The future of Shipping Feadship B


ased in the Netherlands and with roots dating back to 1849, Feadship is recognised as the world leader in


the field of pure custom superyachts. Jan- Bart Verkuyl is CEO at Feadship’s Royal Van Lent yard.


Yachting is quite different than shipping, but can be seen as a technological playground for innovation and making the impossible possible. What role can luxury yachting play in the energy transition and decarbonisation of the maritime sector?


Jan-Bart: “A client of us once said a Feadship is like a floating business card. As a result, we see that our clients have a strong growing awareness that if they are building a yacht for themselves they should do this in a responsible manner. At the same time, we believe as builders we can help innovation by putting decarbonisation on the agenda and providing tools which decrease the footprint of our yachts. In line with this we are implementing quite a few solutions. As is the case with Formula One we hope that these developments ultimately become more mainstream over


time and are implemented in the rest of the maritime industry. The energy savings mostly focus on reducing the energy consumption of guest use. Air-conditioning is a big energy consumer, which we are aiming to reduce in multiple ways. There are also some major innovations underway on the propulsion side.”


Feadship says: ‘If you have the will, we will find the way’. Have you seen changes in the yachting world in the last decennia with regard to interest in


and requirements for zero emission solutions? Is there a real will among your clients – and will Feadship find the way?


Jan-Bart: “There is a real will, and the topic is very much on the agenda. Having said that, we still build custom yachts and not all of our clients are the same. We will also take our responsibility concerning highly powered yachts and will show the client how they can reduce their footprint. But more and more we see that the clients really want to explore possibilities to reduce the footprint.”


In 1962, the Feadship fleet had a yacht called Bayani which had hybrid wind assistance and engine propulsion. Is there any chance that you will see wind as a renewable power source in your fleet again?


Jan-Bart: “For sure. We would love to see how we could implement that. And we would love to stay up to speed on developments like these from the commercial shipping sector.”


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