About Oceanco shipyard
Oceanco was founded in 1987 by a group of investors. Initially the production site was in Durban (South Africa), where they built the hulls that were later outfitted at different Dutch shipyards. In 2002 Greek steel and shipping magnate Theodore Angelopoulos took over the company and decided to move manufacturing to Holland, the country famous for its engineering traditions and skilled shipbuilding professionals. He also made a decision to increase the size of the yachts, and started attracting recognized designers. In 2010 Oceanco was acquired by Omani billionaire Mohammed Al Barwani, after which the shipyard got even more opportunities to develop and focus on the most technically challenging projects.
Highlights
Oceanco builds only custom yachts of steel and aluminium, and they are ready to deal with the most non-standard and even unique customer requests that other shipyards would never dare to. The shipyard’s credo is “Something might seem impossible just because no one has done it before”. At present the shipyard focuses on 80-110 m projects, but their facilities in Alblasserdam allow them to build yachts up to 140 meters. Among the designers that collaborate with Oceanco are Terence Disdale, Tim Heywood, Igor Lobanov, Andrew Winch and Nuvolari-Lenard studio.
Achievements
Oceanco is a unique shipyard, as they build both motor and sailing superyachts, and both set benchmarks for the industry. For instance, there is Black Pearl sailing yacht (106 m, 2018) with three 70 m swivel carbon masts and DynaRig sailing system. Another unique yacht of theirs is Jubilee (110 m, 2017), with an extraordinary superstructure of thin asymmetric layers.
