The first vessel in Overmarine Group’s new Mangusta 132 series, the fourth model in the recent Maxi Open Mangusta series, has been sold. Francesco Frediani, Overmarine’s commercial director noted that the Mangusta 132 was created with the group’s strategic development plan in mind in addition to focusing on the company’s dimensional growth, greater efficiency and…
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No update has come from owners of Christensen Shipyards, the Vancouver, WA-based builder of custom yachts as to the status of its shuttered manufacturing plant. According to the local Columbian newspaper, the media blackout on the long-term status of the shipbuilder continues, even though employees recently arrived at the yard to pick up paychecks following…
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The UAE-based shipyard Gulf Craft has launched three Majesty superyachts in a single week, a 105, a 120 and a 135. All three will be on display at the Dubai International Boat Show, March 3-7 and the Singapore Yacht Show, April l23-26. As the latest additions to Gulf Craft’s line of luxury flybridge superyachts, the…
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Worldwide yacht brokerage sales in 2014 rebounded in Europe with number of units and total values rising by double-digit percentages. The American market, however, offset those gains, with volume decreasing by 5 percent and value declining 8 percent. In 2014, global sales totaled 37,509 boats worth $5.592 billion, but those figures do not indicate the…
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Heesen Yacht has launched Project YN 16947, a 47m displacement superyacht known as Aysa, christened in a private ceremony last fall. Aysa’s exterior design by Frank Laupman of Omega Artchitects features beautiful traditional lines with continuous glued glass windows and matching black paint on the main and upper decks. The yacht’s interior designed by the…
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Chinese customs officials in Guangzhou have officially issued a registration certificate for the establishment of the first on-water bonded areas for yachts in Guangzhou’s Nansha Marina. The special area will encompass 2800 square meters and will have the ability to host 16 yachts up to 100 feet in length. The yacht bonded area will store…
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The organizers of the inaugural Phuket Yacht Show, scheduled for next month at the Phuket Yacht Haven Marina have postponed the event, citing unspecified circumstances beyond their control. Although originally scheduled for February 12-15, the show appears to be on track for dates later in 2015. Thai government officials have shown significant support for staging…
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Feadship has launched Savannah, an 83.5m eco-friendly hybrid superyacht that uses a single diesel engine, three gensets, batteries, propeller and an azimuth thruster. This ship is a continuation of Feadship’s 2010 Future Concept Breathe that used a cleaner and more cost-effective mode of propulsion. Featuring a dynamic and streamlined hull, Savannah has one medium-speed Warsila…
DetailsProject “Triple Deuce” continues to make news. Last fall, 4Yacht.com featured the 222m Triple Deuce on our pages, noting that the project would eclipse the size of the world’s current largest private superyacht, the 180m Azzam as well as the cruise ship Costa Classic. Now CNN and the Drudge Report has explored the future of…
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The Southeast United State had the strongest brokerage sales during 2014 with almost 9,000 boats worth $1.8 billion sold in Florida and nearby states. That figure represented 26% of all boars sold and 48% of total price paid in the United States and Canada. The Southeast sales also had the fastest sales, with boats averaging…
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