April 10, 2008:
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Call it car pooling or yacht pooling, hitching a ride on Dockwise Yacht Transport's (DYT) newest yacht carrier, the
Yacht Express is a cool way of safely transporting your multi-million dollar investment.
Yacht Express is a 687.50 foot long specialized and purpose built vessel, designed to carry yachts across the large ocean expanses such as the Atlantic. Yacht Express has a full assortment of yachts onboard to safely transport, in fact she has 18 of them! Combined together, they are worth some 154 million dollars of luxury yachts.
The specialized Yacht Express left Fort Lauderdale on the evening of the 10th of April, steaming for the Med. This voyage represents her first for the Spring season and what a way to start off. Not only are the yachts hitching on a stylish ride but so too are the crew. Yacht Express can be considered a yacht herself. Inside the accommodation block to the fore of the vessel conceals a variety of amenities and spaces that one wouldn't expect to see on a 'cargo ship'.
A trendy lounge bar complete with floor-to-ceiling windows accentuate the stylish repertoire of the vessel. In addition, there is a sizable swimming pool on the roof of the lounge bar! To add more to this vessel's forte, there is also a cinema, restaurant, conference and fitness facilities. "She is built to carry yachts so why not give her a sense of style as well?"
A DYT Image
Among her precious cargo is the Broward 121 foot
Java and the new Christensen
Lady Joy. These two and the other 16 vessels should arrive in the Med in about 8 to 9 days. With a service speed of 18 knots, the Yacht Express cuts the travel time significantly providing a timely luxurious service package. Yacht Express was built by Yantai Raffles shipyard in China and was delivered in 2007.
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