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The Dutch Superyacht Industry

Delivers the highest-quality superyachts featuring unique designs, which rank in the top 3 worldwide. Holland Yachting Group represents this industry consisting of superyacht builders, design companies, system integrators, construction specialists, architects and marine equipment suppliers. It’s our mission ​ to strengthen the competitive position of the Dutch yachting industry in the global market and to foster international trade. We actively unite market leaders based in the Netherlands who excel in building world-class superyachts and have done so for over five decades.

It starts with dreaming, with inspiration. That’s when we discover new worlds. Where everything seems to be perfect as if it’s divine. We can’t think of anything else, because we become what we love. Mutual trust and curiosity makes us invincible and thrives us. It’s how we keep on going forward. Something more than words.

is our clear vision. The amount of knowledge, the high-end designs, the latest innovations, technology and true passion: this country has all it takes to build superyachts one could only dream of. An experience to remember forever.

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At Heesen, we are dedicated to building superyachts in aluminium and steel that offer speed, style and fuel-efficient cruising. With an unrelenting focus on quality, craftsmanship and innovation, Heesen has created one of the world’s most impressive shipbuilding legacies. Our portfolio consists of three build concepts, which address our customers’ differing requirements regarding delivery times and personalisation. All rely on proven engineering and the renowned ‘Crafted in Holland’ build quality.

Fully engineered yachts, part of our speculation programme, available with short delivery times.

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The smart balance between proven performance, speed of delivery and customisation.

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Realised dreams that start with a blank sheet of paper, or inspired by one of our concepts.

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We must all take responsibility for protecting what we love. By introducing BlueNautech, Heesen continues to support the future of sustainable yachting through improved efficiencies, alternative materials, energy savings and innovative production methods.

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De zeven grootste superjachten van Nederlandse bodem

Samen met Italië is Nederland ’s werelds grootste speler op het gebied van luxury yachts. De kracht van de Nederlanders zit hem in de kennis en samenwerking in eigen land. De Nederlandse bouwers hebben een prachtig internationaal portfolio.

7. Nirvana | 88,5m / 290,4 ft

De laatste van dit lijstje, maar zeker niet de minste. Nirvana is ontworpen door Azure Naval Architects en Oceanco. Het zes dekken hoge superjacht heeft een bijzonder 7,5 meter zwembad, met een in hoogte verstelbare vloer. De master suite heeft een panoramisch uitzicht over het voordek en is compleet met kantoor, privé-dek en spa zwembad. Aan de gasten is ook gedacht, er is plaats voor 12 gasten in de vijf VIP-kamers.

6. Equanimity | 91,5m / 300 ft

Equanimity  is een van de weinige superjachten die in het bezit is van de Passenger Yacht Code (PSC), wat betekent dat er 36 gasten aan boord mogen verblijven. Voor Oceanco zelfs de eerste met dit certificaat. Er zijn voldoende gastenverblijven aan boord, met twee VIP-rooms met uitklapbare balkons. Om in shape te blijven is er een ruime gym met daarnaast een sauna.

5. Aquarius | 92m / 301 ft

In stilte glijdt Aquarius  door het water. Volgens Feadship is het jacht het stilste dat zij in het jaar 2016 hebben gebouwd. Het schip werd in opdracht van de Amerikaanse miljardair Steve Wynn gebouwd, die al meerdere jachten liet bouwen. Het interieur is beïnvloed door zijn horeca- en casino-achtergrond. Aan boord is ruimte gemaakt voor een deel van zijn uitgebreide privé-kunstcollectie die onder meer bestaat uit schilderijen van Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet en Matisse.

4. Faith | 96,55m / 316 ft

De ruime boeg heeft voldoende plek voor het landen van een helikopter, benedendeks is een garage ingericht om een Bell 429 WLG-helikopter voor acht personen te stallen. Naast het 2,5 meter diepe zwembad op het zonnedek is een houtoven geïnstalleerd om heerlijke pizza’s in te bakken, of in te laten bakken. Faith is wederom een prachtontwerp van Feadship.

3 Madame Gu | 99m / 324 ft

Madame Gu is het op één na grootste superjacht van Feadship en betreedt met haar 99 meter het podium op de derde plaats. Na vier jaar bouwen werd ze in 2013 gelanceerd. Het schip beschikt over twee garages voor tenders van 11 meter. En niet te vergeten een gecertificeerde helikopteropbergplaats.

