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to consider the other factors. Here, the background history, facilities, reputation and geography all play major roles. It is important to look at the benefits one yard offers when compared to others and it is prudent to check on references while considering the yards reputation and specialities. The attitude staff show and their approach to problem solving and future proofing their structures are all equally important.
ATTRACTION What is it for example that makes one yard more attractive to customers? What is it that makes a Captain choose one yard over another? The Greece-based Lamda Nafs Shipyards is located within the major port of Perama, in Athens, and its shipyard is located at the port of Mandoudi-Evoia. Renowned for its steel, metal and piping work, it is the only shipyard in Greece that specialises in aluminium work and superyacht construction. Working to ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, and ISO 18001:2007.
The in-house scientific staff includes naval architects, ocean engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, while their technical department is contemporary, especially in elaboration treatment metal welding and special alloy works. Evi Leivadara, a Naval Architect and Ocean Engineer who
works there says, “The thing that makes customers keep coming to our yard is the diligence, the time of the yacht delivery which depending on the yacht’s size is 2 to 6 months sooner than other shipyards that construct similar yachts, our quality which can be seen from the fact we have not a single claim in any construction or refit we have completed up to now and the excellent co-operation we have with our clients.”
HISTORY Many yards can trace their modern day success back through the centuries. Among them Navantia, the Spanish, state- owned, shipbuilding company. Historically it is best known for its services to both the military and civil sector. It is the fifth- largest shipbuilder in Europe, and the ninth largest in the world with shipyards around the globe.
The company history dates back to 1717, but it has stayed apace with modern times and now goes out of its way to attract customers from the superyacht sector. The company’s repair shipyard in Cartagena, is specialised in the repair and reform of large motor yachts or sailboats. It represents a growing business for Navantia and works carried out in their facilities include, hull
KRM YACHT KRM Yacht Refit & Repair was established in 2010 for the sole purpose of specialising in superyacht refit and has, since then, been keeping on investing in that area and has become the leader of the refit industry in Turkey by virtue of its improved standards and capacity increasing each and every year with great achievements. KRM Yacht Refit & Repair facility is located in Istanbul / Tuzla which hosts one of the biggest marine industry of the world, together with all its infrastructure capabilities meeting all requirements and needs of superyacht refit. KRM Yacht team is composed of project managers, engineers, architects, surveyors, technicians and craftsmen, more than 80 marine professionals with only Refit dedication. KRM offers high quality in-house services for project management, painting, carpentry, interior, engineering & design, metal works and much more. For more details Tel: +90 212 26 26 726 or visit
www.krmyacht.com
extensions, interior renovations, exterior painting, rigging service, technical services and machine room reforms. This centre has its own team of highly qualified people to meet the needs of yachts in steel, aluminium, mechanisation, electricity and carpentry.
Another Spanish yard with strong historic roots is the PTW Shipyard in Tarragona. It can trace its ancestry back to 1918 when it began handling craft as Astilleros Tarragona, the PTW Shipyard is now specialist in Yacht and Superyacht refit and repair maintenance works, built to provide quality services to yachts and superyachts. The shipyard was
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