With less than half an hour of public debate, the House of Assembly passed two bills last Thursday as part of long-delayed efforts to overhaul the rules for the marine …
May 16, 2025
May 8, 2025
HOA votes to hike yachting fees
Without public debate, the House of Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday that includes controversial yachting fee hikes and other reforms that have drawn fire at home and abroad in …
March 6, 2025
EDITORIAL: Yachting reforms need more work
Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley is absolutely right in seeking to raise yachting fees and otherwise reform the 33-year-old rules governing the territory’s marine industry. But stakeholder protests here and abroad …
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February 27, 2025
Planned yachting reforms draw fire
Boating businesses here and abroad are crying foul over government plans to overhaul the rules for the marine industry in Virgin Islands waters. Three bills introduced recently in the House …
November 22, 2023
Brokers from around the world
A bit of rain couldn’t keep members of the Virgin Islands’ boating community away from one of their industry’s biggest events this month. The BVI Charter Yacht Society held its …
September 12, 2023
College partners with marine industry
Outboard engines, water systems and air-conditioning have been among the topics covered as part of an ongoing Tech Workshop Series offered by H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in partnership with …
November 10, 2022
Fall show draws 27 yachts
The land met the sea on Tuesday evening when vendors mingled with yacht brokers and crew during one of the first events of the Charter Yacht Society’s annual BVI Fall …
March 24, 2021
Cruise ships to return in June, with new rules
Cruise ships are now scheduled to return to the territory in June under strict new rules designed to keep the territory safe from Covid-19, according to a Friday statement from …
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