS however you can't go to a non transmit mode it's either on or off
“Doooooooozy” 😂 Love your work SuperYacht Sensei
If the crew or management company of MY Valerie are British and Britain have sanctioned that vessel does that mean the crew or management company by their actions are breaking British law and therefore could be found to be criminally responsible by a British court? You do an amazing job with this channel, Keep it up!! Stay Safe & Keep Reporting!!
I'm sure that's the reason he's asking about the crew.
Yep.
On merchant navy ships you can switch off by just pushing the on/off button
It is insane to me how you keep up with all this! Another day of great information, thanks!
Good to see you. Thanks for the info..take care
👍 !! Great video my brother !! From Ohio !! USA 🇺🇸!!
Great job
Thanks for the updates....hope you post to your other channel soon, love it too.
Appreciate
I haven't got a yacht, not even a toy one but l find your channel fascinating and thankyou.
" That's a bold move Cotton " .. as they try to get away.
Noice!!
They tried to get too fancy.. they should have slipped out at night. Fewer people on duty to pay off, too.
I would think that these yatchs would move towards the world cup location...
Cape Town officials are following rules and regulations and has anti-corruption policies but doesn't seem to bother the leading party in South-Africa and current president.Says alot...
ANC are just a mafia. Capetown more cosmopolitan than the rest of SA
It's a Western sanction... South Africa is part of the BRICS....which Russia is a part of... your sanction is not our sanctions
Thanks for info,,,,,,,have a good day,,,,,, smooth sailing 👍😎
Will the company that helped them now be put under sanctions or prosecuted for helping a sanctioned vessel escape ?
I’m with South Africa. It’s their country let them run it how they choose.
Thank you…
Thank you for the updates, Sir.
I had absolutely no interest in yachts, until I came across this show. it’s fascinating to see how some people show of there wealth be it legitimately come by, but in most cases not. right now for some it’s what goes round comes round 😊. 🇬🇧🇺🇦 Ps. Great show
same here: if i cannot reach down and touch the water .. too big for me mostly .
I am positive the owner would not be aboard Nord crossing the Indian Ocean, because that is a treacherous crossing and can be quite the ordeal to get across it.
Sounds like Morals are up for sale in some areas of the world.
Every politician in the world is for sale no matter what country. An example: go look into how US congress members got their wealth - it certainly isn't from the government issued salary but rather from the many many lobby groups and private entities trying to weasel their views through.
During part of your story about how the ship owners usually don't cross the oceans with the vessel for reasons like not liking the potential bad weather ... anyway while you were talking about it you were showing some footage of some rough Seas from the Pilot House point of view and the Seas were pretty rough and you were rocking back and forth as you were talking and for a moment there I almost got a little seasick! :-) but anyway ESYSMAN you also mention the fact that part of the story would make a great movie also goes to my point about you creating a book and or novel that would also make a great movie! And Like Rick says below in his comment that your network of spotters and Friends and so on add value that could be incorporated into a select venue ...( which) could be liaisoned with various entities including certain government agencies, we all know they use your stuff anyway, and as I've mentioned before there's no shame and realizing some True Value from your time and efforts. Anyway we love you man ..stay safe
I was on the USS Midway years ago in rough seas that broke over the front flight carrier deck 90 feet off the water never want to do that again with the destroyers in our group pitch and yaw way worse...no thanks this is before stabilizers
Good show once again.
At 6:31 where you show the ships' particulars, it is still listed as Valerie, and it shows that it is not on Ship U.N. Sanction or Owner / operating entity under U.N. sanction.
Is the U.N. running a seperate sanction list to the U.S. / E.U. and which sanction has priority..??
The UN is crippled to do anything because Russia has veto power.
This is like a scenario copied and reminds me from the movie “Lord Of War” with Nicholas Cage as the main actor. Excellent movie btw! ;-)
Some scene in that movie the crew were given the orders to change the name from Kristol to Kono and registration and flag while they where chased by the coast guard to hide its cargo of weapons, and got away with it. Watch it, It’s a classic!
Ok, enough joking around.
All of this beside, thank you for the updates and cheers to your information sources. Your info, bulletins and updates are always days ahead of official announcements. Keep it up as reporter of it!
Oh on Patreon now and can give subject suggestions, sounds great!
Fabulous content. Well worth Patreon support.
great video ...again
You mentioned that AIS is picked up by satellites; To the best of my understanding as a US merchant marine officer, this is not the case. It is however common for some ships and shore stations to upload a snapshot of anything in their VHF range along with their satellite traffic or landline to the AIS webserver that you use. However a lone AIS transmitting ship not in range of someone uploading to the internet would not show up on the internet webserver, it would however be detected by anyone in VHF vange with an AIS transceiver.
That’s not how it works. There is no facility onboard a ship to relay data to an AIS website.
