Mystery of SuperYacht Amadea’s ‘Seizure’ in Fiji? | Ep72 SY News
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Episode 72 SY News
SuperYacht Amadea Seized?
Fiji police investigated on Thursday the arrival of a luxury vessel suspected of being owned by a Russian oligarch, questioning its captain about how he brought the boat to the Pacific island nation.
Fiji newspapers reported that police had seized the superyacht Amadea, owned by a Russian billionaire, Suleiman Kerimov, who has been sanctioned by the United States, Great Britain and the European Union, and detained its crew.
Has she really been seized? Find out...
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FYI I saw a photo yesterday of Amadea at the Loutoka wharf with 5-6 fuel trucks alongside her which suggests she has bunkered already. I lived in Fiji for many years and you would be correct to say someone in the Govt. stuffed up, very common in fact there's a local saying "it wasn't me"! Also Nadi is most definitely is pronounced Nandi.
That’s the modernized way of pronouncing it…originally it is pronounced “Na-dee”.
@@lelatuisovaturuva4259 Naa-n-dee.
The newspapers in Fiji are reporting that Amadea did not seek prior approval to enter Fiji waters. Currently, there is no crew on board as they have been arrested.
Well that's like governments everywhere ..in the U.S. it's called the United States Postal Service or The Internal Revenue Service, The Food and Drug Administration, The Centers for Disease Control etc etc etc.
Great content! I've sailed into Fiji many many times ( some even on youtube) there's still a 48-hour pre-arrival notification for Customs and immigrations which can be done underway before the 48-hour limit although this may have change with covid. Looks like they went through a Navula pass to get up to Lautoka which is one of the only docks other than Suva that could accommodate them. The water in Lautoka port is covered in black oil (I found out the hard way) most super yachts anchor outside of Denarau or in parts of the Yasawas and pay for customs to come out and clear them. There are some but Not many places to hide a yacht that size in the Pacific! Keep up the great work
Until I see a paper trail that shows it received proper clearance, I tend to believe the Fijians. Permission to enter is not granted verbally.
I have a friend in Fiji working on commercial charters. He told me they been held due to breeches in quarantine and immigration, Fiji has been very strict about covid and even assuming they requested entry they would have been most likely denied.
This is what was reported about it here in NZ.
FYI, mandatory 3 day quarantine for international arrivals in Fiji finished on the 7th of April.
590 thousand euro for a full thank??? 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@DiscoFang Jacinda let you guys free yet?
@@grandsoleil56 We are NZ unchained. The sequel.
eSysman needs to have an intro fanfare with a lower third Chyron: "Breaking News!" Great job with all of these updates!
no not reeeeally they are historical and Instant Classics : )
Had background seagulls 🏝 🌞
We love your frank and all-facts deliberate delivery, answering questions in a realistic way, and suggesting what may be going on.
AND, thank God, yours is not one of those cheerful language-mangling robot voices with fake inflections throughout.
One cheerful fact- somehow the in-port ongoing maintenance fees will be distributed down from the ill-gotten wealth of the oligarchs
and "redistributed" to ports, crew, fuel companies, ships chandlers, food, governments, security forces all over the place outside of Russia.
After Russia is hopefully defeated, the sanctioning governments should offer a super-yacht to Ukraine and Zelensky, WITH operating costs,..
financed by the sale of other super-yachts seized and sold for 'reparations' . Now THERE's a happy thought.
Cheers, Port of Montreal. Canada. (2 kayaks, 3 canoes, 17' runabout)🙂
Zelensky is probably one of the worse war criminals of the last 50 years. Offering him anything more than 3 bullets at point range, is a total waste. Remember he made a genuine genocide of Ukrainians in Donbass From 2014to 2022. 13 000 murders. Hi defeat is almost accomplished, fortunately.
I like how you’re making it clear to us not in-the-know, just how complex and expensive it is for these boats to perform up to their specifications (like a trans-pacific trip at speed).. I’m nearly speechless at the hubris & status-seeking it takes to build & operate one of these monsters.. Anyway, it’s blown up in their faces now..
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT 👍
greed and egotism..
I remember telling my brother in law who was an ambitious and a fresh millionaire who was looking to get a boat.
