[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoDo rich people in landlocked countries have yachts?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareDo rich people in landlocked countries have yachts?[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days ago The only port of registration for ocean-going yachts in Switzerland is Basel
minus-squarephilpo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours 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.