Your reporting is amazing ! Yacht crack addiction fulfilled for today thanks E 👍!
Great video… thanks again
I live in Cape Town so will definitely try go see it. It's way too big for the waterfront harbour so I'm wondering where it will dock? Cape Town harbour? But then it's going to take up space normally occupied by large commercial ships so I'm assuming it's going to rack up large docking bills epscially if it is here for a long time. Other option is Simons Town naval base which makes me wonder how the US/EU will think of the SA Navy essentially hosting this beast.
Someone in the police might be a subscriber. Good work!
that might be
- too professional
- too intelligent
Are there any penalties for turning off their tracking systems?
The reason a Superyacht is owned by a company isn’t purely to hide the beneficial owner. It’s mainly done due mitigate the liability of the beneficial owner. For example, if a Superyacht was owned by a billionaire and it were to crash and people died the billionaire would be liable and could be sued. Their entire wealth would be at risk. If it were owned by a company then the company could be sued but that company wouldn’t have lots of cash or assets so much less would be at risk. Depending on the company structure the billionaires wealth wouldn’t be at risk.
Lots of high value assets like planes are owned like this. Even businesses structure themselves like this to mitigate risks to their core business.
Yup and the best part is that anyone can do this as well - it isn't sneaky or illegal or underhanded. It is just acting like an insurance policy for yourself. You don't need to be rich.
I am very surprised at the use of temporary banners being used to display the vessel's name. My experience was as a naval architect and marine engineer for several oil companies. The IMO, classification society, (in our case ABS), and the flag state, (in our case USA/USCG) required permanent markings. For steel hulls the markings had to be welded, painted, inspected and certificated.
As for the actual ownership of vessels, in the commercial world the actual owner is often not who you think. Our ships were named and identified by name, logos, and trademarked ship stacks associated with the company I worked for. Some of the vessel's eere owned by the company. Others were bareboat chartered. These vessels were owned by banks, law firms, and even churches.
Can you interview the IMO in London please? There are questions to be answered about insurance liability - to third parties - if AIS is abused.
The vessel was in Hong KonK"?
Great story, dumb question what prevents them from just throwing lines and driving out of the harbor if local authorities are not on watch 24/7?
magnets
@@MrVorpalsword Aluminium hull....:-)
Very clever people out there
Nord is sick!!!!
South Africa, as a BRICS member, will always side with Russia against the UK, US or China. The country also desperately needs to welcome anybody with money to spend. If the bills are not paid, it is the citizens and traders who will be fraught, not the government.
😂😂🤣😂
South Africa has chosen which side to be on. Any aid the U.S. sends to them must be stopped immediately.
It's the South African GOVERNMENT that is full of shit and corrupt. The SA government does not speak for and stand for all the people of SA. Get your facts straight!
Back to the days of the embargo. I guess they are nostalgic.
Good on you NORD
Nord seems to be at a point where they could head south to South Africa, but it could also go via the Suez Canal and head to Turkey. I'd bet a pound they're heading to Turkey.
Idea for a bit of a segue: owners/yachts that do expeditions and adevnture sailing. North West Passage; Antarctica etc. I know SV 'Billy Budd' did the North West passage a few years back.
Why don't these superyachts have fuel delivered via sea like "regular sized" yachts? For instance, I've seen 40 meter yachts refueling outside of ports and having thousands of gallons delivered. Are the superyacht tanks just way too large for this to be practical?
He is in Cape town South Afrika i did see the boat today
1 Question can these be fueled at sea? international waters
You’re not 100% correct when talking about AIS. AIS has ON/OFF switch like almost any other device on the navigational bridge. You don’t have to flip the breakers or pull out the cables out of it to disable it. You can simply switch it on or off on the power button.
Could the AIS be off while the MY rendezvous with another MY in Indian Ocean- ?smuggling! Or is there a chance that the MY is now a submarine?
Oh dear, Valerie. As Maxwell Smart would say… “missed it by that much”.
Should not the captains of yachts that turn off AIS in breach of international shipping rules be charged?
Yes why aren't they? or at least questioned?
Sysman. Does AIS ‘Mesh’ with other vessels nearby to relay? Or is it capable of broadcasting from anywhere in the world?
There are receivers on land but the satellites pick up the rest in the ocean.
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Such a thing of beauty, shame about the circumstances. (Edited to just put in the name) Nord.
At sometime can you give some reports on new Yachts in design or fabrication? I see these on Boat Int’l and Superyacht Times. It might be interesting to get your reporting in activities at Benelli Luerson etc.
Excellent forensic analysis and explanation of the deactivation of Nord’s AIS.
At least we can absolutely and comfortably rule out the possibility that any person in authority in South Africa has decided to be amenable to Nord’s plight as a result of a big bag of dirty money, because such things don’t happen there.
