Yacht Club de Monaco focuses on the future of the yachting industry
22 May 2024 - 10:26AM
Yacht Club de Monaco focuses on the future of the yachting
industry
With a fleet where the average age is 23 years, the market
currently comprises 10,729 motor yachts and 1,897 sailing yachts.
There are 1,166 projects under construction or on order with Italy
dominating this aspect on 51.4%, even though the country only
represents 40.1% of global production in gross tonnage terms.
Superyacht production has doubled in the last decade with 132
in-build. Germany leads on average length of superyachts in
construction with 94.4m, followed by the Netherlands on 62m. Yachts
customised by their owners represent 63.3% of the global fleet. It
is the picture drawn at the Cluster Yachting Monaco which convened
a hundred yachting professionals and a fleet of yachts moored in
the YCM Marina for its first Open Day 2024. The meeting was a
chance to take stock of the sector as it stands and make forecasts
for 2030. “The industry must set itself apart in the best possible
way. Our Cluster is always cited as a reference and is one of the
best in the world. We must keep up the momentum,” began Bernard
d’Alessandri, Cluster Yachting Monaco President and General
Secretary of the Yacht Club de Monaco.
After a presentation on statistics for the sector in 2024 by
Katia Damborsky from Boat International, there were two sessions in
the form of panels dealing with yachting’s evolution in the
immediate future with a 360° vision of the different players
involved and their commitment to sustainability. All delegates also
had an opportunity to visit the 15 yachts moored in the YCM Marina,
presented by Sanlorenzo, Oceanco, Novamarine, RIB, Riva, Pardo,
Saialia Yachts, Baltic Yachts, Dominator Yacht, Costruzioni Navali
Tigullio, Palmer Johnson, Overmarine, Feadship and Philip Zepter
Yachts.
International trends for 2024 show a marked preference for
diesel engines, far outperforming hybrid and diesel/electric
engines. The event also discussed the increase in use of
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (HVO). Feadship has taken another step
towards its goal to produce carbon neutral superyachts by 2030,
with the Obsidian, an 84.2m superyacht that can run on a HVO
non-fossil diesel fuel. Not to be out done Sanlorenzo is also
testing this new clean emission biofuel on the 44m Lammouche.
Optimising hull designs for better fuel efficiency, cleaner more
efficient engines, hybrid, diesel-electric, and electric engines,
rigid sails, HVO/bio fuels, solar energy, hydrogen / green
hydrogen, methanol / green methanol and sustainable innovations are
all solutions available now to improve vessel sustainability. What
will the sector look like by 2030? A range of panellists attempted
to answer this question by making overall projections for the
industry. “In my opinion the 360° approach is the most
interesting,” observed Artur Poloczanski, Public Relations Director
at Sunreef. “You have to know how to optimise a yacht to achieve
the sustainability objective.”
On 10th June 2024, Cluster Yachting Monaco members will meet
again to celebrate ten years of the association. Founded in 2014 by
Bernard d'Alessandri, the Cluster Yachting Monaco is one of the
first in the world solely intended for yachting sector
stakeholders. It is in line with actions taken by a government-led
committee (Conseil Stratégique pour l’attractivité) with the aim
being to provide a platform for dialogue with decision-making
authorities. Defined as a centre of competitiveness uniting a
hundred interdependent organisations and companies working in the
same sector, the Cluster has proved to be a unifying force.
For more information:Press Office LaPresse -
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