Heesen Yachts to launch four superyachts in 2023

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 Design; YN 20255, Project Apollo, the first in the restyled 55-metre Steel Series; and the Smart Custom YN 20150 Project Oslo24.

2022 was a tumultuous year for Heesen — along with many boatbuilders — thanks to challenges related to supply chain shortages and the invasion of Ukraine.

In May 2022, Heesen Yachts announced that, after a change in ownership, the company is now 100 per cent Dutch. On 13 April, the UK government sanctioned the shipyard’s UBO (ultimate beneficiary owner) Vagit Alekperov, a Russian multibillionaire oil tycoon.

In an end-of-year statement, the company says its 2022 boat show season was a success; the 60-metre full custom Lusine debuted at the Monaco Yacht Show and the 50-metre Ocean Z premiered at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. The sale of YN 20857, Project Setteesettanta, a full custom 57-metre all-aluminium motor yacht, and the launch of a new design – the 50-metre series by Harrison Eidsgaard – graced the end of this year.

“As always at Heesen, we are anticipating the Chinese New Year with great enthusiasm and expect 2023, the Year of the Water Rabbit, to be another intense and exciting one. Right from the get-go, 2023 promises to be a very busy year,” the company says.

Heesen currently has 15 yachts under construction, including the four to be launched this year.

Heesen Yachts representatives will be in attendance at the Dubai and Palm Beach boat shows in the spring, where the company says they will disclose more details about their new projects.