Jeff Bezos’ 127-meter private superyacht does not seem like a good option for transporting the ultra-rich to the most luxurious ports. Pictures and live data shared online show the Amazon founder was forced to park his ship next to an oil tanker waiting in a South Florida port.
Related news from yachting blog Luxury Launches first emerged on Instagram, with images showing the mega yacht Koru heading for the US and docking at Port Everglades in Florida. The ship, which set out from the Mediterranean, arrived at the port last week, but instead of going to other large sailing ships on the rich side of the city, it had to anchor next to similar-sized tankers. According to the latest data from Marine Traffic, the oil tanker Hafnia Kallang and the chemical tanker STI are waiting at a dock occupied by Texas City.
Luxury Launches; The $500 million mega yacht will reportedly not fit in the port’s high-ship area, which can only accommodate ships up to 121 meters (400ft) long. The port serves much larger ships, including cruise ships larger than 300 meters, through special terminals, but Bezos’ ship is in an awkward location due to its awkward size.
@JeffBezos Koru sailing yacht has finally arrived in the US, and it’s so enormous that it did not fit next to other superyachts at the Port of Everglades. The $500 million vessel was finally docked next to gigantic oil tankers at the South Florida.-https://t.co/i3BhZePtBq pic.twitter.com/vpDmgp8saR
— Luxurylaunches (@luxurylaunches) November 27, 2023
Also, anchoring the Koru in this area is not cheap, but it can be predicted that this will not be a big problem for Bezos. The bill for 10 days of docking could be close to $22,000, the news outlet said. Bezos is reportedly already paying a mind-boggling amount of $137,000 a day for the ship’s maintenance.
Perhaps ironically, considering how important Amazon is in worldwide shipping, Koru is actually right at home among these giant cargo carriers.
The previous major controversy surrounding the megayacht (aside from the fact that it was built in the first place), named “Protect” after the Maori symbol of growth, was when the Dutch city of Rotterdam dismantled the Koningshaven bridge to help move the ship out of the harbour.
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