St. Thomas

General information

Port agent

St. Thomas Cargo and Ship Services, Inc.
129-131 Subbase
St Thomas
USVI 00802

Contactperson:
Stuart Butler, Ken Huskey
Phone: +1 (340) 776 8660
Fax: +1 (340) 7763027
Mob phone: +1 (340) 690 6306
Email: stuart@sttcargo.com

Recomended skipper for Tortola and St Thomas
If you can’t stay in St. Thomas to load or unload your yacht or if you need assistance in moving your yacht from or to the ship, St. Thomas Cargo and Ship Services’ captains can do it for you. They can also “watch” your yacht while in a marina. All local marinas require someone physically on the island, to be responsible for each yacht in the event of an emergency (fire, storm or taking on water).

Special customs requirement
If you are not a US or Canadian citizen you must have a US visa to enter the United States. If you do not have a visa you can apply on line: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov. After you have been accepted you must enter the US on a regularly scheduled, commercial “Signatory Carrier” (plane or ferry). You will be issued a visa waiver that is good for 90 days. The easiest way is to sail to Tortola BVI, take the ferry to St. Thomas Water Front, get your visa waiver, return to Tortola and sail your yacht back to St. Thomas.

Documentation
Your yacht will enter or depart St. Thomas, VI. as cargo, duty free, with no additional charges to you. You do not have to submit any other documentation to Customs for your yacht as cargo. The yacht carrier will provide all documents that are required to move your yacht as cargo.

Offloading yachts
Check with the Sevenstar load master to find the unloading schedule. When you arrive, at the ship’s gang way, you will be given 2 copies of your Cargo receipt. Sign one and return it to the gang way watch. Take the other one with you to clear out with customs. When your yacht is unloaded, you can take it to a marina or depart as you wish. Before you leave the USVI you must clear out with Customs. If you entered on a visa, you must turn the I-94 stub in to Immigration (same office) before departing. If the I-94 is not turned in you may not be eligible to return.

Loading yachts
When you arrive in St. Thomas, VI. you must clear in with Customs and Immigration. Check with the Sevenstar load master to see when you will load. Sailing yacht captains must disconnect the back stay before loading and reconnect it after loading. On departure from the US you must turn in or mail the I-94.

Climate
St. Thomas is located in the Caribbean, and it typically gets tropically hot during the summer months (July to September). Of course, “hot” is relative because it’s often cooler in this part of the tropics than it is Stateside. Prevailing breezes and winds tend to keep the island’s heat around 30°C. Visitors come year-round, but November through April are the busiest months, coinciding with colder temperatures in the States and Europe.

Wind conditions
Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, with the highest occurrences of storms in August and September, particularly mid-September. The season affects many countries and islands in this hemisphere.

Marinas St Thomas

Crown Bay Marina
Suite 528, Parcel 8168 Sub Base
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802
Phone: +1 (340) 774-2255
Fax: +1 (340) 776-2760
www.crownbay.com
VHF Radio: VHF Channel 16 and Channel 11

Yacht Haven Grande St. Thomas
5304 Yacht Haven Grande, Suite 100
St. Thomas, USVI 00802
Phone: +1 (340) 774 9500
Fax +1 (340) 774 5045
www.igymarinas.com
YHGST@igymarinas.com

Tortola

Nanny Cay marina Village C
www.nannycay.com
Email: miles@nannycay.com

Village Cay marina
www.villagecayhotelandmarina.com
Email: info@villagecayhotelandmarina.com

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Sevenstar Yacht Transport

A sea of choice... oceans of experience

Our success is due to our innovative techniques, flexibility, customer care and competitive pricing. Unlike most transport services, Sevenstar takes a customisable approach to yacht transportation, offering a unique range of services to provide the most comprehensive yacht transport service available. In addition, we have decades in the business – with Sevenstar your yacht is in the safest hands.

Why Sevenstar Yacht Transport?