I said that the cost of the vessel will be repeated every 5 years by FUEL costs
Cleaning costs
Berthing costs
AND CREW TAXES AND MAINTENANCE AND CATERING
a hefty price to ensure ensure the ego is stroked
Yes it takes hubris and status-seeking to build a super yacht but mostly it takes a butt load of money. Let us not begrudge the super rich their idle pleasures because we are all thinking we probably would if we could unless you get seasick. Then a super yacht is not attractive no matter how big it is.
@@comachos maybe we should make people ashamed of hubris while kids die from cancer, or starve with no food?, just perhaps there should be greater problems solved in life for smaller persons? healthcare for all kids should be a right, and food, water,, before one man gets a yacht...would be human decency
You're famous. ABC Australia just had a story about Russian superyachts & mentioned, "And as sanctions have targeted the prized assets of Russia's tycoons, a small corner of the internet has been obsessed with tracing the journey of these assets in real-time." You are officially a small corner of the internet, break out the champagne.
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I never thought I would be this Enchanted listening to a British man talk about wealthy men and their ships 😎⛵
he has an interesting accent ... not scott ? welch ? cornish ? he has vowel slips To The Real value of the vowels ! instead of the english slurr vowell chaos.. oh excuse please: "vowel shift" as charlie chan would surely appologize.
The hole in the water you throw money in...
His telling clearly and without shitty talks what situation is. That Russian sanctions must work otherwise they do just how they done before. Times changes. Even Ritchie have some rules now and something to lose
Who knew? 😋
Esysman's videos were generally interesting and informative before the Russian / Ukrainian War. He's well informed and says what he knows, what he thinks, what he's told, etc - and tells you which the info is. I think he's doing a great job.
Excellent research sir. What does a Captain of this sized yacht earn approximately? Thanks in advance.’
I got the impression that 1/4 million euro salaries is fairly typical. I imagine that twice that is likely too.
I have a friend who was ships doctor on one of the biggest SuperYachts. He was on around €250,000 per year for working 6 months. Captain would be considerably more.
Earning nothing at the moment i wouldnt think, he got caught
Fourth option is that they made the voyage in desperation, and hoped they could straighten everything out when they got there.
This sounds like a very plausible scenario worth investigating!
Very likely. Fiji doesn't have the "usual" extradition treaties with other countries. Having a US consulate there, as mentioned in the story here, doesn't mean the US has any special powers.
@@DiscoFang l bet they do ,,,
Watching FBI agents in full paraphernalia board that vsl in Spain tells you they are actively tracking those yachts to seize them. It’s a hunt & The Fiji consulate is orchestrating this theft. What else are they doing in Fiji ? Lol
@@user-qh7rj9wj4p sorry not a theft the way they got there money was probably theft
I love all the speculation on these boats. Fun! Great video!
Fiji is easily corrupted. Great place, great people and they are very pleased to make you happy especially if you leave a big tip.
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Police: "Who owns this yacht?"
Captain: "Um, somebody... but they're probably not Russian, maybe.
There owned by the red cross as hospitals now.
Yesterday- Thursday, the Australian Broadcasting Commission on line news service and The Age newspaper were both reporting she was seized. Both reports also stated that she HAD NOT received a customs clearance prior to arrival and had just ‘turned up’ . The Age had this quote - “We’ll need clarification on that then we can comment on that,” Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete was quoted by the Fiji Times as saying. “We don’t do Russians.”
That's funny!🤣
He failed to consider that these billionaires are accustomed to solving most of their problems with money. An honest investigation would shaow that in the past Yachts have tied up there without jumping through all of the prerequisite hoops.
"Yacht?" No. "Obscenely wealthy, rich man’s 'up yours' gesture?" Better description.
@@hermanmiller3708 It is definitely possible that "cash on arrival" has worked just fine up until 2022.
Great stuff,
I predicted that she would have ‘problems’ with Fiji when you first mentioned she was heading that way. A better option would have been the Solomon Islands given their political leanings at the moment. The correct pronunciation of Nadi was the second one.
Super yachts are going to be stacked ten high at the tip once this process is finished.
Be nice digs moored up somewhere equally nice when the billion & trillionaires are all just a memory
I saw a headline about this yacht from a news website. Instead of reading that, I just came to this channel to find out the real story. Sure enough this video predates the news website's story, which was probably based off this video. What a great resource this channel is.
Could you do a video, on how this is effecting the rest of the yachting world. Just guessing, most of these islands, or small states/countries, don’t know who their dealing with. Or do they refuse service to any boat above a certain size?
That would be an interesting topic
He who controls the fuel truck makes the rules, period.
