Abramovich

Roman Abramovich's Eclipse will be the biggest (at 560ft, or 170m) and most expensive (at US$1.2 billion) yacht that the world has ever seen - but its most notable feature is a laser system that disables the cameras of snooping paparazzi.

The recent incident involving a the seizure of a Ukranian ship carrying 33 tanks off the coast of Somalia has turned the spotlight on the problem of international piracy. Roman Abramovich is paying attention.

February 7, 2005 In recent weeks we've written about Sigma, the 118 metre Phillipe Starck-designed megayacht, Octopus the world's second biggest yacht owned by