2 Symphony | 101,5m / 333 ft

In 2015 leverde Feadship haar grootste superjacht tot nu toe, de 101,5 meter lange Symphony . Het jacht haalt een topsnelheid van 22 knopen en heeft ruimte voor 20 gasten in haar hutten. Het schip heeft twee bioscopen, waarvan een zich buiten op het brugdek bevindt. Een zes meter lang zwembad op het main deck is niet het enige bad voor verkoeling, naast het helikopterplatform kunnen opvarenden ook een frisse duik nemen. 

1: Jubilee | 110 m / 360 ft

Met haar 110 meter is Jubilee  het grootste in Nederland gebouwde superjacht tot nu toe. Het is de tweede samenwerking tussen bouwer Oceanco en de jonge Russische exterior designer Igor Lobanov. Eerder bouwden zij de 86 meter lange Amore Vero . De bouwer richt zich sinds 2002 op 80 meter plus jachten en heeft er inmiddels 16 succesvol te water gelaten. Het vlaggenschip biedt op haar acht dekken ruimte aan 30 gasten in 15 luxe hutten. De in samenwerking met Azure Naval Architects ontworpen romp zoeft met een topsnelheid van 18,5 knopen door het water.

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DAR is a 90.0 m Motor Yacht, built in Netherlands by Oceanco and delivered in 2018.

Her top speed is 20.0 kn and her power comes from two MTU diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 12 guests in 6 staterooms, with 31 crew members. She has a gross tonnage of 2926.0 GT and a 14.2 m beam.

She was designed by Luiz De Basto , who has designed 38 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database.

The naval architecture was developed by Azure Yacht Design and Naval Architecture , who has architected 27 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database, and the interior of the yacht was designed by Nuvolari Lenard , who has 107 other superyacht interiors designed in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with a Teak deck, a Steel hull, and Aluminium superstructure.

DAR is in the top 5% by LOA in the world. She is one of 35 motor yachts in the 90-100m size range, and, compared to similarly sized motor yachts, her top speed is 1.17 kn above the average.

DAR is currently sailing under the Cayman Islands flag, the 2nd most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1406 yachts registered. She is known to be an active superyacht and has most recently been spotted cruising near France. For more information regarding DAR's movements, find out more about BOAT Pro AIS .

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• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Displacement
• Builder: Oceanco
• Naval Architect: Azure Yacht Design and Naval Architecture
• Exterior Designer: Luiz De Basto
• Interior Designer: Nuvolari Lenard
• Refits: 2020,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024

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The Very Best of Dutch Yacht Builders

Dutch yacht builders have crafted a reputation as being among the world’s very best, with an extraordinary density of high quality, high value shipyards operating out of the Netherlands.

Part of the reason for the dominance of Dutch yacht builders in the superyacht industry stems from Holland’s prestigious history of boat building, which stretches back centuries and was perfectly poised to make the shift to constructing luxury yachts during the 20th century. The word ‘yacht’ originally comes from the Dutch word ‘jacht’, meaning hunt.

Some of the towering names of the yachting world have emerged from Holland, with the great heritage yards Amels, Hakvoort, Royal Huisman, De Vries and Royal Van Lent more recently joined by other outstanding Dutch yacht builders such as Heesen, Vitters, and Oceanco.

Dutch shipyards are heralded not only for their world-class build quality, high tech yards, and innovation, but are also renowned for reliability in finishing projects on time and on budget. With Dutch shipyards producing many fully-custom ‘one-off’ yachts, many of the yachts launched from Holland’s shipyards are extremely iconic and often win international awards.

Dutch yacht builders have also capitalized on their individual reputations for quality construction by forming strong collaborations including Feadship and HISWA, which serve to market the best of Dutch yachting internationally, thereby growing the influence of the Dutch yacht builders.

Notable Dutch Yacht Builders

This prestige brand is often known as the ‘Rolls Royce’ of yacht builders, constructing fully custom yachts from a ‘blank slate’ beginning. Feadship is actually a partnership between two of the greatest Dutch shipyards: De Vries and Royal Van Lent, with yacht building roots dating back to 1849. The Feadship fleet today is more than 450 strong, and includes some ground-breaking yachts including AQUARIUS and ECTASEA.

Founded in 1918 and boasting the largest and most high-tech shipyard in the Netherlands, Amels turned its hand to superyacht construction in the 1980’s. Amels builds fully custom yachts up to 656’ (200m), as well as their highly sought-after ‘Limited Edition Series’. Known for exceptional build quality and iconic yachts including HERE COMES THE SUN, Amels also builds a popular range of support yachts for superyachts through DAMEN, its parent company.

