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Built to the highest standards by ICE Yacht and penned inside and out by the innovative HOT LAB Studio, ICE 68 offers striking design and style and unparalleled comfort at sea.

The amenities offered by ICE 68 go well beyond those normally available on a yacht of this size. At 1,780 GT, ICE 68 delivers exceptional exterior deck space comprising a 5-metre-long swimming pool, beach club, a sizeable garage housing a 9-metre and 8-metre tender, as well as a touch-and-go helipad for maximum privacy and ease of access when coming on board.

The seamless connection between the outdoor and indoor areas is fully optimized for open-air living with natural light flooding a sophisticated and minimalistic interior layout.

This superyacht offers accommodation for up to 12 guests across 7 staterooms, with the Master Suite located on the private upper deck. Three VIPs and three guest staterooms are on the main deck.

The circulation around the yacht is further facilitated by an elevator connecting four of the six decks.

Powered by twin Caterpillar 3516 C engines, ICE 68 gives a range of 5,260 range at 10 knots, and top speeds of up to 14.2 knots.

Due for delivery in 2025, ICE 68 offers potential buyers the chance to enjoy an outstanding yacht well before the current market waiting list of 3 to 5 years.

Specifications

• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Exterior Designer: Hot Lab
• Interior Designer: Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design
• Length Overall: 67.52 metres
• Length at Waterline: 66.46 metres
• Beam: 13 metres
• Max Draught: 3.25 metres
• Gross Tonnage: 1780
• Displacement Tonnage: 1382

Construction

• Year of Build: 2025
• Number of Decks: 6

Performance & Capacities

• Max Speed: 14.2 kn
• Cruising Speed: 12 kn
• Fuel Capacity: 161500 litres
• Water Capacity: 43200 litres
• Range: 5260 nm

Accommodation

• Passenger Rooms: 7

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company History

the Company ICE Yachts — , a young Italian brand in sailing and shipbuilding. The shipyard was established on the basis of CN Yacht 2000 and took over the whole experience and were able to get qualified staff with years of experience. ICE Yachts creates boats with the latest developments and modern materials used not only in shipbuilding. The company uses technology from the automotive industry, architecture and other industries.

Production of ICE Yachts is located East of Milan in the small town of Salvirola . To create buildings used epoxy resin and carbon fiber using vacuum technology, which provides ease of material and increased strength.

the design of the interior features a long-standing partner of the shipyard Feci Yacht Design . On the customer's requested a neo-classical interior, the balancing between the teak with horizontal lines and contemporary design or the Scandinavian tone combined with Italian style.

the Company took segment >luxury cruising yachts >cruising boats with Mediterranean cockpit >super-yachts and launches boats with a length from 10 to 31 meters. Recently began production of >sailing catamarans. In creating the design of mnogoyarusnyi participated Enrico Contreas (Enrico Contreas), known for his work on catamarans Mattia .

Model ICE CAT 61 was nominated in the category of boats from 50 feet in the international exhibition Multihull Boat Show 2018 and named the largest and most modern ever built in Italy.

the Shipyard ICE Yachts focuses on quality and the introduction of know-how in shipbuilding sailing ships, each model is developed under the individual order and meets the high demands of customers.

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ICE Yacht – Supreme $150M Superyacht

ICE yacht is a 90 m (296 ft) long superyacht that was launched in 2005. She was built by Lurssen shipyards which is one of the most renowned yacht builders in the world.

ICE Yacht was built in Germany by Lurssen , one of the world’s most prestigious shipbuilders. It was launched in 2005.

This gorgeous vessel can seat 14 in 7 cabins guests as well as 28 in 14 cabins staff members in luxury.

The ICE superyacht won multiple “Superyacht of the Year” at the 2006 World Superyacht Awards.

ICE yacht interior

To ensure that the inside met the owner’s exact specifications, Terence Disdale was entrusted to design and create the custom interior for the ICE Yacht.

The inside of the yacht is decorated in a similar manner to the outside, with bright and airy elements that complement the ship’s overall style.

