「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoDo rich people in landlocked countries have yachts?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up163file-text
arrow-up163message-squareDo rich people in landlocked countries have yachts?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremyrmidexcakeAlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 months ago The only port of registration for ocean-going yachts in Switzerland is Basel
minus-squarephilpo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoYeah? The Rhine allows 2500t load and up to 110m long ships, with special permits up to 5000t and 185m. 10% of all swiss trade and 40% of all hydrocarbons are brought through there… So yeah, kind of ocean-going. There are numerous private ships there that are fully ocean going.
Which port?
Ocean going… Basel….
Yeah? The Rhine allows 2500t load and up to 110m long ships, with special permits up to 5000t and 185m.
10% of all swiss trade and 40% of all hydrocarbons are brought through there…
So yeah, kind of ocean-going. There are numerous private ships there that are fully ocean going.