Royal Huisman

This family-run shipyard was founded in 1884, and has produced some of the finest sailing yachts afloat, with a long line of regatta honors and design awards across its fleet of maxi-yachts and performance cruisers. While its fame is recognized across the world for building sailing yachts such as ATHENA, Royal Huisman also builds motoryachts, including the award winning ARCADIA.

Hakvoort is another illustrious Dutch shipyard which dates back to 1919 and builds sailing and motoryachts up to 215’ (65m). With yachts constructed in steel and aluminum, Hakvoort offers a full-custom service from design to launch, as well as a 180’ (55m) semi-custom series. They have launched many notable, award-winning yachts, from LADY MARINA in 1994 to APOSTROPHE in 2013.

Founded in 1979, Heesen has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the yachting industry, and is now considered one of the most innovative Dutch yacht builders. Initially known as a builder of fast performance yachts, Heesen has expanded its yacht building capacity up to 260’ (80m) and has achieved notoriety for its revolutionary design and engineering, such as the Fast Displacement Hull Form first seen on multi-award-winning GALACTICA STAR.

One of the most respected names in sailing, the Vitters shipyard was founded in 1990 and has gone on to launch luxury sailing yachts known for winning superyacht regattas and international design awards. Constructing yachts over 30m with an uncompromising focus on quality and design, Vitters has received accolades for yachts including SARISSA, GANESHA and AQUIJO. Vitters also owns the Green Marine yard, which is responsible for building the Volvo Ocean Race fleet.

This Dutch yacht builder specializes in the large yacht market, constructing fully custom superyachts over 260’ (80m) in aluminum and steel. Oceanco opened its doors in 1990 and has been responsible for the launch of some of the industry’s most well-known yachts, including ALFA NERO, ANASTASIA and the largest Dutch yacht to be built thus far, the 360’ (110m) JUBILEE.

Located in the medieval Dutch town of Den Bosch, Moonen Shipyards is one of the world’s most well-known motoryacht builders. Having launched their first boat in 1963, Moonen pride themselves in quality and service and offer diverse options in the upper echelons of the yacht industry for fully customized superyachts up to 150’ (45m), custom series displacement yachts, explorer vessels or fast displacement all-aluminum powerboats.

Established as a family-owned shipyard in 1938, Mulder has become a renowned member of the Dutch yacht building family. The yards’ global reputation for quality has been built upon three main pillars: the classic Super Favorite Cruisers, the later Favorite Superior and a range of Mulder custom-built motor yachts from 42’ to 147’ (13m to 45m).

Van der Valk

A passionate yacht enthousiast, Wim van der Valk started the company that bears his name in 1967, and is still driving force behind it today. In applying the most advanced solutions, systems and materials possible, this pedigreed Dutch yacht builder believes in creating yachts that will stand the test of time. In the late 1990s, they introduced their signature product – the Continental I series. Today, to ensure unrivaled quality and exclusivity, Van Der Valk produces a select, limited number of Continental yachts each year.

Hartman Marine Group

Founded in 2003, Hartman Marine Group has roots which span back to 1775 with a heritage of seven generations of skipper-owners. Hartman yachts hold a timeless and fresh style without compromising practicality and superb comfort, in the true fashion of Dutch boatbuilding excellence. Leveraging on experience, innovation as well as tradition, Hartman applies their robust standards from the drawing table to the unique finishing touches in every custom build.

Worth Avenue Yachts have many yachts for sale in their fleet built by these renowned Dutch yacht builders, and are experts in the sale, construction and charter of Dutch yachts. Contact us to find out more about which Dutch yacht builder is right for you.

You’ve reached this point in your life. It’s time for your Moonen.

Moonen Yachts in the Netherlands creates unsurpassed excellence in the grand tradition of Dutch yacht building. From collaborating to create your yachting vision to relaxing in luxury in exotic destinations, owning a Moonen is a totally rewarding experience.

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Together we will create the ideal Moonen for you.

We are excited to begin each new collaboration. We cherish the bond that develops between owner and our team when creating your exclusive masterpiece.

“Wherever we’ve been, the people who come on board at other ports,

other shipowners, everyone is really enamoured by the beauty, the quality and the uniqueness of the ship. We’re so proud to have our name on it!”

— Owner of BOTTI (a 36.3m Martinique)

No two Moonen yachts share the same journey.