I could see a lot of crossing your 'T's and dotting your 'I's going on instead of business as usual.
@@jwyzdm whom ever it's a quick payday for them
I love these reports. You are always very well informed on all facets of the yachts and operations surrounding then.
I live in Maine, USA, and am a 22 year retiree of federal law enforcement. 21 of those years were spent working out of a major midewestern city.
One of the first rules of a comprehensive investigation is to follow the money. Many a complex investigation has been successfully prosecuted using this. The arrest and conviction of AL Capone, is one of the earliest and most famous of these types if cases.
In several investigations I worked on we were tracking the money and assets of known drug suppliers or even just local dealers. We would see them driving very flashy cars, living in nice condos or houses, etc. But invariably the high dollar asset was in someone else's name. The criminal feels protected but it doesn't usually work out that way. We would bring in the registered owner, and question him or her, and also examine their financial situation. Quite often the registered owner in no way shape or form had the income or financial assets to support the purchase of such assets. So enter our colleagues from Federal and state taxes agents.
When one of these agents is suddenly presented a huge tax bill, with enormous penalties attached, which they must either pay or face real federal or state prison time, they suddenly get very chatty. Their criminal "friend" or relative isn't interested in paying the bill, and the claimed owners suddenly start turning states evidence.
I never dealt with a super yacht, but considering the colloidal sums of money involved in all the facets of owning and operating one of these vessels, the idea that grandma Ludmilla, who's pension is 5,000 rubles a month, owns a superyacht is preposterous, and no jury in the world is going to buy into that fantasy tale. And if grandma suddenly gives the tax authorities a big check for past due money's, we'll guess what, she's going to have to answer a lot of questions about where that money came from. It becomes a vicious trap for the concealment owners of these things.
My guess is that is how these various countries law enforcement agencies are pursuing these cases.
That’s great info, yes I have read about how they caught Al Capone, very interesting. Thanks for the info
Reminds me of a case where a retired school teacher was the named account holder of a $40 million overseas bank account. That scheme crumbled like sandcastle in a hurricane.
I have a feeling your channel helps with those yacht arrests. At least your predictions as to their trajectories appear pretty much spot on each time.
Absolutely - eSysman is getting live updates from ordinary people across the globe - Government authorities do not have access that proliferate of info themselves
What probably happened:
All the approvals had been obtained for docking and fueling by the agent from the government agencies, and everyone was happy. Then some third assistant at the US consulate watched your report on the boat going to Fiji, and mentioned it to his boss, who went apoplectic. The US Consulate then contacted someone near the top of the Fiji government and requested that they detain the vessel and make inquiries.
Certainly possible 😉
The boss would not go "apoplectic" - pressuring governments to do things is just a part of the job, there is no drama involved. Most likely it was quite a hushed discussion....
I was thinking something like that too. Since the ownership seems questionable, they'll have to come up with some reasonable answer why the boat suddenly left port to rush it's way over half of the Pacific enroute to Vladivostok. If the owner is all legit and not on the sanctionslist then there is no need for such a trip.
Safe bet something like this has happened, although Im betting it was on request of the Australian government rather than the US. Australia is much closer (in any manner you care to describe) to Fiji than the US and would be much faster at getting something like this done than the US
Never fails someone brings in America to the conversation
While, I tend to agree with you eSysman. These as you well know are not normal times. And especially when it comes to SuperYachts owned by Russian Billionaires. Under normal circumstances no yacht would travel anywhere without the proper paperwork.... But in some ways it would make sense with what has happened in Fiji. The chances are if they had of filed paperwork they would have been rejected. For the owner of the vessel which is better. Let it stay where it is or move it to a (in their perception) better location. Of course they run the risk that berthing could be denied but unlikely, afterall the vessel could claim either accurately or not that they have no more fuel to travel anywhere else. In the interests of safety in that instance Fiji could not just let them leave. But, instead give them a berthing spot and say "ok your here illegally your boat is held pending further information". Maybe Fiji was its true destination from the start but, to prevent it being blocked before starting, its true destination was masked by using another location. The other thing to take into account too is the weather.... There was a cyclone up in that region which ended up moving down and brushed New Zealand. It was called Cyclone Fili. That also could have played a part.
Perhaps a little (a lot of?) Russian oligarch money changed hands to facilitate the special handling of the yacht’s arrival? A few million here, a few million could have a lot of influence. I am sure the yacht carries multi-millions in currency, negotiable instruments, gold, etc. for such payments.
