Dozens of dedicated refit shipyards are in the United States. Dozens more are in Europe, and new-build yards are adding maintenance and refit services, too. To better position itself, Derecktor Shipyards had created Derecktor One. It unites all contractor coordination, including yacht-requested specialists, and importantly results in one price and one bill.
It’s not uncommon for superyacht captains and owners to have preferences for particular companies to handle metalwork, painting, and more. The challenge, though, is trying to manage them while also managing a shipyard’s own tradespeople. A further difficulty comes in trying to manage schedules for the different contractors and stages of work. They can overlap, for example, and when one scope of the work runs late, it delays the others. Delays add cost, too. Yet another complexity comes with captains having regular duties that don’t stop even with the yacht in the yard.
With Derecktor One, captains and owners receive support from a dedicated project manager. The project manager handles all scheduling, coordination of change orders, and communications, including among the contractors. Derecktor’s two refit yards in Florida, specifically in Fort Pierce and Dania Beach, have relationships with a number of these specialists. The project manager also vets contractors that owners and captains prefer. All of this should translate to a smoother refit process and experience, including clear budgets.
In fact, Derecktor says Derecktor One will offer refits and major service where possible on an all-inclusive basis. The quote will include dockage, fees, and taxes, and of course the project management and any preferred contractors’ work. The pricing will rely upon a confirmed outline of the work desired plus the known condition of the megayacht, also confirmed by inspection. Finally, the yard will apply fixed pricing to as many tasks as make sense.
Derecktor Fort Pierce, which has Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) status, focuses on the 200-foot-plus (61-meter-plus) megayacht market. In fact, it has a lift capable of hauling yachts to 1,500 tons. The Dania Beach yard can service yachts to 197 feet (60 meters) and has a 900-ton mobile hoist on site.
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