Each of the 80 Moonen yachts delivered since 1981 reflects their owner’s unique design journey and vision. We don’t aim to build the most yachts or the biggest yachts. We simply build the best.

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Take a closer look at the most recent developments at Moonen Yachts. We share personal stories of inspiration, introduce you to Moonen people and reveal how we work behind the scenes.

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Do you have any questions, or would you like additional information?

I am here here to answer all your questions and provide you with personalized advice. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me!

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HISWA-RECRON is the Dutch business association for water sports companies and recreation companies. Only companies can become members of HISWA-RECRON. Are you an entrepreneur and do you want your interests to be optimally represented? View the benefits you have as a HISWA-RECRON member. Such as HISWA General Terms and Conditions and contracts, extensive knowledge base, informative meetings and discounts on fairs.

Rent a boat at the number 1 boat rental site in the Netherlands

Renting a boat for a day or a boating holiday starts at HISWA Vakantievaren. All rental companies that rent boats through the Dutch boat rental site or the German Yachtcharter Holland website are affiliated with HISWA Association and therefore reliable partners. They use reliable and clear HISWA General Rental Conditions that have been coordinated with ANWB and Consumentenbond. So every boat you rent is well insured. Renting from a HISWA company means carefree sailing!

Yachts Holland… Beyond Sailing

Half a millennium of maritime history has helped make the Dutch masters in yachtbuilding. The wealth of  experience has enabled Holland to become global market leader in the production of superyachts and  smaller (semi) custom built luxury yachts. Our premium quality yachts are designed and built to your own personal ideas and sail where others stop. Have a safe journey, relax and enjoy life on your unique Dutch luxury yacht. Why settle for anything less?

Think Yachts Think Holland

The HISWA Holland Yachting Group represents the world’s leading companies in the superyacht industry: people that combine heritage, stability and personality to create motor and sailing yachts of the highest quality. Here we give you a virtual introduction to our members and their stories, ambition and passion. All of them would be delighted to meet you in the real world too.

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Used boats for sale, new boats for sale, sailing boats for sale, motorboats for sale, catamarans for sale, carefree sailing with an extra warranty, hiswa terms & conditions: reliable and transparent, aligned with anwb and dutch consumer association, independent disputes committee, go to a hiswa-certified yachtbroker.

Looking for a pre-owned or new boat? We have everything you need for carefree sailing. A HISWA-certified yacht broker is reliable, makes clear agreements, provides an optimal service and ensures you complete peace of mind. There’s always a HISWA company close by.

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Superyacht Hub Rotterdam.

Ideal stopover on the northern european route..

Everything is available at the highest standard possible.

The excellent accessibility and top notch facilities make Rotterdam an ideal hub on the increasingly popular Northern European route. This makes the port an attractive stopover for visiting superyachts or boarding of charter guests.

Great accessibility and a warm welcome

Superyachts calling the rivers and ports of Rotterdam experience numerous advantages. The open connection to the sea provides great accessibility and effortless entrance into the port.

The region offers exclusive superyacht berths and yards with the best accommodations. Foreign media often refer to Rotterdam as one of the 'top cities in the world' with a unique character and metropolitan attitude.

Visiting superyachts receive a warm welcome. Rotterdam The Hague Airport is conveniently located with a dedicated jet center.

Procedures are clear and accessibility is outstanding. This ensures comfortable, quick and easy traveling to and from the yacht for owners, clients and crew. It is safe to say the maritime capital of Europe is the ideal location to welcome your charter guests.

Plan your visit

• Harbour Coordination Center — Plan a port call
• Jet center — Rotterdam The Hague Airport
• Dockside.ai — Professional yachting services

Interesting activities and leisure for visiting crew

Rotterdam has a lot to offer to captains and crew as well. Iconic architecture, a broad variety of art and culture, plenty of restaurants catering any craving, and a vibrant nightlife scene.

Historic cities such as Schiedam , known for its windmills and invigorating ‘Jenever’ gin, and Dordrecht with the Biesbosch National Park are just around the corner. Visit the Nationaal Jenever Museum in Schiedam and learn all about the history of the jenever and the production process. The Hague, Amsterdam and Antwerp are an hour away by train.

Transportation in and around Rotterdam is easy and swift. Apart from an extensive and reliable public transportation system Rotterdam has the best water taxi network of Europe. A unique system with more than fifty of its own docks providing easy tendering services.

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Ideal stopover on the Northern European route

The popularity of Northern destinations such as Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Baltic region has increased tremendously in the recent years.