We’ve known since it exited the Panama Canal that it was headed to Fiji. It was on the EIS as the destination. That said, they could have been hoping that they would get to bull their way through by saying that this was just a fuel stop, no one was going ashore, and dropping a half million dollars into the economy. But they gave Fiji an excuse to arrest the vessel without actually citing sanctions as a reason.
@@Markle2k It is very likely that Fijian war marine is inexistant. Same for their army. Now that he has refueled, the best for the captain, is to move his yacht off this hostile port, for exemple at 3 a.m. when everybody snoozes. Why respect piracy?
Did you hear the Russian destroyer Moskva has been converted to a submarine?
Also a drone as it is now un-crewed.
LOL 🤣
It's just future planning for sport diving...🙄
I am actually shocked that it sank due to a "Fire". Looks like the Russian Military have lots of good kit with little or no knowledge of how to operate or even fight with it.
Thank you for your assessment of the situation. I just love all mystery
The US State Dept is super active in the South Pacific right now after the Chinese tried to get the Solomon Is sign off on a full military base. Nothing moves in the South Pacific unless Australia and the US approve it.
The US consulate in Nadi (pronounced Nandi) will have had a big hand in this arrest.
The threat of US sanctions on any Fiji official that assists this vessel is far too great to be bothered lifting a finger for them.
Nope, that boat is staying in Fiji for the next few months
What absolute BS "Nothing moves in the South Pacific unless Australia and the US approve it." There are plenty of instances where Pacific Nations have slapped (metaphorically) the US and Australia down because of their pressure over certain issues.
Fascinating.
Must be really frustrating owning a boat that needs fuel, during sanctions. Hehe
Not vessel related. What an amazing logo you have. Probably among the best I have seen. Three lines only and it is immediately clear what it is related to. Super job. Thanks for your insights into a world I will never be privy to.
Amadea gave the Fijian government cause to detain them.
According to the Revenue and Customs site:
upon approval given to enter Fiji will need to proceed straight to Port Denarau
They failed to proceed to Denerau according to your information in the video.
Very good catch!
The plot thickens. 😋
@@philipmackin1025 I went and looked it up on the Fijian government sites.
To take a yacht there you need to submit the documents and then wait for approval before leaving port to go directly there. The Revenue and Customs site specifies the port of entry to be Denarau only.
@@gailhasler8435 If the Captain took them to the wrong port, yup.
If they left before given approval there is the error.
thanks for your work and updates
Can you do a video on what's probably going to happen with all of these super yachts? Now that they've been all confiscated by governments across the world, will there be a fire sale? Who can afford to even own these, and those who can would probably already own one, and those who don't own one probably don't want one?
As I said before, Fiji is a Commonwealth Country, and if anyone should get involved it's Britain, and as there is a few Russian boats under sanctions there. The British High Commission to Fiji should be the ones to press Fiji in this matter. The Australian and New Zealand High Commissions to Fiji could also sponsor this work on behalf of Britain if pressed. But having said all that, the ball is in Fiji's court now, let them decide without outside pressure.
Fiji is a Sovereign State, why would Britain be involved?
I don't see why.
A. Fiji is an independent sovereign country. The Commonwealth is not a succesor to the British Empire. They can make their own minds up.
B. there is already British High Commission located in Suva which handles the affairs concerning Fiji. So no need for Britain, Australia or New Zealand to step in.
C. The British High Commission is meant for British nationals. Only if there are crew members on board with British nationality could the do something for that person, but not for those without a British passport. Let alone for the boat.
As you said the ball is in Fiji's court and they will figure out what they want to do with it.
Nice to see other knowledgeable seamen giving additional thoughts. I grew up on Chesapeake Bay. My step father taught me to operate our 21' inboard/outboard when I was 11. Helped my mother study and pass coast guard exam for pilot's license in 1956. Love boats and the ocean. Love this channel. Not only unique, but educational AND entertaining.🤗😎
Lol that is super not how the commonwealth works
UK will have provided the government of Fiji with relevant security service intelligence & would naturally cooperate if requested.
I would add it would greatly benefit the relationship between the UK & Fiji if they sign ownership of Amadea over to me for... reasons. 🤣
another excellent explainer, good work. your channel has rlly come into it's own.
If we could only have our news channels (CNN, ABC etc) be as honest and straightforward as you to report the facts or point out possible options what a beautiful world it would be.
