Two luxury yachts burned out in one day, on Jan 11, in different parts of the world. Luxury 30-meter yacht soon to be delivered to owner, burned out or was heavily damaged, at Ferretti shipyard, Cattolica, Italy. Luxury catamaran CHIRAT, belonging to understood, Thai person or company, burned out at Sattahip Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Pattaya, Thailand. Luckily, nobody was injured, in both accidents.
My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.