How to disrupt a local supply chain by a Superyacht

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Personally, I am wondering who might be fined for this and how much?


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The crew of the M/T Tropic Breeze gas tanker may not have had Santa drop in on Christmas Eve, but they did get a big surprise from an unexpected visitor.

Maritime Management LLC, which manages the tanker, said the 160-foot ship was travelling en route to Great Stirrup Cay near the northern end of the Bahamian island chain at 10 p.m. when it was rear-ended by the 207-foot superyacht Utopia IV.



The $51-million, 207-foot yacht, owned by multimillionaire e-marketer J.R. Ridinger, hit the stern of the Tropic Breeze off the coast of New Providence Island. It is unclear as yet what speed the yacht was sailing at, what damage she suffered or even whether it was out on a charter while the Ridingers were elsewhere.

Maritime Management told Caribbean National Weekly that “the catastrophic force of the collision pierced the stern of the tanker causing the tanker to sink to the ocean floor at an estimated depth of 2,000 feet.”

The wife makes me think of Melania.

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JR and Loren Ridinger's company.

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