Wouldn't turning off your position beacon, not filing paper work, etc. void your yacht insurance?
Love your videos.
I think that only applies to the common riffraff boat owners. The super-rich don't have to follow any rules or laws.
@@JamesRook Or maybe they don't really care about insurance.
@@CCB249 They can't go in to most ports without insurance...according to this channel.
@@CCB249 No Insurance. You don't move the yacht, not even paddling with a spoon..
You can turn of AIS with permission fro your insurance company because you are in hostile waters. Wouldn't surprise me if the insurance company imposes conditions.
Fiji authorities are asleep at the wheel. Im sure NZ authorities have been watching it and are aware of it... The fact that they weren't prepared says a lot.... - Fiji has a history of turning a blind eye to the grey shipping/marine industry. How many russian fishing vessels have visited in the past? ;) A lot happens up around the islands - ~NZ Resident
Another pair of eyes...😍😍🤗
If you know your ship is "in trouble", you aren't going to broadcast you're going to Fiji 3 weeks ahead of schedule so that the whole world will be waiting for you with hadcuffs at the docks when you arrive. You go there quietly and show up last minute, get a spanking with wet noondle for not having filled paperwork in advance.
Here is a question: on an airplane, when you declare a fuel low situation, it triggers a buch of "processing" by air traffic control to get you to ground ASAP. Would there be a similar thing for ships/yachts where ship gets t Fiji unannounced and declares fuel emergency at which point they have to let it dock? had the ship on AIS said it was heaving to Fiji of was that your edicated guess? Could it pretend it was going for Tuvalu or other place but was about to run out of fuel and have to make an emergency stop in Fiji, hence no advance paperwork?
17k views in 57 mins. Amazing sir, good content and good viewers with great comments...not seen much on the tube these days!!
Thank you 🙏
The 4th option is that the owners orders changed mid trip. From memory it didn’t always have Fuji listed as it’s destination on this trip, and for a time you were speculating that was their destination until the tracking confirmed that.
Fiji relies heavily on help from foreign countries so it’s not a surprise that they are receiving help with this.
Ah-ha. Pull the other one, it has bells on.
Rather than saying "'regular' miles," you might consider using the term "statute miles" to differentiate from nautical miles.
Oh-arrr ye landlubber-miles.
Nautical miles when referring to seacraft and just miles or kilometres when referring to road traffic
I took a deep breath at the he same time!😋. As always, great seamanship clarity of all issues. So many details involved that most of us watching had previously no knowledge about. Telling a story with an unfamiliar theme AND, making it very interesting, is an art. 🤗😍😎
Another brilliant video!
You started off by saying they had their AIS turned off so why do you think they will follow any other rules?
Doing great work thanks for the updates.
You have made this Russian yacht cat and mouse game really interesting and the sinking 4-14-22 of the huge Russia war ship Moskva by a tiny Ukraine drone followed by a couple of Ukraine missiles just adding to the whole Putin miscalculation. The Ukraine military as Putin found out the hard way is a nasty bunch of junk yard dogs.
This is pure Western hate
@@s.tanh9818Hating evil is no vice, and tolerating it no virtue
@@Zomby_Woof Bullsh**t....the West is evil and godless....from staring slavery to hating Jews and then Arabs and now Russians
It sounds like somebody put pressure on Fiji to set a trap. It worked.
Xi got a yacht yet?
Thank You 👍
Excellent report - your knowledge continues to shines through
Thank you for the video!
There is always the possibility that someone passed enough cash to the right people to allow them to dock without going through the proper channels.
Currently, I don't know how that would work?
In the past sure but since prominent Russian oligarchs have been punished by western governments in retaliation over the invasion of Ukraine, my understanding is anyone or country found assisting them might also find themselves being punished and placed on a sections list. It would be a risking move for any amount of "cash". What do you think?
Can you shed more light on this?
And...
Skippers, Captains, Engineers and Navigators on these super yachts are just that: Skippers, Captains, Engineers and Navigators ie everyday folk with all the usual tails. For example: paying the mortgage, kid's at school, auguring with the spouse, celebrating an anniversary blar blar blar. My point here is it might be all very well that someone has passed enough cash to the right people BUT "someone" has to sail the boat.
And that someone falls to the wage earners: the Skippers, Captains, Engineers and Navigators ie the professional crew. It would be them then that go to jail because the Nuremberg defence of "Superior orders" would not pass the pub test. “Superior orders” refers "to a defense in International Criminal Law (ICL). The gist of this defence is that a subordinate is not criminally liable for the crimes he or she committed in obedience to the orders of a superior."
