Marine · Mediterranean Marinas
Mediterranean Marinas, The Yacht in Port.
Connectivity, power, cameras and control for the yacht at its berth: Starlink Maritime, cellular and the marina's own service on one UniFi network, shore power matched to the marina's supply, cameras that cover the passerelle and the tender, and the handoff to the owner's villa network when the vessel is home, from Port Hercule and Port Vauban to Porto Cervo, Puerto Banús, Ibiza, Flisvos and Porto Montenegro.
Mediterranean Marinas
The Berth Is Where the Yacht Lives.
A superyacht spends most of its year at a berth, and the Mediterranean's marinas are built for it. Port Hercule in Monaco has about 700 berths with metered electricity to every berth in tiers up to 150 kilowatts three-phase and takes yachts to 135 meters; Port Vauban in Antibes holds roughly 1,642 berths and its Quai des Milliardaires takes superyachts of 160 to 170 meters; Porto Montenegro offers more than 500 berths for yachts to 250 meters; Flisvos in Athens sets more than half of its 300 berths aside for yachts over 30 meters; and IGY Ibiza's 2025 redevelopment brought direct shore power to superyachts for the first time.
The technology that matters in port is not the same as at sea. At the berth the yacht is on shore power, within reach of the marina's Wi-Fi and the city's cellular network, next to other vessels, open to visitors over the passerelle, and often a short walk from the owner's villa. The design questions are which link carries the owner's video calls when the quay blocks Starlink's view of the sky, how the shore-power connection is matched to the marina's supply, which cameras watch the passerelle and the tender at night, and how the yacht's network and the villa's network behave as one when the owner moves between them.
01 · Connectivity
Three Links, One Network
Starlink Maritime, multi-SIM cellular on Peplink and the marina's wired or wireless service on one UniFi network with automatic failover, so the owner's calls and the crew's systems stay up when the quay blocks the sky; older onboard Wi-Fi is replaced where it would throttle the link.
02 · Security
The Passerelle and the Tender
UniFi Protect cameras rated for the environment, covering the passerelle, the aft deck and the tender bay, with local storage, mobile access for the captain and alerts through Cave Watch at night and in the off-season.
03 · Home port
Yacht and Villa, One System
When the vessel is at its home berth, the yacht's and the villa's networks are designed to work together: the owner's devices roam, the media library follows, and the cameras of both appear in one app, without the yacht's network being exposed to the villa's guests.
At a Glance
The marinas, in numbers.
- Port Hercule, Monaco
- Approximately 700 berths with distribution boxes providing metered electricity to every berth, in tiers up to 150 kilowatts three-phase for the largest superyachts; the port accommodates yachts up to 135 meters with berth depths from 5 to 40 meters.
- Port Vauban, Antibes
- The largest Mediterranean marina by tonnage, with roughly 1,642 berths; its Quai des Milliardaires accommodates superyachts of 160 to 170 meters, and the winter season brings an estimated 30,000 crew and more than 300 refit projects to Antibes.
- Porto Cervo
- 700 berths, 100 of them reserved for megayachts, with a maximum length of 120 meters; the New Marina is open year-round with 24-hour VHF service, while the Old Port is officially open only from June 1 to September 30.
- Puerto Banús
- 915 berths across 15 hectares for vessels up to 50 meters, with power connections of 16, 32, 63 and 250 amps and Wi-Fi at the berth.
- Ibiza
- IGY Ibiza Marina's redevelopment, completed in 2025, introduced direct shore power for superyachts for the first time, with a new berth layout for vessels from 20 to 150 meters, reducing generator use and noise near the UNESCO-listed Dalt Vila waterfront.
- Athens and the Adriatic
- Flisvos Marina in Athens has roughly 300 berths, more than half designed for yachts over 30 meters and a maximum length cited up to 140 meters; Porto Montenegro in Tivat offers more than 500 berths for yachts up to 250 meters, planned to grow to 850.
- Onboard Wi-Fi
- Yacht connectivity in the Mediterranean typically combines Starlink with marine 4G and 5G cellular, and older onboard Wi-Fi hardware can bottleneck a 300-megabit Starlink feed to about 30 megabits if it is not upgraded.
Sources: Marina Reservation, Port Hercule; Monaco Pratique, Port Hercule; Allied Yachting, Port Vauban berths; Boat Tomorrow, Antibes as superyacht capital; Wikipedia, Porto Cervo; IGY Marinas, Marina di Porto Cervo; Puerto Banús, the marina; Marina World, IGY Ibiza Marina shore-power upgrade; Blue Ocean Club, Flisvos Marina; Porto Montenegro, the marina; Marine Data Solutions, Starlink for yachts; Aslan Yacht, marina shore-power connection guide; Sea and Land Supply, marine shore power made simple.
Reading on Mediterranean Marinas
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- Croatia and Montenegro yacht connectivity in the Adriatic →
- Mediterranean refit yards →
Questions About Mediterranean Marinas
Mediterranean Marinas, Answered
What do you install on a yacht that mostly sits at a Mediterranean berth?+–
The systems that are used in port every day: a UniFi network that joins Starlink Maritime, Peplink cellular and the marina's service with automatic failover; UniFi Protect cameras on the passerelle, decks and tender bay with mobile access; Crestron control for lighting, shades, climate and entertainment; and the links to the owner's villa when the vessel is at its home berth. Cave Watch supports it remotely.
Why does Starlink struggle at some berths?+–
A quay wall, a neighboring superyacht or the marina building can block the antenna's view of the sky, and the dish then drops or slows. We treat Starlink as one link of three in port, with cellular and the marina's wired service on the same network, so the failover happens without the owner noticing, and we replace older onboard Wi-Fi hardware that would throttle the feed.
Can the yacht's network and the villa's network work as one?+–
Yes, when they are designed together. The owner's devices roam between the two, the media library and the cameras of both appear in one app, and the yacht's crew and guest networks stay separate from the villa's. We design the handoff, the addressing and the security so the two networks cooperate without exposing either.
How is shore power handled?+–
By matching the vessel to the marina. European berths supply 230-volt, 50-hertz power on IEC 60309 connectors, and the largest marinas, such as Port Hercule, offer metered three-phase supply up to 150 kilowatts. Racks, amplifiers and anything motor-driven are specified for that supply, and the changeover between shore power and generators is planned so AV and control equipment never sees a hard cut.
Do you cover marinas outside Monaco and the Riviera?+–
Yes, on a project basis across the Mediterranean: Monaco and the Côte d'Azur, Liguria and the Costa Smeralda, the Balearics, the Costa del Sol, the Athens Riviera and the Adriatic. We travel for installation and commissioning, work with the vessel's crew and the marina's or yard's electricians, and support the systems remotely afterward. Our published yacht project is a 65-meter refit in Monaco in 2024.
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