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An unmanned, two-metre-long sailing buoy weighing 60 kilograms has been sailing in the Baltic Sea north-east of Kriegers Flak since May - and will continue to do so until the end of October. The buoy is built to withstand a collision with a ship, it is said - there is no statement on whether pleasure craft or yachts could be...
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"Excitement in a holiday paradise. A video allegedly shows two sharks just a few metres from the beach in Vodice, Croatia. They could be blue sharks," was the headline in the Kleine Zeitung newspaper a few days ago, adding that "conspicuous fins" had caused a stir among beachgoers in Croatia. But what is the truth of the report? And -...
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Update 01.10.2024 As reported by plovput.hr, the Croatian company for the maintenance of sea waterways, the Privlački Gas Canal has been temporarily closed to shipping again since Monday, September 16, 2024. The reason given was the "continuation of the final work" for the intended permanent passage of boats and yachts in the near future. All light markers marking the lateral...
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As in previous years, on Tuesday, 16 July 2024, the Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure will carry out a coordinated action to strengthen the monitoring of maritime safety called "Safe Navigation". Attention sports skippers! Next Tuesday, 16 July, a Coast Guard boat could come alongside and ask them to stop their boat, show their papers and let...
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Motorway traffic jams adé: Croatia plans to introduce electronic vignettes on 1 January 2024, we wrote here on 20 February last year. The background to this was a statement by Transport Minister Oleg Butković, in which he announced that Croatia would receive an electronic toll system for its motorways from the beginning of 2024. Sky Toll has now been chosen...
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The bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata), sometimes just called "fireworm", has so far only been observed in the Mediterranean in southern Italy and off Malta. Now it is also appearing on Croatian beaches. The fireworm, a so-called polychaete, owes its German name to the fact that its bristles (chaetae) break off easily when touched and release a poisonous secretion. If they...
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Acceptus is the name of a luxury motor yacht that was built in 2011 and refitted in 2023, or rather: was the name, because the 34-metre-long superyacht, a Ferretti flybridge from the Italian Custom Line shipyard, burnt out in Makarska on the night of 29 June this year. She was an eye-catcher in every harbour where she moored and in...
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Summer is just around the corner and with it the long-awaited vacations. In order to enjoy your vacation to the fullest, you not only need the right destination, but also optimal planning. From professional help in the event of a breakdown to a practical app and questions about the right boat insurance - with SeaHelp, Europe's leading nautical breakdown service,...
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We already reported on a "Bermuda Triangle" for fuel customers here on 29.3.2024: The reason for this was that many boat filling stations in Croatia had recently been closed or demolished. Now relief is in sight. In the above-mentioned article, we outlined the (still ongoing) refueling situation for sports skippers as follows: due to the closure of the boat filling...
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