In short, the crew, being just wage earners wouldn't risk it. And in all probability an oligarch wouldn't want to place their crew in that position. Maybe now I am giving too much praise to the oligarchs. What do they care about their crew. I don't know. I'm going to stop waffling on now.
I guess I would never have a true explanation of how this would work. I don't know enough about the laws and regulations of the countries these mega ships are landing in. I just know that influence and money will drive most anyone to do terrible things, and looking the other way when a ship lands in port is not exactly murder. When the ship floats into port, no one except the "right people" are really going to ask if it is supposed to be there, but their pocket have already been stuffed. No one below these people are going to raise an issue, especially if someone with influence and status tells you everything is properly documented. I can go deeper into my personal opinion of how "easily" this could be accomplished. I would eventually just be digging my own rabbit hole of conspiracy. I just saying when it cost $500k to make the trip to that port, across an ocean. Dropping a bit more to make sure it can dock is not exactly a problem.
@@Turnout420 thanks for replying. Yeah I don't now enough either and all the background goings-on and $ amounts are mind-blowing - I am just beginning to understand how the internet works on Super-yachts and the costings, so I really shouldn't be second-guessing berthing. it's very interesting with Super yachts being arrested etc. Thanks again for relying.
Expensive Business, you say!
Love this channel ❤️
I think people don’t understand how much goes into these yachts and how they are the pride and joy of these billionaires. And people say it doesn’t hurt them. It absolutely does. Years go into the development of them. All gone in a moment. And rightfully so
it's like having your dream home designed and built over years, then it vanishes overnight because your boss shucks at his job
@@heybabycometobutthead or because you’ve been enabling your boss to be a murderous tyrant. :/
And funny enough it mostly Russian billionaires that happen to have a contact in putins government .
The "rightfully so" is your opinion. I have the exact opposite opinion.
Very interesting again ,, you are great at breaking it down to let us understand the complexities of the legal stuff .Love your channel 👍👌
Love your work
it should be easy to establish ownership. just arrest the vessel. send the crew home and see who squeals the loudest. - humphrey bogart
Or wait who offers bribe money🤫
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Thanks for the update. It sure is nice to see more countries stepping up to make sure the people most benefiting from Russian wealth are held accountable. I am sure the ownership is going to be insanely twisted. All the recent actions speak volumes that this vessel was running from sanctions. I am also wondering who is insuring and certifying this vessel.
How does the multiple layers of ownership shell game work? Any lawyers in the house?
I suspect ownership documentation does not read like this
- ostensible owner: Mary
- is there an alternate beneficial owner? Y
- if yes, then who: _______
It's got to be more like:
Registered Owner: Bob's Boats
then they have to ferret out who the owner of Bob's Boats is.
And the registered owner of Bob’s Boats is a hidden trust registered in NZ where the trustees who set up the trust don’t even know who the beneficial owner is. It’s whoever has the password to the trust.
Another great video.
The intrigue continues! Please be vigilant sir. 🤠
Good story well told! Regards.
Fiji diesel price as at April 2022 is 1.045 Euro. One of the reasons for the apparently comparatively cheap price is that normal road and other taxes are charged separately for road vehicles. Yes it's pronounced Nandi. (Fun consonant facts: In Fijian a D is voiced "nd" and a B is voiced "mb")
That’s per liter.
@@lookronjon Yes. Which the whole world uses. Oh apart from that other small portion.
Its all about money.these countries could sell these yachts and provide money for years in. Some cases.""""".????
I bet they could have refueled in the NW corner of Mexico and just made it nonstop to Vladivostok at very reduced speed. Expensive tropical vacation for them. Or are superyachts like airliners that never go anywhere without a large excess of fuel for the unexpected?
Why not Venzuela being a country that Russia is involved with? I imagine superyachts are happier tooting around the Mediterranean where they don't really need to burn up nearly as much fuel moored off of some convenient vacation locale.
Airliners almost never go anywhere with more fuel than is legally required because, quite simply, it costs too much to carry it.
The correct amount is fuel to destination, two attempted approaches, divert to alternate destination, and minimum legal fuel on landing (up to an hour, depending on location and company standard operating procedure). Every pound of fuel you load after that will reduce your payload by the same amount.
