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Superyacht refit firm MB92 launches real-time monitoring portal

MB92 Group, a superyacht refit and repair company with shipyards in Barcelona and La Ciotat, has introduced The Bridge. According to Rubén Carmona, IT & digitalisation director, this is a ‘pivotal milestone’ in the company’s digitalisation strategy. It’s a digital client platform designed to streamline operations and consolidate crucial project data. The company says that this means clients […]

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Superyacht refit firm builds recycling centre in Port of Barcelona

MB92 Group, a superyacht refit, repair, and maintenance company with facilities in Spain and France, has joined with Pinmar to build a new plastic recycling centre in collaboration with the Barcelona Port Authority. The new 200m2 plastic recycling centre has been commissioned in the Port of Barcelona to manage the recycling of all waste plastic […]

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MB92 to open superyacht repair centre in Saudi Arabia

Superyacht refit, repair and maintenance company MB92 Group is partnering with Saudi Arabia to establish a 10,000 square-metre yacht repair facility at Sindalah, a luxury island resort opening in Neom in 2024. Sindalah is a purpose-built tourism destination at Neom, a $500bn megacity planned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia currently being built in its […]

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Rolls-Royce partners with superyacht firm to move fleet to sustainable propulsion

Rolls-Royce’s business unit Power Systems is partnering with superyacht refit, repair and maintenance company MB92 Group to provide sustainable propulsion and energy management systems for the group’s global fleet of existing superyachts. MB92 Group revealed the news on the eve of the Monaco Yacht Show (September 27–30), which kicks off today. The partnership with Rolls-Royce […]

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Report finds superyacht industry suffering from ‘insufficient’ sustainability data

A new report by superyacht refit, repair and maintenance company MB92 Group concludes that the superyacht supply chain is in need of increased regulation and environmental assessment to improve sustainability across the industry. The report, “A Joint Effort for the Oceans — Driving Sustainability Across the Supply Chain,” published in March 2023, highlights the need […]

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Superyacht firm adapts management structure

Superyacht refit, repair and maintenance company, MB92 Group, with facilities in Spain and France, has announced a number of important management changes at both shipyards. Long standing members of the company, Jordi Ariet and Rob Papworth respectively become managing director of MB92 Barcelona and managing director of MB92 La Ciotat. Ben Mennem, who founded Compositeworks in 1998 which went on […]

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New sustainability report urges superyacht fleet to reduce its carbon footprint

Superyacht refit, repair and maintenance group MB92 has released its second sustainability report, exploring options for how the existing global fleet of over 6,000 superyachts can reduce its significant carbon footprint. While superyacht builders and designers have been searching for solutions that can take the sector towards a zero-emissions future, there has been less focus […]