The interior is incredibly well made and polished in an exquisite manner across the whole piece.

The upholstery is made out of light cream fabrics and leather, with exotic wood accents added.

This exterior was done by Igor Tim Heywood and his team, who designed the outside of the ICE Yacht.

He wanted the ICE Yacht’s exterior to look like it had a lot of space, with deck passages that looked like they were from a movie.

The inside of the yacht is also big and luxurious, with a minimalist modern design. This is what Tim Heywood wanted when he made the ICE Yacht.

He was able to achieve what he set out to do. A few carefully chosen, high-quality materials are used throughout the whole yacht.

Toward the front of the main deck, there is a beautiful owner’s private outdoor lounge area.

The ICE has very low emissions, vibrations, and noise, as well as a very clean operation when it was delivered to its new owners.

Specifications

The ICE Yacht is 90.1 meters (295.7 feet) in length and has a draught of 4.84 meters (15.11ft). She has a displacement of 28 tonnes in 14 staterooms and a peak speed of 18 knots.

Her cruising speed is around 14 knots in seven staterooms. She is powered by two ABB drive units, according to the manufacturer.

Ice was the first yacht to include Azipod drive units in lieu of traditional shafted diesel engines; these devices enable her to go up to 6000 nautical miles at a speed of 14 knots in seven berths.

Annual operating costs for the ICE Yacht are estimated to be between $10-50 million.

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ICE YACHTS: WHERE TECHNOLOGY, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND HISTORY MEET

There is a strip of the Po Valley , enclosed between the Oglio and the Serio Rivers, where passion for boats has been going on for over 50 years.

For in this area of northern Italy that is the province of Cremona, in a town which is home to a few hundreds of residents, 1956 marked the birth of Alpa ( Azienda Lavorazioni Plastica e Affini ), a company which quickly became one among the most important realities in the Italian boat industry and the manufacturer of thousands of boats, the most famous of which are probably the Alpa 9.50 and the Alpa 11.50 . And, above all, this was the birthplace for generations of skilled craftsmen, boat-builders , laminators, carpenters and joiners who shaped a new high-profile specialized craftsmanship.

It’s a history that, through all the ups and downs, has never really stopped. Maybe through the net of canals marking this land like wrinkles, skills and knowledge have been maintained over time and have given birth to other realities in the world of craftsmanship and boat industry. Until 2012 when, in Salvirola , a few kilometres from Offanengo, was established Ice Yachts , a reality where industrial aspects, technologies and traditional craftsmanship merged together to give birth to a profoundly Italian reality with a large foreign market.

So, Ice Yachts was founded 5 years ago in the former facilities of another historic shipyard, CN Yacht 2000 , from which it has inherited skilled workers now flanked by new workforce.

As the head of the business, Marco Malgara gathers experts coming from different working backgrounds who share the same passion for innovations and innovative materials .

In Ice Yachts sheds, a sort of electrifying mixture is immediately created. Malgara has a precise goal: to fuel and keep alive the competences of the past experience and transfer them in his vision of the future. Those sheds have been the construction site of boats designed by Vallicelli, Felci and Starkel Studio . Workers and technicians have built models of all sizes, from Lobster to Uldb yachts and the Grand Soleil 70.

This enormous know-how is now revitalized and spurred by an innovative vision resulting in new boats with a very strong personality.

“We made a precise choice-  Ice Yachts Sole Administrator Marco Malgara explains – that is Italianity . Our in-house production is a value and a guarantee for anyone looking for something unique”.

Native of Milan, married and father of two children, Malgara is a businessman who landed in boat industry after a career spent in other professional sectors thanks to an innate passion for sailing and a great love for CN Yacht 2000 boats. ” I desired a boat built by that shipyard – he says while he takes us to the lamination department – so I decided to invest and take over the whole shipyard”.

So, 2012 marked the beginning of a new production characterized by high customization, large use of carbon , extreme care of all in-house production processes and a new designer: Umberto Felci .

