Feadship, one of the biggest yacht builders from Holland, will open its fourth facility in Amsterdam.
Feadship, one of the biggest yacht builders from Holland, will open its fourth facility in Amsterdam. Feadship has announced its intention to open a new construction and refit facility in Amsterdam. Feadship is one of the best builders in the world and this fact was recently confirmed by the 101.5 m superyacht Symphony. This vessel won the World Superyacht Award.
The new facility is due to open in 2019 and will be the fourth Feadship yard capable to build yachts up to 160 meters in length.
The new facility in Amsterdam will be the second yard to be run by Royal Van Lent, which will also continue to operate its Kaag Island yard at full capacity. The two facilities will share the same management team and corporate culture, with 450 skilled employees from a wide range of outfitting and refit disciplines moving between the facilities as and when required. A further 150 new jobs will be created for highly skilled yacht builders, a demand which will in part be met by the Feadship training schools and give a considerable boost to the Dutch capital’s economy.
Along with the Koninklijke De Vries yards in Aalsmeer and Makkum, the new yard in Amsterdam brings the total number of Feadship facilities in the Netherlands to four. Feadship has worked closely with the Amsterdam municipality and port authorities in finding the prime new location, which is just 20 minutes away from Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.