Dockwise Yacht Transport and their Australian Agent, Aurora Global Logistics have been announced as the Official Yacht Logistics Provider to the 2011 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. The event, in its 28th year and scheduled for August 19-27, hosts over 200 boats and is hosted by Australia’s Hamilton Island Yacht Club on Hamilton Island, the leading island resort destination in the Whitsunday Islands, part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Aurora Global Logistics, DYT’s exclusive commercial agent for Australia, will manage the servicing of the event through lift-on/lift-off services.
“The appointment of Dockwise Yacht Transport/Aurora Global Logistics as Official Logistics Provider to Audi Hamilton Island Race Week will no doubt strengthen the presence of both entities in the global marine community,” said Aurora Global Logistics President Jason Roberts, explaining that DYT can accommodate yacht transport with its own fleet of four semi-submersible ships that offer a unique “float-on/float-off” approach or through its shipping partners offer lift-on/lift-off services. “We have earned the trust of owners and captains in coordinating their visits to the most beautiful places around the globe, and it is safe to say that Audi Hamilton Island Race Week has become a destination event that rivals all others.”
Shipping voyages for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week are scheduled for loading May 1-15 in Rotterdam or Antwerp to Port Everglades, where more boats can load May 20-30 for arrival in Brisbane, June 20-30. (This ship’s final destination is Wellington, NZ.) DYT & Aurora will also be working the spot market to accommodate customers who are not able to make these dates or ports.
“We are pleased to be working with the organizers of race week and look forward to assisting cruising yachts and competitors alike with their transport requirements prior to the commencement of the event,” said Roberts
More about DYT
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in the maritime transport of private luxury yachts and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd., a Bermuda incorporated company that is the leading marine contractor providing total transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries as well as installation services of extremely heavy offshore platforms.
DYT’s global yacht transport routes for its semi-submersibles include the US East Coast (Newport, Rhode Island and Port Everglades, Florida), the Mediterranean (Toulon, France; Genoa and Taranto, Italy; Marmaris, Turkey; Palma de Mallorca, Spain), the Bahamas (Freeport), the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Martinique), the Pacific West Coast (Golfito, Costa Rica; La Paz and Ensenada, Mexico; and Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and the South Pacific (Papeete, Tahiti; Auckland, New Zealand; and Brisbane, Australia).
With additional lift-on, lift-off offerings, DYT has serviced the following ports: Dubai (UAE), Genoa (Italy), Jacksonville (Florida), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Singapore, and Southampton (UK). Scheduled for April-May, 2011 is a trip from Singapore and Phuket (Thailand) to Genoa, with a return trip from Genoa to Phuket in November, 2011. Also in April, DYT will make a voyage from Thevenard (South Australia) and Fremantle (Western Australia) to Dubai (UAE), while in May, it will run from Antwerp (Belgium) or Rotterdam and the North Adriatic to Brisbane (Australia) and Wellington (New Zealand), in time for the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011 and Rugby World Cup 2011.
Since its maiden voyage in 1987, the company has transported over 11,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe, offering owners and charterers safe and easy access to many of the world’s premier cruising grounds. Along with area representatives around the globe, DYT has additional operating offices in Italy, Martinique and Newport (R.I.).