Felci defines very sporty lines , where the use of carbon can find its highest reason for use. Since Magara is convinced that the real efficiency of innovative materials and technologies exclusively lies in a project able to enhance their potential. The hulls of Ice Yachts boats are powerful, sporty and they accommodate volumes which can be adjusted according to the different customers’ needs.

“For us, customization and attention to our customers’ needs –  Marco Malgara explains – is a key for interpreting the way we produce our boats. Sometimes, we have to say no and admit that ” that specific customer’s request is  impracticable”. However, it’s equally important to listen to and understand . And, sometimes, there are challenges which generate innovative choices, successful ideas we can later apply to the rest of our production” .

And the production process is exactly part of this attitude towards innovations.

“To make our products custom – explains Roberto Marchesi , Production Manager and essential interlocutor between designers, technical office and workers – and work with materials like carbon, we necessarily need both artisanal processing and a certain ability to use specific materials like carbon”.

The hull is laminated with layers of quadraxial carbon fabric . It’s a meticulous processing entirely carried out by hand.

A reinforcing structural grid made of floor plates and longerons running inside the boat in both longitudinal and transverse direction is fixed to the hull making the product stronger and more rigid . This processing, too, is performed manually after precise calculations on thickness and placement of reinforcements.

It’s precisely in that stage and when systems are constructed that the combination of artisanal skills and advanced design systems finds its highest expression. Everything must be foreseen and scheduled before the manual craftsmen’s intervention

The same process is used for the deck, which is laminated in its mould . When the two parts are finished, hull and deck are assembled together and the boat is closed and put under a thermal “blanket” where, at a temperature of 60 degrees , the hull construction processing is finished with the use of epoxy resin.

Then, furniture is installed . Unlike industrial boat building processes, where each hull moves along a production line with no deck in order to be completed, Ice Yachts have a team of skilled craftsmen who enter and furnish the boat.

Joiners, installers and carpenters work together to build the “soul” of Ice Yachts boats using wooden, carbon and fiberglass elements, all resulting from the shipyard’s in-house production.

In four years, from 2012 to 2016, 19 boats were built this way . Today, 7 boats are currently under construction : a new 60-footer, which will be slightly longer than the 62-footer, three 52-foot models, a 33-foot racer and two 61-foot catamarans.

All motorboats are designed by Umberto Felci while catamarans are by Cirillo-Contreas . Next May, a new 82-footer  will be built together with a 72-foot cruiser/racer .

Catamarans have recently opened a new chapter. According to Ice Yachts managers, figures speak for themselves: today, they claim, 40% of boating market is made of multihulls .  This is why they decided to move in this direction. A 61 and a 67-footer have already been sold and a second 61-footer have recently been commissioned.

Catamarans will even have their own production site, in an establishment currently under construction on the Po River . After all, the facility of Salvirola is not big enough to host the new catamaran.

Salvirola is a town in the province of Cremona, it’s true, but it also represents an international crossroad since Ice Yachts customers actually come from all around the world: Mexico, USA, Sweden, Germany, Hong Kong, France and many other countries.

“Of course, the era of global communication   – Malgara says – helps us and many customers find our name on Internet while looking for boats with the same characteristics than ours. International boat shows, too, give a hand, even if we usually don’t join many of them. I think that the best

contribution is through the word of mouth about the quality of our products and our working style. I always try to meet customers here, show them our reality and how we build our boats. And that’s maybe the more real and more efficient marketing strategy”.

It’s a little strange to get this sea air in the midst of the valley. Maybe, it all actually started more than half a century ago in Offanengo, in the small establishment where Alpa boats were built. What is certain is that this air can be still breathed and that carbon, light materials, computers and advanced design systems used to build and develop Ice Yachts boats, haven’t repressed the passion for boats but they have enhanced it. What does matter is that Italian craftsmanship has a home, or a shed, where it can show the world what it’s capable of.

