Luxury yacht owners have joined forces with maritime researchers to obtain an accurate overview of ocean colour, to help improve our understanding of the changing ocean. The initiative is being spearheaded by Dr Shubha Sathyendranath of Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and Dr Robert Brewin of the University of Exeter, UK. Typically, scientists rely on satellites […]
Boutique boatbuilder Apreamare is planning a spring launch for the new 11.45m cabin version of its Gozzo 38 superyacht brand, to be dubbed the Gozzo 38 Cabin. The layout is aimed at owners looking for a greater degree of “interior habitability” and protection from the elements, with a special emphasis on sailings in Northern European, […]
Oliver Rommelrath, a student at Staffordshire University, scooped the first-place prize in this year’s Superyacht UK (SYUK) Young Designer competition, hosted at the Southampton International Boat Show. The contest saw the entrants given 14 hours (spread over a day and a half) to produce a superyacht profile illustration, a general arrangement (GA) drawing and detailed […]
Mario Biferali, PhD naval architect & yacht designer, Genoa University As technology constantly evolves and offers increasingly daring solutions that solve design problems linked to size, it should not come as a surprise that we are now seeing ever-larger “out of scale” private vessels occupying entire bays and ports which alter the perception of the […]
It’s estimated that a superyacht with a helipad, submersible toys, swimming pools and a permanent crew presence will pump 7,020tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year: more than 1,500 times that of a typical family car. While the superyacht sector may be taking sustainability more seriously than it has done previously, it still risks […]
Dutch builder U-Boat Worx has released an update on the interior design for its forthcoming Nautilus concept, a 37.5 vessel designed to function as both a private yacht and a fully functional submarine (see Ship & Boat International November/December 2022, pages 24-25, for an in-depth look at the vessel). The interior design was created in […]
Having successfully weathered the effects of the pandemic, the Italian-based shipyard group is going from strength to strength Unlike some other regional yards, the Palumbo Group did not experience any significant impacts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, neither suffering a major absence of workers due to illness nor any significant disruption of planned […]
UAE-based Drydocks World, part of the DP World Group, has played a key role in Dubai’s growth story, becoming a hub for the maritime industry in the Middle East. With 340 completed projects a year on average and a record of handling 42 refurbishment projects simultaneously, the yard has garnered numerous awards and accolades during […]
Monaco-based luxury yacht brand Wally has unveiled the first renderings of its wallywhy150 class, a 24m/150gt model. The newcomer has been described as a ‘little sister’ to the group’s 27m/200gt wallywhy200, launched in September 2021. The wallywhy150 was developed by Wally-Ferretti Group Engineering, with Studio A. Vallicelli & C producing its interior design. Luca Bassani, […]
Over the past 75 years on Ship & Boat International, we’ve profiled more than a few innovative and off-the-wall yacht concepts, ranging from superyachts based on the aircraft from TV show Thunderbirds to floating tennis courts (see the March/April 2022 issue, page 54, for an example of the latter). However, a yacht design based literally […]
Love it or loathe it, cryptocurrency is making steady inroads into the superyacht and megayacht segments. Since the beginning of the year, there’s been a notable increase in the number of brokers, and now boatbuilders, willing to take crypto payments for services and new orders. As one example, brokerage SuperYachtsMonaco recently represented the buyer of […]