YACHT AGENTS


IBERIAN YACHT


NATURALLY, IT’S THE PREPOSTEROUS AND CAPRICIOUS LAST MINUTE DEMANDS THAT HAVE YACHT AGENTS REACHING FOR THE SMART PHONE AND THE NUROFEN


He opened his first office more than 20 years ago and is now well known in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean and counts Hollywood celebrities, fashion designers and international athletes amongst his client list - Valentino and the Qatari Royal Family are regular Alpha Marine Group customers.


Captain Raki Dragovic was in the merchant navy followed by ten years on megayachts before founding DRM Maritime Services, based in Montenegro, in 2006. His team knows all Montenegrin coast and ports thoroughly and is in permanent contact with all the local authorities.


Raki says, once he has collected all necessary documents from the arriving yacht, it takes approximately 20 minutes for ‘clearance’. Swift work indeed.


For these marine veterans the day-to-day business of berth booking and bunkering is child’s play. Alpha Marine Group’s Nikos explains, “The most common requests, on a daily basis, are port booking, and clearance formalities. We maintain a trustworthy, long-term cooperation with authorities and marinas and have a reliable relationship with them which ensures no delays, 24/7 service and open communication. In this fashion, we are able to cater to our special clients’ needs in every way, at any time.”


Andrija Simic of Simmor Marine in Croatia is another industry veteran who after 11 years on board, set up the agency with the specific vision of being the Captain’s right hand man. Andrija says “Berth reservations are one of the biggest challenges throughout the season. The demand is 10 times bigger


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than the space we have in the old cities and marinas, so an excellent relationship with the Port Authorities is key”.


Naturally, it is the preposterous and capricious last minute demands that have Yacht Agents reaching for the smart phone and the Nurofen in equal measure. Tabloid newspapers often print tall stories of Parisian macarons being flown to Antigua


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