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In 2015, CCN Holding took its first step towards becoming one of the leading yacht building and management companies in Türkiye with its experience in different fields. CCN Holding has started its projects without compromising its course based on the understanding of quality and trust. In parallel with the production, both the promotion of the newly established ICE Yachts in the world market and the global marketing activities of the ICE 68m project, which is under construction, continue. ICE Yachts, which stands out with its quality workmanship, superior equipment features and qualified production capacity, focuses on creating yachts with exceptional performance and design. The first model of ICE Yachts, the "ICE 68m" super yacht, is currently under construction in a modern hangar in Kocaeli Free Zone. In addition, the concept design works of the 55 mt and 75 mt super yachts, which are planned to be built by the ICE model, have also been completed. ICE Yachts aims to be one of the market leaders in the super yacht sector and considers it its duty to be an example in corporate social responsibility. ICE sees corporate social responsibility as a process of continuously developing and seeking the best possible balance between People, Planet and Profit. ICE Yachts goals; • To achieve the highest internationally recognized quality standards in yacht production, • To realize our productions at the planned time and within the projected budget, • Ensuring the highest level of customer satisfaction, • Environmentally friendly production, • To implement occupational health and safety at the highest level. In achieving these goals: • First of all, to ensure that our employees work in a safe, health-conscious workplace and with a team spirit, • Using the right method, appropriate equipment, quality materials and qualified workforce, • To fulfill the requirements of closely following the developing standards and technology and fulfilling their requirements through trainings to be provided to our employees at all levels, • Our inevitable principles are to make our employees aware that the care to be taken at every stage of production determines total quality.

Download PDF Catalog Download PDF Layout CCN Group, with its experience in different fields, took the first step towards becoming one of Turkey's leading yacht building and operating companies in 2015. CCN Group has started its projects based on the understanding of quality and trust and without compromising its route. In parallel with the production, both the promotion of the newly established ICE Yachts in the world market and the global marketing efforts of the ICE 68m project, which is under construction, continue. ICE Yachts, which comes forth with its quality craftsmanship, superior equipment characteristics and qualified production capacity, focuses on creating yachts with extraordinary performance and design. The construction of the "ICE 68m" super yacht, the first model of ICE Yachts, continues in its modern area located in Kocaeli Free Zone. In addition, the concept design works of 55 mt and 75 mt superyachts, which are planned to be constructed in the ICE model, have also been completed. In addition to aiming to be among the market leaders in the superyacht sector, ICE Yachts accepts it as its duty to set an example in the fields of corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is defined as "an ongoing process that includes and seeks to continually develop and seek the best possible balance between People, Planet and Profit". ICE Yacht targets; • To achieve the highest internationally accepted quality standards in yacht production, • To realize our productions at the planned time and within the scope of the foreseen budget, • To provide the highest level of customer satisfaction, • To make environmentally friendly production, • To implement occupational health and safety at the highest level. While reaching these targets: • First of all, to ensure that our employees work in a safe and healthy workplace and with a team spirit, • Thanks to the trainings to be given to our employees at all levels, to follow the developing standards and technology closely and to fulfil their requirements, • To give our employees the awareness that, it is the care to be given at every stage of production that determines the total quality They are our irreversible principles.

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90.1m  /  295'7 | lurssen | 2005.

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Cabin Configuration

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Special Features:

• Elevator for convenient access
• Impressive 6,000nm range
• Multi-award winning
• Generous pool
• Germanischer Lloyd ✠ 100 A5 Motor Yacht ERS, ✠ MC AUT classification

The multi-award winning 90.1m/295'7" expedition yacht 'Ice' (ex. Air) was built by Lurssen in Germany at their Bremen shipyard. Her interior is styled by English designer design house Terence Disdale and she was delivered to her owner in May 2005. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Tim Heywood Design.

Guest Accommodation

Ice has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 14 guests in 7 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 27 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Her features include beauty salon, elevator, gym and air conditioning.

