They are all certified as SOLAS passenger ships so they are treated differently to conventional yachts, which are regulated as SOLAS cargo vessels.
For example, some areas of harbours are off limits to passenger ships, designed to prevent larger cruise ships from entering smaller areas of natural beauty, or limiting them to the commercial port areas or docks for mooring and fuelling.
How do we get around this operational inconvenience that these larger yachts experience? Well, solutions depend on flag, code and registration type, but once the way in which an owner wishes to use their vessel is known, we at Döhle Yachts – as the market leader in the provision of maritime compliance services to passenger yacht code vessels – can advise on the best solution to allow unimpeded operations of the yacht.
