At age 40, Moonen starts on 2 spec projects, including Moonen-110
DEN BOSCH – Moonen Yachts has unveiled a new model – the 35.5m, tri-deck Moonen 110, the Dutch yard's 202nd project. Spec-building starts soon,...
A Herculean undertaking: Pieter van Oossanen writes his masterpiece
WAGENINGEN – In 2012, Pieter van Oossanen handed his naval architecture studio to his son Perry and business partner Niels Moerke. Both naval architects,...
COVID-19 pushes watersports trade show back to December
GORINCHEM - The Watersports Trade Fair, a new name on the Netherlands’ marine events calendar, has been moved back to December 6-8 on account...
VETUS adds E-POD to its electric propulsion family
SCHIEDAM – VETUS has added the E-POD to its family of E-line electric propulsion solutions for the new build and refit sectors.
The Dutch developer,...
Another exceedingly rare catch for Huisfit
VOLLENHOVE - The year 2021 is off to a spectacular start at Huisfit, refit unit of Royal Huisman. It announced it will restore the...
Heesen Yachts’ 2021 to-do list: work on 14 projects, deliver 6
OSS - Heesen sold 5 yachts in 2020 but there’s no rest for the weary. In 2021, the shipyard will deliver 6 yachts and...
En route to carbon-neutrality, Feadship’s adds solar power
MAKKUM – Custom superyacht builder Feadship has laid 420 solar panels on its recently opened 2nd build hall in this northern Dutch town. The giant...
Contest, Saffier Yachts win European Yacht of the Year Awards
AMSTERDAM – Contest Yachts and Saffier Yachts won European Yacht of the Year awards, prizes normally announced in the margins of the annual Boot...
48V now available for Maxwell Power & Sail range
SCHIEDAM – Maxwell, a unit of Vetus, the Dutch developer, maker and marketeer of marine engines, generators and technical gear, is boosting onboard power...
3 Dutch yacht builders start 2021 seeing blue skies
Feadship: expedition yacht with a huge gyroscope
AALSMEER – Feadship, the Dutch maker of one-off superyachts, plans to finish Project 708 this year. It is...