The strategic location, accessibility, and high quality facilities for maintenance and refit make Rotterdam the ideal stopover for superyachts that follow the Northern European route.

Whether en route to London, Copenhagen, Stockholm and the Norwegian fjords, or the South to Bilbao and the Mediterranean: Rotterdam is the ideal stopover!

Craftsmanship, state of art innovations and a personal approach

The main share of the Dutch superyacht construction industry can be found in the Rotterdam region. The Netherlands not only excel in the construction and design of superyachts, but in refit and maintenance as well.

The maritime capital of Europe has the best facilities to accommodate maintenance, repair and renovation of superyachts. On top of that, Rotterdam offers craftsmanship, state of art innovations and a personal approach to owners and ship managers.

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Superyacht building – A growing industry in times of a pandemic

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 14, 2021 | News , Shipbuilding , Yachts

While the world’s biggest cruise shipbuilders in especially Germany got into serious financial troubles and had to lay off thousands of workers and the whole cruise industry came to a total standstill, the Dutch specialists in the building of superyachts enjoyed a very good year last year. The number of orders they received in fact doubled.

In every issue of SWZ|Maritime, SWZ|Maritime’s editor-in-chief Antoon Oosting writes an opinion piece under the heading “Markets” about the maritime industry or a particular sector within it. In the September 2021 issue, he discusses the Dutch yacht building industry.

It is, to say the least, particularly noteworthy, striking and at the same time uplifting for the Dutch shipbuilding industry that the yacht industry is doing so well. In a recent podcast of Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT), project director Roderick Gort of Dutch superyacht builder Oceanco from Alblasserdam confirmed that the near future prospects for his yard and its Dutch competitors like Feadship, Damen Yachting, Royal Huisman, Heesen and Moonen are just fine. ‘There is a healthy commercial market,’ Gort said.

The fact that at the end of 2020 the Dutch yards were building no less than thirteen superyachts on speculation, meaning they started construction without yet having a customer for it, is a clear sign of the confidence that the yards have in the future. Confidence that is based on excellent figures on new orders. From new orders worth € 1.067 billion in 2018 and € 1.012 billion in 2019, the newly received orders rose to a staggering € 2.150 billion last year. With this,the value of the total orderbook grew from € 4.078 billion in 2018 and € 4.021 billion in 2019 to a very healthy volume of € 5.380 billion last year. I bet there aren’t that many people who would have dared to predict this in January/February 2020, when the world turned into a deep crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A very uncertain market

In the podcast, Gort also told that at the beginning of 2020, the atmosphere was very uncertain. The yard’s management monitored the developments of the pandemic from day to day and decided to take measures at an early stage. The obligation to wear a face mask in the workplace was implemented and everyone who was not constantly needed at the offices in Alblasserdam and the recently acquired new facilities in Zwijndrecht had to work from home.

The workers that had to keep working on the yachts, including the personnel of suppliers, had to be tested every day. Oceanco has set up its own test site for this. ‘All this to be able to work safely… Our suppliers, too, realy appreciated this way of working. It has created a very safe working environment and allowed us to continue working in full,’ Gort explained. And there was enough work, as after the first uncertain months in spring, the first orders began dropping in.

Also read: The owners of superyachts built in the Netherlands revealed

Richest man in the world

A clear sign that despite the first panic about the economic consequences of the pandemic the superyacht business was not doing so badly at all, were the reports in May 2020 that the at that moment richest man in the world – e-commerce giant Amazon’s Jeff Bezos – had ordered a 127-metre three-mast yacht at Oceanco. This mega sailing yacht worth several hundreds of millions of euros will be accompanied by a smaller ship with a helicopter platform to provide the yacht with supplies. Whatever one might think about the superrich that always get richer, this is also a huge compliment to the Dutch superyacht industry and recognition of the unrivalled quality the Dutch yards can deliver.

Like Genie, the genie from Aladdin’s lamp, the Dutch yacht builders make the dreams of their clients come true. And like Oceanco’s project director Gort pointed out, the clients are dreaming of a unique and everbigger, longer yacht. So, the yachts are getting longer and more and more custom built. And about ten years ago, the Dutch yacht builders were especially strong in building yachts from thirty to sixty or seventy metres, but now they compete with the German yards that were always building the biggest yachts.

Moreover, in the category of less than 100 metres, the Dutch yards continue to be a strong competitor to the Germans and especially the Italian and Turkish yards.