@@phillee2814 That is what I meant and amounts to a sizable percent reserve compared to what this yacht could carry between Ensenada and Vladivostok. That yacht could fit no more than 5% reserve on their only "safe" route. All other routes lead to detention, so I think they would have to carry more reserve in those huge flexible fuel bags like small aircraft use to ferry themselves across the Pacific.
@@BoomVang Well, if they were that worried, they'd rendezvous with a tanker somewhere in international waters, or tow a barge with extra fuel. On a trip that long, it doesn't take much of a headwind to really do a number on average fuel consumption.
Those fuel bladders used for small aircraft ferry flights might extend their range by a few minutes, maybe tens of minutes for the larger rigid ones. Light aircraft rarely have enough payload to fill up all the seats and all the fuel tanks - it is one or the other.
@@phillee2814 This channel already covered superyacht attempts to meet a Russian tanker but said it's nearly impossible even in flat water without getting scratches not covered by insurance. Yeah, ships with special extension equipment can do it. You may be right about bladders too small, but I was including huge ones carried by c46/7 to carry fuel to subarctic villages. There may be room for around 8 on their decks. The way forward for off the grid boat nomads is all solar power which is already prototyped in massive, slow catamarans. If you never have to refuel you maybe can skip registration, insurance, detention etc. Make your own water, and grocery runs in dinghy?
wow didn't know there was so much paperwork to travelling but that makes sense, it'd be strange to just wander into a foreign country on a whim and even if one did, that's a lot of paperwork to suddenly appear. though..if the crew didn't have visas could they just (promise to) stay on board but docked within the countries borders? maybe they're going through a show of verification because they found a government that will find all their papers ownership claims check out and the yacht can wave that in other countries faces to avoid any future hassles. what's imperial yachts liability being discovered to have lied about ownership in the future? it'd require some kind of investigation to see if they knowingly lied, if they were told to lie, etc..etc..and no one would even bother with that anyway... it's the way the world works, at least here :-(
Everyone with a super yacht should be in jail. Gluttony over humanity should be a crime.
Kinda funny, although you're procedures are correct for normal people, these boats don't need to follow rules, they simply pay off people as they go along. Especially a Yacht like this which is on the run.
Question : what is the purpose of arresting these vessels/super yachts, clearly its having no effect on deterring Vladimir Putin!!!
With the amount of fuel they are after it is a good way to clear all the contaminated fuel out . Fiji is very well known for dodgy fuel. I used to work doing engine repairs for sailing yachts in Australia and New Zealand and the amount of yachts having engine problems due to fuel was crazy.
Well it would certainly be dodgy fuel if I sold it to them... be whistling away whilst quietly filling the tanks with 300,000 litres of sea water! At $2 / ltr to boot! "Oh, I'm so sorry. Please have the real owner fill out a complaint form"
Been living here 17 years. Never had a problem with dodgy fuel, diesel-unleaded- or zoom.
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I thought you would be commenting on That big gray boat that was in the Black sea! apparently, it has turned off its tracker...
"So the ship is going to be arrested. If we're going to be arrested anyway, why not have that happening somewhere nice? Vladivostok? Never!"
~The captain of te Amadea
I'm sorry guys were going to... yes another tequila please... going to be stuck here... and some of that caviar... stuck here for some time.
This is Fiji we are talking about they dont work on quite the same schedule as most countries. Its called island time and no it is not corruption at all it is just that they have a very much more relaxed way of doing things. It is quite possible that the government had no knowledge of their arrival, nobody had got around to telling them. She will be right.
I know someone that was on their sailboat from the US to Fiji in 2019. Yes, they had to do all the paperwork, give the Fiji government their passports, health cards, insurance papers before they left Equador, after going through the Panama Canal. Yes, they have an agent that helps them with all the visa requirements and paperwork.
I think Fiji was considered a 'soft target', and was chosen as they believed the ship wouldn't be hassled/stopped/detained. That's not the case here in Australia. We don't take kindly to undocumented visitors, human or animal (we threatened to euthanise Johnny Depps dogs, which were illegally 'smuggled' in to the country). Fiji would be much more welcoming, either in a genuinely friendly manner, or perhaps due to _compromised_ officials.
The people in Fiji don't like Russian Butchers , they are a very proud and correct people.
@@barriewatson yes Fijiians are - and a wonderfully human people - but - Chayna has a hold over many Pacific Nations now - and in Africa & the Indian Ocean.
