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Destroyed yacht towed to Bijelo

The "Ramonde" in its current state represents an environmental hazard, as there are still around 8.000 liters of diesel fuel in the tanks of the destroyed yacht and a significant amount of oil in the ship's engines. The firefighting operation on the luxury yacht "Ramonda", which caught fire on March 27 at around 6 p.m. in the Portonovi marina in Kumbor, ended on the night of March 29, when the wreck towed from Kumbor to the Adriatic 42 shipyard in Bijela. The wreck has been secured along the operational shore and surrounded by a an oil boom to prevent the spread of any spills of oil, petroleum, and other harmful substances from what remained of the hull. On March 30 the navigation safety inspector Captain Grujica Dudić issued a decision prohibiting any attempt to remove the wrec to dry land or cut it up, until the Maritime Safety and Port Management Administration (UPSUL), the Kotor Harbour Master's Office and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs have issued a statement on the matter in accordance with the jurisdiction of these bodies. Given that the structural integrity of the rest of the hull of the "Ramonde" has been greatly damaged and weakened by the destruction by fire, any attempt to remove the ship to shore using the travel lift at the Adriatic 42 shipyard could literally disintegrate the wreck, leading to fuel and oil spills and an ecological disaster. Therefore, the Navigation Safety Inspectorate requests that all necessary measures be taken beforehand to pump out the fuel from the wreck, that is, that UPSUL, the Port Authority and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs adopt adequate solutions within their jurisdiction on how to further deal with the remains of the luxury yacht, which, until a few days ago, was worth around 10 million euros. The yacht is owned by the company "Millennium Team" doo from Belgrade. The police are investigating the causes of the fire on the yacht in the elite Portonovi marina, and the actions of its crew were also under scrutiny, because there were no crew members on board at the time the fire broke out. On the other hand, the action of extinguishing the fire and attempting to rescue the yacht itself showed a series of shortcomings and poor coordination between parts of the national chain for interventions in cases of emergencies at sea, starting from the untimely notification of UPSUL, through the failure to appear on site while the yacht was being rescued by the director of that Administration and the port captain in Kotor, the lack of a clear and unambiguous chain of command for the action of rescuing endangered property at sea by the commander on site, the lukewarm and inadequate reaction of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, the absence of any reaction and action by the National Committee for Search and Rescue at Sea, to the transfer of the greatest burden of the extinguishing action and responsibility for it to the Herceg Novi Municipal Protection and Rescue Service, which is neither adequately equipped nor trained for such complicated interventions of extinguishing fires on ships. Reports with photos: https://en.vijesti.me/news-b/society/752163/remains-of-a-destroyed-yacht-towed-to-white--dry-docking-or-cutting-prohibited-until-the-authorities-make-a-statement https://en.vijesti.me/news-b/society/752110/The-yacht-was-flown-under-the-flag-of-a-Caribbean-country--the-ship-that-burned-down-was-registered-to-a-company-linked-to-the-regime-in-Serbia.?utm_source=vijesti&utm_medium=article_related&utm_campaign=article_intext_related

Yacht gutted by fire

On the night of March 27, 2025, the 'Ramonda' caught fire in Denovici, Montenegro, at the Porto Novi yacht marina. The fire broke out at around 6:00 p.m. Members of the Herceg Novi Protection and Rescue Service rushed to the scene with two trucks, to find that the flames had already made their way into the interior living areas. Once they arrived on the scene, the team tried to mitigate the fire from several angles. However, failing to localize the fire, they transported the yacht out of the marina at 7:50 p.m. in order to extinguish the flames while at sea. It was determined that she could not be salvaged, and the yacht was left to burn to the waterline and sink. The 8,000 litres of oil onboard the yacht posed an ecological risk. In an attempt to prevent environmental damage, dams have been installed to block oil spills. into the surrounding sea.No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Report and photos: https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/fire-yacht-ramonda-in-portonovi-montenegrohttps://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3821793?navList=gallery&category=39&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3821769?navList=gallery&category=39&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3821627?navList=gallery&category=39&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest