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MARASI YACHTS | INSIGHT
For a hassle free ownership experience of the yacht without the
trouble of follow-up and maintenance
Inboard Marine Services offers
five-star solutions for yacht owners!
Owning a yacht or boat is a love story joining the sea
and the owner of the yacht, who seeks to have a life
style that is full of comfort and tranquillity. In order to
achieve this dream, there must be a specialized entity
that bears the trouble of maintenance, repairs, governmental
transactions and follow-up of the boat.
About this service we meet with Mr. Mohamed Abu-
Safia, Managing Director of Inboard Marine Services.
Can we know the services your company provides,
and how many boats do you serve?
We offer integrated services that give the yacht owner
the ability to enjoy the UAE's and Dubai marine sights
and capabilities. Our company facilitates the process of
handling the boats. We make it easy going experience for
boats and yachts owners because these equipments need
great care and high costs. Now we successfully manages
about 470 means till now.
But how can you keep up with so many boats, this
task should not be easy?
Of course, it is not easy at all; especially when you know
that we are following up many things related to boats,
including insurance, registration, maintenance, crew, evacuation
certificates and all the services required by us.
We are trying in many ways to make it easier for yacht
owners who are usually businessmen or professionals
who do not have the time to follow up on these details.
Here comes our role in taking over all the official and
technical matters related to the yacht, and in order to
achieve this we have established close relationships with
many parties that help us to pursue this great deal of procedures
in order to delight yacht owners and give them
the experience of pleasure they are looking for from owning
a yacht in UAE.
Mohamed Abu-Safia
Managing Director of Inboard Marine Services
How do to obtain the class certificate of the boats,
especially to obtain UAE Yacht code?
In terms of the UAE yacht code, which is needed to be
issued for boats that are more than 85 feet long, or more
than 2,000 tons, we are dealing with Rina and Lloyds.
Under 23 meters, you do not need to issue the Emirates
Yacht Code.
Our certificates meets the international and European
classification standards since 2015.
How do you assess the evolution of the UAE's shipping
sector compared to other countries globally?
The UAE is one of the top five countries in the world in
terms of maintenance, shipbuilding, dry docks and lifting
services. The country has an ideal geographical location
between East and West and has the best infrastructure
in ports and yacht factories. It will have a global harbors
infrastructure and luxury yacht berths soon.
I think the UAE will be a great regional tourist destination
for yacht owners, and this will drive a full economy
related to the real estate development and services of
oriented for the waterfront lifestyle.
20 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2018