The sound was so good on this recording, it sounded like there were people walking behind me up the walkway and they were definitely travelling right to left!
Mate! What kind of drone do you use for your footage?
He gets anonymous people sending him information, pics, etc.. Secret snitches. ☺
Unlikely thing occur when people are desperate. I think its plausible that M/Y Amadea departed from her port in the Caribbean headed to the pacific w/o having a clear idea of where they would refuel at but they decided to go to Fiji w/o proper notification of the authorities and once there the action to arrest / seize the yacht was made.
This is a situation that it's better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission. Plus, what person trying to evade authorities in one jurisdiction notifies authorities in a separate jurisdiction of their upcoming arrival.
Great job on keeping all of us informed on the current situation in the yachting industry.
❤❤ Thank you for addressing my questions on fuel, range and cost. 👍👍
Well done
Brilliant stuff
The fourth option is: The USA or UK found out through security pipeline or 'eSysman', the probable port Amadeas was heading towards & requested the Fijian Gov't to hold/arrest/seize her until beneficial ownership was established.
This, I believe, is the most likely explanation.
it is indeed pronounced Nandi
they can use russian diesel 😂
Amadea, not Amadeus. Dam spelling correct software!
5-1-22 and so close to 200K subs. Good work, keep growing 👍
I keep wondering what's going to happen to all the loot from these Kleptocrats. I don't think the yacht builders would be very happy if all these Giga yachts hit the market.
It’s weird, but Nadi is indeed pronounced “Nandi”. Love your videos!
The sad thing is that thats only there boat. Can you imagine there house?
All stolen from the russian people.
Yes it is pronounced Nan Dee = Nadi Its also the location of the international airport in Fiji
I heard Fuji froze $8 Billion of Roman Abramovich's assets....And think the UK did another $7-8 Billion. That makes a $200M ship look like chump change.
It's mind bending how many assets that man has or had... 😅 He probably doesn't care still has many more properties in other people's name and beneficiaries, crypto, gold...
he's begging friends and associates to loan him money to get him through this rough patch. LOL. Nobody will step up. Great friends these mobsters have, eh?
I think it was cayman islands and Jersey that have frozen his money
Asking friends for million dollar loans.😁 Wonder if he wanted to live from poisoning.
I’m thinking that there are seagull sound effects added to the video! Kind of how they add bird sounds to golf events. 🤣
So there are the orrect and normal procedures, but if someone really wants to evade and is taking the risks of just showing up, is it really out of the question?
I like your ‘take’ on these things. Thanks.
The real UBO would come to light in 2 seconds if it wasn't his. Doesn't seem like much of a mystery.
Not that simple. Say the boat is registered to Acme Inc based in Bermuda. Fiji would need to go through channels to get Bermuda to break privacy laws and reveal who the beneficial onwer of Acme Ic is. If if that owner is another company based in Phillipines, then they thenn have to go to Philippines and get the other company's beneficial owner. Fiji itself has no idea who owns the boat.
@@jfmezei but, a good faith actor would come forward to prove it wasn't a Russian boat would they not?
I just bought a 4 bed house, with a pool for less than the cost to fill that boat up...
The old harbour master could always drive a hard bargain: you want fuel: $100L a Litre and hand them a few jerry cans.
Another awesome cliff hanger episode. You give fantastic unbiased opinions and knowledge. Thank you so much and have a very happy and blessed Easter. On another note. Think these powerful owners just MIGHT have enough influence to get their vessels into this port without going through proper channels?
Be safe and thanks again.
Awesome reporting. Thanks for sharing.
Money is no object ?
Question please - will all the Yachts be sold to new owners? Scrapped? Sunk? For Coral reef’s? As much as I support "discomfort" for the Oligarchs these "arrests" and "seizure" are just a temporary slap to them. Only very long term "punishment" will deter or work in my opinion. Thank you. Great reporting!
@@katiedotson704 Katie. You are correct if they have been arrested or seized under intenational maritime law (and the enabling laws in each country).However my undetsyanding is that property can also be directly seized in relation to debt recovery (no different from other property under financial treaties/local laws) or directly seized under local laws that require proof of ownership. And if that proof is not provided in a particular period, it is auctioned off or kept by the government/agency as unclaimed property.
If the vessel's own can't pay for any number of things, creditors can place leans on the ships, which could lead to their being sold. The most likely scenario is the will sit at anchor and slowly rust or rot.