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As the superyacht industry navigates its way toward a sustainable future, the experts at Northrop and Johnson explain how the company is leading the way with its Responsible Yachting Strategy. There is no escaping the fact that a superyacht can have a detrimental effect on the ocean, yet the ocean is the yachting industry’s biggest ally – both for its livelihood and in mitigating climate change. In a realm that has traditionally been somewhat detached from sustainability, the superyacht industry has typically been driven by luxury and exclusivity. But with this comes a cost. Whether it is the fossil...

This is the mummified body of a German adventurer who was found dead drifting on his abandoned yacht at the weekend off the coast of southern Philippines. Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was discovered by two fishermen aboard his yacht in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Barobo town in Surigao del Sur. His body was sitting near to the radio telephone as if he was trying one last desperate Mayday call to save himself when he died.

QINGDAO, Shandong - Dong Yongquan has been under intense pressure ever since the Beijing Olympic Games ended in 2008. As the president of Qingdao International Yacht Club, he is running the 15.5-hectare harbor built for Olympic yachting events - and is supposed to turn a profit. "The harbor is eating up 50,000 yuan (about $7,350) every day in maintenance costs and if I don't attract enough members, I can lose millions every year," Dong said. Only about 300 yachts - powerboats and sailboats - are anchored in the 700-berth harbor. "The day I start earning money is when all 700...

Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic, Experts Suspect Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis Jul 16, 2008 - 3:11:11 PM In July Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic, Experts Suspect Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis In July 2008, at the hospital affiliated with Qingdao University, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, and other large hospitals, every day tens of thousands of people exhibiting common cold symptoms have been referred from small and medium sized hospitals around the city. These patients all exhibit common symptoms including extreme headaches, vomiting, high fevers that do not break and other symptoms of illness. Senior citizens and children are exhibiting even more extreme symptoms that...

A family owned commercial fishing business in Virginia and two of its owners paid $6.8 million in fines and forfeitures after pleading guilty to hiring 126 illegal aliens to work on their boats. The charge is a misdemeanor and federal prosecutors had recommended home confinement in addition to the monetary penalties, but U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson sentenced Yvonne Michelle Peabody, the company’s vice president, to three months in prison. At the sentencing hearing last month, the judge said he was making an example out of Peabody, who had served on the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Council’s law enforcement subcommittee at...

YACHT skipper and his crew were rescued for the second time in four days after getting stuck in the path of a large ferry in the Firth of Forth. Mike Thompson, 67, sparked a lifeboat rescue at the weekend when both of his boat’s motors broke and the vessel hit rocks. His 23ft yacht, Lady Marion, had been drifting for hours in thick fog when a rescue team plucked the three-man crew - one of whom was developing hypothermia - to safety. But a lifeboat was called out to rescue the skipper again on Tuesday after he got stranded in...