Videoworks has partnered with Dutch boatbuilder Heesen to supply a complete audio-visual and IT package for the 67m Heesen superyacht Sparta. Videoworks says the successful project marks the start of a collaboration with the shipyard, which specialises in superyachts ranging from 50 to 80-metres. The Videoworks system installed on Sparta equipment bears the strong stamp […]
Construction is well underway on Heesen’s new YN 20555, codenamed Project Serena, with the Dutch shipyard reporting the superyacht’s hull and superstructure have been joined together. The vessel remains on track for its autumn 2024 delivery date. To avoid welding cross-contamination between steel and aluminium fabrication, Heesen says it has developed strict protocols during its […]
Dutch shipyard Heesen Yachts has revealed its plans for the upcoming year, including launching four major superyachts. On 27 January, Heesen will launch the full custom 59-metre YN 19959 Project Skyfall. And during the course of the year, the boatbuilder will launch three more superyachts: YN 20067, the full custom 67-metre Project Sparta by Winch […]
Dutch superyacht builder Heesen Yachts has issued a statement condemning ‘violence in every form’ and saying it’s ‘saddened by the ongoing situation in Ukraine’. The move comes as its been confirmed that Heesen’s Russian owner Vagit Alekporov has been added to the UK’s list of sanctioned businessmen. The company is manoeuvring to present its Dutch […]
Heesen has begun construction of YN 20150, Project Oslo24. The owners and their family attended the keel-laying ceremony on October 4, and welded their ‘good luck coins’ to section three, where the IMO number was engraved. The ceremony was formally witnessed by a Lloyd’s Register surveyor who signed off this first stage in the yacht’s […]
Heesen has announced that Project Falcon, YN19360, has been launched. The yacht will remain at Heesen for commissioning before moving to Rotterdam, where she will then proceed for trials and tests in the North Sea ahead of delivery in December. “This very large and complex project was both a challenge and an inspiration,” says shipyard […]
Dutch shipyard Heesen has appointed Mark van Heffen as its marketing director, effective from 1 September. Leveraging his expertise in strategic management consultancy and international marketing communications, Heesen confirms van Heffen will oversee the global marketing strategy and operations of the shipyard. Heesen says van Heffen’s 15 years of experience in global marketing management “brings […]
Construction of of the 67m steel Project Sparta continues to proceed on schedule. Heesen says that at the end of April, the completed hull was turned the right way up to allow engineering fit-out. Sparta’s hull was assembled at Talsma in Franeker, the Netherlands, a specialist yard, which has undertaken steel fabrication for Heesen since […]
Heesen has appointed a new chief commercial officer, Friso Visser. Visser will lead the sales and marketing team and take responsibility for maintaining the company’s global position as a leading Dutch yacht builder. He spent 18 years as international sales director at Damen Shipyards Group and brings a wealth of experience in the international maritime […]
Heesen has released images of the hull and superstructure of YN 19850, which were joined together at the shipyard in Oss earlier this month. The 50m Project Sapphire is the second in the new semi-displacement 5000 Aluminium Class, a fast-cruising design of below 500GT which follows on from the Satori Class. For this new class […]
Heesen says Project Aura is due to be launched in August, and following rigorous testing in the North Sea will be available for delivery in October 2021. Her interior has been designed by British studio Reymond Langton Design. Rather fabulously the company’s statement says that, alongside the five staterooms, “billowing clouds of white and taupe […]