A good year

Like Feadship, Damen Yachting, Oceanco, Royal Huisman, Heesen and Moonen all booked good results in 2020. According to the annual report of NMT, the size of the yachts delivered varied between 24 and 120 metres. The Netherlands is building ever larger yachts. In 2020, six yachts were sold that were eighty metres or larger (megayachts). In 2019, that was still only one. The orderbook of the Dutch yards currently contains fifteen yachts of eighty metres or larger.

NMT warns that the growing amount of work also has a downside. Several suppliers can’t process more orders as the workloads are greater than they can normally handle. NMT emphasizes the need for more intensive cooperation between yards and suppliers.

Due to the pandemic and travel restrictions imposed by authorities, a lot of shows were cancelled and even the selling process was hit. Royal Huisman and Moonen did manage to sell some ships online, however.

Travel restrictions

Those travel restrictions also hampered the construction of the yachts as clients, supervisors and superintendents that must monitor refits, and future crews, who had to be trained with their new ship, experienced difficulties with entering the Netherlands. Deliveries were not always easy to handle. But when NMT published its annual report in May this year, it could also be reported that this matter had successfully been solved in good cooperation with the responsible department and border control.

Travelling easily to and from the Netherlands is also a basic precondition for the refitting of yachts. Under the umbrella of NMT, the yacht building industry works together in the Holland Yachting Group to strengthen the interests of the Dutch yacht building industry. One of the opportunities the Holland Yachting Group has identified, is the growing need for refits. Super- and megayachts change ownership ever more often, or the owners want their ships modified and adjusted to the requirements of the future or to make the propulsion and energy systems of the ships more sustainable.

For still just a decade ago, clients often wanted their newbuilt superyacht to be able to sail fast. So, superyachts were often equipped with very powerful engines that used a lot of fuel. But sailing at high speed often goes at the cost of comfort with more noise and vibration. Yet, according to the project director of Oceanco, owners are also becoming aware that installing so much power often has no sense and nowadays there is more need for a more efficient power train that uses far less energy.

The Dutch are warming up to refits

‘Customers like to come back to the original builder of their yacht,’ Gort stated in the NMT podcast. ‘The original builder has the network of suppliers and can meet any requirements demanded by the customer at short notice. As a result, the barrier to sail their yacht to northwestern Europe is gone.’

With this in mind, Oceanco has taken over the former yard of offshore supplier Heerema in Zwijndrecht and Royal Huisman has opened a new site in Amsterdam. Royal Van Lent, which belongs to the Feadship group, has also opened a second yard, in addition to the one on Kaag island, in the Amsterdam port area. In the port of Rotterdam there are initiatives as well to do more with the refit of super- and megayachts.

While for many in the Netherlands the superyacht industry stays a rather unknown sector, the Dutch superyacht yards have an excellent reputation. Every year, new Dutch yachts are awarded important professional prizes. In 2020, Feadship won awards with three yachts at the World SuperYacht Awards. These were M/Y Pi (Motor yacht of the year, displacement motor yachts between 1500 GT and 1999 GT); M/Y Najiba (Displacement motor yachts between 500 GT and 999 GT); and M/Y Lady S (Displacement motor yachts between 2000 GT and 4999 GT). Another award went to Royal Huisman/Huisfit for the refit of S/Y Vagrant (category Re-built yachts).

Also read: Feadship wins big at World Superyacht Awards

The yacht as a corona bubble

For the success of the superyacht in a time that the world has suffered an enormous amount of casualties and a lot of people as well as the economy have to conform to annoying restrictions, Oceanco’s project director Gort has a statement as remarkable as it is simple. Super- and megayachts offer a private and safe area to pass your holidays, in easily controlled surroundings. The crew of a superyacht consists of up to fifteen or twenty people plus the guests that the owner chooses himself.

That is of course a number of people that is far more easily controlled and tested than those on a big cruise ship where the number of passengers and crew can be up to 7000 or 8000 (Oasis-class Royal Caribbean). ‘A superyacht is easy to control and to keep clean,’ according to Gort.

Picture (top): Superyacht Aqua’s aft deck features an innovative series of platforms cascading down towards the sea (courtesy of Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design , as published in SWZ|Maritime’s September yacht special).

SWZ|Maritime’s superyacht special

This article is part of SWZ|Maritime’s September superyacht special. Our special dives into the world of Dutch superyacht building and shows why shows why Dutch yacht builders are among the world’s best. Topics include electrification, an energy label for superyachts, innovative fenders, hydrofoil research and much more.

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Also read: SWZ|Maritime’s September 2021 issue: ‘Dutch superyachts are serious business’

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