Range & Performance

Ice is built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin electric ABB (CO propulsors type 5) 3,353hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 16 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 18 knots with a range of up to 6,000 nautical miles from her 400,000 litre fuel tanks at 16 knots. Ice features at-anchor stabilizers providing exceptional comfort levels. Her water tanks store around 105,000 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Germanischer Lloyd ✠ 100 A5 Motor Yacht ERS, ✠ MC AUT classification society rules, and is MCA Compliant.

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Ice Awards & Nominations

• International Superyacht Society Awards 2007 Best Power 43m+ Winner
• International Superyacht Society Awards 2006 Best Power Interior Winner

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The six tastiest ice creams from the USSR

Children in the city park, 1979. Source: RIA Novosti

The Soviet state had national standards for ice cream, known by the acronym GOST – from the Russian for State Standard (Gosudarstvenny Standart).

Introduced in 1941, these standards were considered some of the strictest in the world and are responsible for the unique taste of Soviet ice cream.

"Buy the ice cream of the GlavKhladoProm", says the Soviet poster. Source: Press Photo

According to the standards, the ice cream could include only natural ingredients and could contain no chemicals of any kind.

The 48-kopeck plombir

The GOST acronym represents a flavor as well, and this flavor was that of the most basic Soviet ice cream, the plombir. The plombir weighed half a pound and cost 48 kopecks, which was expensive for the time.

The 48-kopeck plombir remains one of the most popular among Russians. Source: ITAR-TASS

The producers of this ice cream considered this portion enough for dessert for an entire family. However, many people considered this portion enough for just one person – especially if covered in homemade jam or grated chocolate. 

Another popular ice cream had a chocolate shell. It was known as the eskimo and was advertised with the image of a penguin. The eskimo was available with a basic chocolate shell or a flavored one. One of the best-known varieties was the chestnut-flavored kashtan.

Young women with eskimo in Moscow, 1981. Source: ITAR-TASS

In the ads for the kashtan, the ice cream was removed from its wrapper and placed among chestnut leaves, which looked very similar to Canadian maple leaves. The kashtan was not always available, and whenever it appeared in the shops, a line appeared immediately.

The Lakomka appeared in the mid-1970s and almost immediately became one of the most popular ice cream varieties for children. This type of ice cream, a tube-shape containing ice cream with 12 percent cream was produced on a Western-manufactured line that had no analog in the Soviet Union.

Even severe frost can't stop Muscovites to enjoy their favorite ice cream, 1982. Source: ITAR-TASS

The glaze was not applied on the production line but by dipping. The base of a Lakomka could be white or chocolate ice cream, but the applied glaze was only of milk chocolate. The ice cream “shelkunchik” (nutcracker) was a Lakomka whose chocolate glaze was generously covered in crushed nuts.

Fruit-flavored ice creams were the least popular, but they were the cheapest – they cost only seven kopeks. Today this fruit sherbet could capitalize on its low-calorie count, but no one in the Soviet Union worried about counting calories.

Little residents of Khabarovsk, 1978. Source: RIA Novosti

In fact, the prevailing trend was the more calories, the better! One of the more popular fruit ice creams was the yellow pineapple-flavored type. It was not as tasty as the plombir or vanilla flavor, but its exotic color made it attractive.

The most exciting variety of Soviet ice cream was the two-in-one, which was basically ice cream in a cone.

Children eat ice cream in Nizhniy Novgorod, 1974. Source: RIA Novosti

The basic vanilla ice cream in a cake cone decorated with a little roses cost 19 kopeks. It can still be found in stores today.

A taste of Moscow

The most legendary Soviet ice cream was that from GUM (Main Department Store) in the center of Moscow. It came in crème brûlée, chocolate or vanilla flavors and was served in a waffle cone.

Ice cream in a waffle cone. Source: RIA Novosti

Many tourists to Moscow made the ice cream counter at GUM their first stop in the capital. After all, it was convenient to Red Square, the Kremlin, Lenin’s Mausoleum, and St. Basil’s Cathedral.

First published in Russian in Russkaya Semyorka .

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