The Feadship facilities are first and foremost focused on custom yacht construction. Refits have become an important component of the work, too. Two Feadships are undergoing a variety of upgrades and maintenance tasks at one of the yards. Two more are coming in a few months, too. Currently, Feadship’s Makkum location is working on Air…
If St. Lucie county commissioners get their way, the Port of Fort Pierce in central Florida will see a megayacht refit and repair yard be established in the near future.The creation of such a megayacht facility has been discussed as far back as the early 2000s. It’s due to port officials wanting to revitalize the…
The 52 Steel isn’t the only thing new at Sanlorenzo. The builder is leasing space from another nearby yard to handle construction of its metal megayachts.The image here is one of the first two hulls of the 52 Steel series. (LOA: 171 feet, or 52 meters.) The largest megayachts thus far from Sanlorenzo, the duo…
Following a year’s worth of upgrades, Turquoise Yachts can now build more boats and transfer projects between its two locations.Depending on LOA, Turquoise Yachts can construct 10 megayachts at the same time. It’s due to doubling the size of its build shed in Kocaeli, Turkey, not far from Istanbul. The shed is now 541 feet…
With the arrival of Espiritu Santo at Ocea’s shipyard 13 years after delivery, the French builder is formally adding refits to its services. Since its founding in 1987, Ocea has focused on all-aluminum new builds. They include not just yachts, but also patrol boats and passenger ships. The maximum size it can build is 279…
The founder of Oceanic Yachts, a brand using Canados for construction for the past two years, has acquired the Italian shipyard. He’s Michel Karsenti (below), a familiar face in yachting.Karsenti has been involved in a number of new builds from 69 to 262 feet (21 to 80 meters) at different shipyards over the past two…
Eight months after announcing new investments and new organizational operations, Blohm+Voss is taking bigger steps to strengthen those moves. It has a new megayacht-focused sales team, plus is opening sales offices on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as farther afield.Last June, Blohm +Voss announced it was uniting its superyacht division. New-build and refit…
ISA Yachts, which ceased operations in Ancona, Italy last year, could have a new owner by summertime. Fellow Ancona shipyard Wider Yachts is among more than a dozen companies reportedly interested in taking over the property.Wider Yachts is also keenly interested in acquiring the name. In a e-newsletter sent to clients and media today, Tilli…
Two Dutch builders known for sailing superyachts are now under one umbrella. Vitters Shipyard has acquired Claasen Shipyards.The two companies are retaining their separate brand identities, and their targeting of different clientele within the sailing-superyacht market. Claasen, established in 1985, has particular expertise with J-Class yachts. It built the J Lionheart and the hulls of…
North, Latin, and South Americans interested in the Admiral and Tecnomar brands of megayachts can meet with the yard a little closer to home. The Italian Sea Group now has a Fort Lauderdale office.Francesco Carbone (left), who has been vice chairman of the Group for the past several years, is now based there, located at…
