The regulatory reference centre
for the private superyacht.
Permanent regulatory hubs: flags, conventions, audits, crew payroll. Plus our latest analyses, kept up to date by the Cursorio team.
Permanent reference guides.
Authority pages, kept current: everything a captain, family officer or maritime counsel needs to know.
Cayman Islands flag yacht registration — 2026 guide
Registration, costs, ongoing obligations and practical trade-offs of the Cayman flag for private and commercial superyachts. 2026 firm guide.
Marshall Islands superyacht flag — 2026 Guide
Complete Marshall Islands (IRI) flag guide for private superyachts: eligibility, registration process, reflagging, costs, OFAC, Cayman / IoM comparison.
Malta superyacht flag — 2026 Guide
Complete Malta flag guide (Transport Malta) for private and commercial superyachts: eligibility, registration, Commercial Yacht Code 2025, VAT, tonnage tax, Cayman / Marshall comparison.
MLC 2006 superyacht — Complete 2026 guide
MLC 2006 applied to superyachts: DMLC, SEA, multi-currency payroll, Port State Control audits and private yacht grey areas.
STCW superyacht — Complete 2026 guide
STCW applied to superyachts: CoC and CoP, MCA yacht certificates, Basic Safety Training, flag endorsements, rest hours and the ongoing IMO review.
ISM & ISPS Code superyacht — Complete 2026 guide
ISM and ISPS Codes for superyachts: the SMS, DOC and SMC, DPA, ship security plan and ISSC, the 500 GT threshold, audits, security levels and cyber risk.
By category.
Latest analyses.
Nixie: Lürssen's Record 6th Delivery of 2026
Lürssen delivered the 102m superyacht Nixie, its record sixth handover of 2026, now chartering from €2.4M a week ahead of Monaco Yacht Show.
Shipboard procedures: 39 free SMS-ready templates
Cursorio opens its Shipboard Procedures tool to everyone: 39 editable SOPs, SMS-ready PDF, works offline on board, no sign-up, no email required.
UK Fuel Duty: Your Charter Yacht Is Still 'Private'
HMRC confirms most superyachts, chartered or not, are 'private pleasure craft' for UK fuel duty — with real cost and paperwork implications.
AI and Yachting: The Quiet Revolution Onboard
Predictive maintenance, digital twins, augmented crews: how AI is reshaping superyacht management — and what still needs to stay human.
Explorer Yachts: Now the Order Book's No. 2
101 of 1,093 yachts on order in 2026 are explorer yachts, the order book's second-largest category behind motor yachts.
Refit yards are consolidating — what it means
Major refit yards are merging under single brands. What this consolidation changes for owners planning a large refit.
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