Boat International — January 2018

ENGINE MANUFACTURERS

The market share of brands,

by the engines being installed

in projects in 2018

he trend continues – the
number of superyachts
under construction has
gone up again this year.
There are 773 boats of 24
metres and over on order or under
construction globally, up from 760 last
year, and with the same average size (40.8
metres) as 2017. It’s the highest total
since 2009 and if those 773 boats were
lined up end to end they would measure
31.5 kilometres.

Countries
The top three builder nations remain the
same, and Italy leads the pack again.
Production in both Taiwan and UK shows
continued health, and Germany drops a
few places this year but its position
doesn’t paint the whole picture. Many

German projects are confidential, so the

final LOAs of some boats in build are not

known – and there are likely others that

are entirely secret.

In 10th place there is a newcomer to

the top tranche, Norway. It may have only

four projects, but they are interesting

ones. Chief among them is REV, designed

by Espen Øino, the largest project under

construction in the world, with a length

of 181.6m and a GT reported to be greater

than that of Dilbar, currently the world's

biggest yacht by gross tonnage. Another

exciting project, at Ulstein, is an 88.5m

explorer yacht also designed by Øino.

Comparing countries by gross tonnage,

Italy leads again, but this time followed by

Germany. With 353 projects in Italy and

only 15 in Germany, the contrast between

average GTs is stark: 371 versus 6,773

respectively. And by gross tonnage rather

than length, Norway, with its four giant

projects, is the fifth builder nation.

Builders

Azimut-Benetti retains the title of busiest

builder, with 2,840 metres of projects,

followed by Ferretti Group and

Sanlorenzo. In terms of actual number of

hulls in build, Ferretti Group tops the

table. All three of these yards have seen

good order book growth, in terms of hulls

in build – with Azimut-Benetti up 18 per

cent, Ferretti Group up 23 per cent and

Sanlorenzo up 11 per cent.

Feadship has revealed more details of

its order book than in previous years. The

yard therefore appears in its rightful

place for the first time: No 4.

And there are a couple of new entries:

Cantiere delle Marche cracks the top 20

Secrets of

the sheds

T

LENGTH IN KM

THAT THE 773

BOATS WOULD

MEASURE IF

THEY WERE

LINED UP

END TO END

31.5



The data is in and the tallies are totted: we present the

definitive analysis of the superyacht industry in 2018

with a total of 10 projects, including three

one-offs recently ordered and scheduled

for 2020, the existence of which had not

been made public until now. China's

Heysea also joins the top 20 with 12

projects with a total length of 400 metres.

Size categories

The category for the biggest yachts

(76m/250ft and above) has once again set

a new record, with 53 projects, one more

than last year. Within this sector, many

superyachts of 100 metres or more were

delivered in 2017 (143m Sailing Yacht A,

123m Al Lusail, 110m Jubilee, 104m

Amadea) and as we went to press 116m

Ulysses and 107m Black Pearl were

scheduled for imminent delivery. There is

now a welcome stability to the production

Infographics – Valerio Pellegrini

GLOBAL ORDER BOOK 2018

STOCK OF BROKERAGE YACHTS

Brokerage sales compared to new listings. Data is

for whole year except 2017, which is from Jan-Sept

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