Newport Charter Show is underway

The show takes place from June 22 to 25

Chef's Competition and AYCA meeting on the schedule

June 2010

US Corp of Engineers in battle to keep the Asian Carp out of Great Lakes

New rules for harbour master formalities in Italy

As a result of the intensive collaboration activity with  Federagenti (The Association of  Italian Shipping Agents  ) on the 18th May 2010, the General Management for Sea Freight Transport of the Ministry of Transport has informed the Italian Harbour Master's Office in Rome of the new procedure about the Harbour- Master formalities regarding arrival and departure of Italian, European and Non-European commercial yachts or pleasure vessels.

The new procedure is aimed at simplifying the arrival and departure formalities that commercial yachts are obliged to discharge at the Harbour Master's Office, upon arrival at a commercial harbour or private marina.

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Google Earth gets even better with new features

Google Earth has added new features which include an integrated browser and adding GPS data from your travels. You can load trips into the program and it will draw them on the map to create a visual tour of your trip. So now you can visually pre-plan your drive, ride or walk.