Cayman Registry showcases at Monaco

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30 Oct 2009

The Cayman Registry once again was in attendance at the prestigious Annual Monaco Yacht Show in September held at the Port Hercules yacht basin. This year marked the 19th consecutive year for the event. Cayman Registry representatives from George Town headquarters, the European Regional Office in Southampton, U.K., the London office, and the Mediterranean office in Monaco, all attended the MYS and manned the handsomely-appointed booth promoting the Cayman Registry. The Registry, as it is now known (formally the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, established in 1903), is a division of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands, now known simply as “Cayman Maritime”. It has had a presence for a number of years now at the annual event, deemed the most prestigious yachting event in the world.
“International luxury yachting industry professionals are not mistaken in positioning the MYS as the world’s leading superyacht show,” says A. Joel Walton, the organisation’s CEO, who led the Cayman Registry’s delegation at MYS which attracts a global high-end professional and private clientele: 500 exhibitors and nearly 30,000 participants. “Participating in the show has become a must for industry leaders,” believes Mr. Walton. The Cayman Registry attends in conjunction with the Cayman Islands Civil Aviation Authority which is becoming increasingly successful in the registration of aircraft.
Accompanying Mr Walton from George Town headquarters were: Maritime Policy Advisor, Peter Southgate; Events Coordinator, Dorisley Jackson - who annually organises the delegation’s participation, and intern and the organisation’s scholarship recipient, Vassel G. Johnson.
Attending from the European Regional Office in Southampton were Lead Surveyor (UK), Richie Blake, Senior Surveyor (UK), Peter Simpson, and Client Service Officer Yvonne Webb, along with Assistant Registrar of Shipping (UK), Tamara Bostock from the London office, and Consultant Surveyor Eduard Henny, who is in charge of operations in the Mediterranean office in Monaco.
Members of the Civil Aviation Authority were also in attendance including Director-General Richard Smith, Director of Commercial Affairs Regulations and Administration Nikki McCoy, and Head Airworthiness UK/Europe R. Barry Goodliffe,.
Yacht owners/managers and various maritime industry professionals were invited to the Cayman Registry’s popular “Mojitos in Monaco” party, sponsored by the law firm of Appleby at the Zest Monaco restaurant in Monte Carlo, Bruce Putterill and Sherice Arman represented the firm.
The Cayman Registry is the global leader in “flagging” mega yachts (private vessels in excess of 120 feet), and many of the world’s biggest and best yachts were on display at the MYS, a significant portion of them seen to be flying the Cayman maritime flag, or “Red Ensign”.

Source: CaymanNet News