Also in 2021 Azimut Benetti is the world’s leading megayacht manufacturer

With a record number of 128 projects under construction equivalent to 4,601 meters in length, for the twenty-second year the Azimut Benetti Group leads the Global Order Book, the annual ranking of the largest yacht manufacturers in the world drawn up by the prestigious yachting magazine Boat International. Azimut Benetti was the first of 186 shipyards active in the five continents, with a number of projects worth 12.5% ​​of the total, a significant number in such a fragmented market. A recognition that – underlined in a note – “confirms the numbers recorded by the Group, which today counts on an order book of over 1.5 billion euros and a production value for the current season projected to over one billion euros. , an increase of 20% compared to the previous year 2020/2021 “. “Our Group owes its long-lasting leadership to the ability to cover the typically Italian size range up to 50 meters with very innovative yachts, and for this reason appreciated by the market. But to this important segment, we add the numerous superyacht projects. in steel and aluminum of larger dimensions, traditionally the prerogative of shipyards in Northern Europe. We are the first, and for over twenty years, because we are the only ones in the world to oversee both these size ranges with models of undisputed success, attention to the customer and build quality “declares Giovanna Vitelli, Azimut Benetti Vice President. Over the last 15 years, the Group has focused on issues relating to the protection of the sea, working on solutions aimed at reducing the environmental impact in the short and long term. The most recent examples are the 108-meter Giga yacht Luminosity, the largest hybrid yacht in the world, capable of sailing in fully electric mode with a range of over ten nautical miles, and the B.Yond 37M, a steel superyacht, equipped with the E-Mode Hybrid system. Developed exclusively in collaboration with Siemens Energy, the B.Yond 37M propulsion system is able to significantly reduce emissions (up to 70% of NOx and up to 20% of CO2) thanks also to the use of SCR filters on the main engines, i.e. a Urea-fueled catalytic converter system, as on automobiles. At the time of launch, in the first half of 2022, it will be the greenest yacht in the reference sector.