The unmissable Nord was supposed to arrive in Cape Town on Wednesday. It's a no-show, and would be seriously difficult to hide. It's now believed to be in the Maldives, although tracking has been disabled.
Nord, the luxury superyacht belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov, left Hong Kong on 20 October and, according to the yacht’s automatic identification system , was scheduled to arrive in Cape Town on Wednesday.According to
, the $500-million yacht is now believed to be in the Maldives. Whether or not it will travel to Cape Town at all is now unclear.that it has not received any written berthing request for the yacht, and the Waterfront has not received an application for Nord to moor in its waters either. An application needs to be submitted at least three days in advance.
Over the past few months, Nord is believed to have “fled” from the Seychelles to the east coast of Russia, from Vladivostok to Hong Kong, set off for Busan in South Korea, and was most recently expected to arrive in Cape Town.
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