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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Billionaires ‘disappointed’ after superyachts banned from Naples port

Mergellina port in Naples.
Mergellina port in Naples, which could not host the 101-metre long, six-deck vessel. Photograph: Eddy Galeotti/Alamy

A superyacht owned by Bernard Arnault – the world’s second-richest man – has been banned from docking in Naples owing to a new regulation that has left multibillionaires “thoroughly disappointed” about missing out on staying at the southern Italian city.

Symphony, the LVMH boss’s 101 metre long, six-deck vessel was cast adrift off the coast of Naples before being told it could not be hosted at Mergellina port due to a recently introduced limitation on size.

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