Time - Why waste time sailing your yacht from A to B? We save you the time of an ocean passage.
Safety - Piracy and waterborne crime are growing problems on some ocean routes. Engaging Sevenstar to transport your yacht eliminates that risk.
Manpower - Why struggle to find a full crew to sail your yacht across an ocean when you can leave it to us, saving you both money and hassle?
Wear and tear - Sailing your yacht across oceans risks damage and increases the wear and tear on her structure, fittings and engine. Shipping your yacht instead of sailing or motoring across can save a lot of money in repairs or replacements.
Variety of destinations - There are so many fabulous cruising destinations worldwide you are unlikely to be able to sail to them all in a lifetime. Luckily, we do.

Check out our sailing schedule. If you have any immediate questions, contact us online or call +31 204488590.

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Failure was not an option

I just wanted to thank you and your team personally for making our lift and transportation happen at the start of July 2013. Brazil threw a few curve balls at us with the large swell issue in the initial port, and then the tight dock scheduling in the secondary chosen port. On top of that I had the customs department and shipyard to content with, along with tugs and towing schedules which were difficult to nail down. You guys managed to pull it together and get us out of there before our deadline was up. As I mentioned failure was not an option and Sevenstar came through for us. Should I happen to be involved with another project that needs a similar service I will not hesitate to call on your team again.
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Sevenstar Yacht Transport is a very reliable transport company which has a truly outstanding customer service department.
Between the company's account executives and the people who keep you updated on progress of their ship and my vessel, I received 22 updates . The people that I spoke to were friendly, courteous and knowledgeable, and I appreciated the consistent information on the progress of their vessel and mine. I was appraised of the whereabouts of my vessel, and slept well at night. I was extremely happy when my boat arrived on time and in good shape.
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Thank you for your services. You all made this process much easier than I had anticipated. We’ll do this again one day. Thank you!
M Corton

Impressive
Thank you all for your help and patience. Watching the loading crew in work was very impressive!
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George and Lorraine Smith, SV Silent Runner

Very pleased with service and team
My yacht has been shipped from Phuket to Marmaris. Let me tell you how pleased my wife and I have been with your service and with your team. Special thanks go to Mike Heffer in Southampton. He always responded promptly to email queries and was consistently helpful, with the right answers. Mrs Porntip, the Phuket agent who was very efficient and quick and helpful. And Nadide Cakici of Anker in Marmaris who could not have done more to keep us informed as to events and to organize us and the paperwork. David Fosh, Reflections of Hayling

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Continent to Australia
I took delivery of the yacht yesterday, 3 May 2011. The yacht was in great condition on arrival.Operations at South Quay in Melbourne were seamless and all went well. Could you please pass on my thanks to your team and freight handing operators.
Rob Sutherland

Be Happy.......
Thank you for the safe arrival of our boat Be Happy. Lachlan, the agent was excellent, all the ships crew were very helpful to the whole thing running smoothly, we had a nominated discharge time and the updates as the unloading progressed, in fact our boat came off earlier than the scheduled time. We were advised by Lachlan. I am further pleased to report we have no damage or anything missing.
Debbie McCourt AUS

Another happy customer...
First let say that the Loadmasters at Rotterdam were excellent in the care with which they loaded our tugboat and the sailboat before ours. Congratulations to them!Your updates are welcome by us and we were wondering if they will continue after the ship leaves Southampton?
Hall Stufft

All went well!
The skipper of Noonmark, the Swan 56 that loaded to the Singelgracht earlier in the week, wanted me to register his thanks to Geoff and Dave for their work – it all went very well – and credit where it’s due. Could you pass our thanks to all concerned too.
Skipper of Noonmark

A nice experience.....
Just a note to say how pleased we were with our recent experience on the Snoekgracht. The Captain and loadmasters both at Southampton and St. Thomas could not have been more helpful and professional in their duties. It was a most positive experience deserving our praise.It would be appreciated if you would circulate this e-mail giving cedit where credit is due. S/V La Contenta
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