by Estela Superyachts | Nov 5, 2020 | Crew Assistance & Support, SUPERYACHT AGENCY, Visa and immigration
With national lockdowns and border closures on the increase, international travel is again becoming more complicated.While seafarers are generally exempt from restrictions designed to curtail tourism, carrying a travel letter from a licensed ‘consignatario’, setting...
by Estela Superyachts | Nov 4, 2020 | Itineraries, SUPERYACHT AGENCY, what's on
So confident of the Canaries’ potential as a superyacht destination are we, that ESTELA Shipping have now opened an office in Lanzarote! In partnership with Calero Marinas, we have appointed Monica Iren Lungard as our local representative, to support our superyacht...
by Estela Superyachts | Oct 9, 2020 | Melilla, SUPERYACHT AGENCY
For yachts planning on spending the winter in Europe, consider berthing in Melilla. The Spanish city on the North African Med coast offers a multitude of benefits to visiting yachts, for short or long stays. Just 95 nautical miles from Almería, Melilla’s airport...
by Estela Superyachts | Sep 28, 2020 | Law and Regulations, Safety on board, what's on
Under WHO health regulations issued in 2007, the Europe-wide requirement for Ship Sanitation Certificates had been applied by Spanish authorities, until now, only to commercial vessels over 500 GT. We have been advised by the Balearic branch of the Department for...
by Estela Superyachts | Sep 25, 2020 | Crew Assistance & Support, SUPERYACHT AGENCY, Visa and immigration
Any non-European crew requiring a visa in order to fly in and join a yacht will know that Spain has not been the optimal Schengen zone country to arrive in first. Spanish authorities have in the past offered only Transit Visas with two-day validity to travel through...