I posted their (SA’s) actions in the UN regarding Russia in the last video and stated that they would let the yacht in. Absolutely no surprise they did. There would be many countries in Africa who would also let them in.
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Hopefully soon you will be posting about all the US yachts being sanctioned.
If that happened we would, but I don't see it happening.
Yes!
is there any possibility of being arrested by either US or British Naval vessels while on open waters. There is a US/UK Naval base on Diego Garcia - which might make a nice jail cell for Nord.
Not sure how that would be legal in either countries policies.
Wooo Hoooo Yacht Stampede to South Africa. Flag Changes included.
Those vessels in Africa are now a big target...
On Nord: would it be SOP for it to have different speed and heading prior to switching off AIS and then change speed and heading so harder to predict its position? (though I assume Americans could probably track it via satellite images). Can a US court grant order to seize ship anywhere, including in middle of Indian Ocean?
On Valerie: How is a ship arrested? Padlock on mooring lines? 7/24 guard to ensure morring lines not taken out?
"Ship is given permission to leave" is the big question. payoff to the guard? Wait for one guard to get new job, change ship name overnight, and when newbie guard arrives next day, they tell him he is guarding the worng ship, pointing to paperwork that show she is to guard Valerie and they are a different ship?
On the subject of AIS - if it is "illegal" to turn this off, or not transmit. Surely this would allow any Maritime Authority, or Local Authority, to arrest the Captain for this breach of rules?
If the Captain is responsible for the vessel - and that vessel is breaking International Law - it would make sense to then detain the Captain for investigation.
Is this just a to simplistic way of looking at the problem - or does no one responsible for Maritime Law care ?
This is maritime law - it isn't exactly enforceable. It mostly works on a trust based system because of the whole international waters thing, not to mention their is not really a governing body that can enforce it. There is a reason why all military boats can turn it off and on at the push of one button.
The curent Soth African government (ANC) was helped by Russia during the apartheid days. They will not go againts their old Russian comrades. Also they see this as a business oppertunity to service other super yachts. Will this be in the best interest of South Africa... time will tell.
Actually the South afrikans now stating the they see no reason to enforce the sanctions doesnt mean that when the yacht is there they might put it on chains anyway for some other reason.
Will be on the lookout for Nord. How do I send you images?
Email. Look on their IG account
It's actually pointless trying to flee arrest - International maritime law permits the "right of pursuit" which allows naval/enforcement forces of a port state to pursue and board/arrest a vessel leaving that state's waters even if it enters into international waters. ITs an interesting decision by South Africa - essentially they're choosing to side with Russia over the EU and US, which is fine and they have that right but those choice come with consequences and I'm not sure it's a good idea for the country in the long term to choose Russia as your friend.
Okay not completely pointless - if you could make it to the territorial waters of a friendly state then you'd be okay. (Or if anyone's willing to put up enough military force to protect you - but lets face it that's unlikely)
Over 200 luxurious yachts roaming the world seas for K G B pleasure? How about recruitment? Recruitment of local invited guests by recording incriminating evidence to blackmail them (at a later date) into cooperation w/ K G B. These boats were like little floating epstein islands on board which out of port "anything goes" under a watchful eye of... K G B cameras. The ownership of these boats was so well camouflaged that invited guests couldn't have any idea that they've entered the K G B territory. South Africa is friendly with K G B, since the entire anti-apartheid movement was financed and directed from Moscow since the 1960's. Russians have compromising information about majority of South African politicians, majority of whom possibly spent "quality time" on board of those boats.
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Would love to know the nationality of the crew, they clearly knew what they were doing ......... the whole crew should face criminal charges
good luck evading the satellites and hull trackers ...
How much cash do you think the Nord deposited in HK banks?
Nord gone dark, because it's heading to Simon's Town, our Naval Base and not CT marina. I'm willing to put money on it!
Hey E how can I get some of the shirts you wear? I’m a 3XL.
They should have just waited for siesta time, the port police would have been having a doze
Did you notice the dive team in the shot of Valerie?
Gee perhaps the US ought to withhold the nearly $400 million in aid we provide South Africa to bolster it's health and welfare needs and just divert that money to Ukraine.
Keep it for America,screw Ukraine,
The US has not sent aid to south Africa in years
I don’t dig on South Africa accepting these Russian yachts. The US does not have to give support to South Africa nor does the EU.
That was a close call
S.A. has no legal obligation to do the right thing eh?
Isn't the US and EU arming Saudi Arabia whose war in Yemen and overall human rights record makes Russia look like an angel?
Ultimately all these Super yacht owners just need to buy controlling shares in P.O lines and incorporate these vessels into the fleet for charter as ultimately the sanctions are illegal anyway as international courts will find when the cases come through for compensation.