TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Weatherford Partners announced today its participation in the acquisition by Safe Harbor Marinas of the Brewer Yacht Yard Group. The transaction adds 25 marinas to the company’s portfolio, which makes Safe Harbor the largest owner and operator of marinas in the world with 63 properties in 17 states […]
Bremen/Hamburg, 31.10.2016 – On Friday, the German Fair Trade Commission has approved the acquisition of Blohm+Voss GmbH by Luerssen Maritime Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG. With the acquisition of the Hamburg shipyard, the Bremen-based, family-owned company intends to strengthen, in particular, the service offerings for repair and refit of yachts, naval and commercial ships as […]
FRANCE – September 16 2016 – Organised by French magazine Yachts France in the framework of the 2016 Cannes Yachting Festival, the World Yachts Trophies are considered among the most prestigious awards in the industry. The award ceremony was held on Saturday, September 12, against the magnificent backdrop of the Carlton Hotel in Cannes. Azimut […]
Hamburg, 29.07.2016 – On August 1, 2016, the “Rickmer Rickmers”, a museum ship in Hamburg, will arrive at Blohm+Voss to be overhauled. Supported by two tugs, the ship will be hauled at about 14:30 h from its berth at Fiete-Schmidt quay at Landungsbrücken to the other side of the river Elbe. Immediately after arriving, the “Rickmer […]
Hamburg/La Ciotat, 18 July 2016 – Blohm+Voss has appointed Jean-Gabriel Tridon as General Manager and Dieter Pladeck as Finance Director for its new maintenance and refit facility in La Ciotat in the south of France. The company has filled the two management positions only two weeks after winning the local tender of La Ciotat Shipyards […]
Hamburg / La Ciotat, 30 June 2016 – Blohm+Voss has announced today that it has won the tender for the set-up of a new maintenance and refit facility for megayachts in La Ciotat, in the South of France. The company will partner with “La Ciotat Shipyards” (managed by SEMIDEP-Ciotat), the local company in charge of […]
Hamburg, May 23, 2016 – On May 27, around 8:00 PM, the Queen Mary 2 will dock at Blohm+Voss at dry dock ELBE 17, well-known to the ocean liner. There, the flagship of the long-established British shipping company Cunard Line will undergo the largest refit program since being brought into service. It is the sixth […]
Azimut Yachts reports extremely satisfying performance in South East Asia. SINGAPORE, APRIL 14 2016 – During the recent Singapore Yacht Show, surprisingly buoyant sales have confirmed just how highly enthusiasts rate the Italian brand owned by Azimut|Benetti Group, and its new models. This exceptional achievement is in part the result of ten Azimut 43 Atlantis […]
Hamburg, 1 April 2015 – After the “Anthem of the Sea” left the dry dock Elbe 17 on March 26, 2015 after its final docking and before being delivered to Royal Caribbean International by Meyer Werft GmbH, four cruise liners in total will arrive at Blohm+Voss in quick succession. The “Azura” of P&O Cruises/Carnival PLC, […]
Azimut Yachts will exhibit 5 models in Germany in January 2016, at one of Europe’s most important boat shows: in addition to the Azimut 66 Fly, the 77S, the Atlantis 43, the Azimut 50 Fly and the Magellano 43. While reinforcing its distribution in Europe. The first month of the new year will see plenty […]