Ron Huibers has been on the job as president of Volvo Penta Region America for just more than six months, but upon entering the position in the autumn of 2013, the goal for the engine industry veteran was clear: “We have the mandate to grow the business substantially; we want to double the business in the next few years.â€
The design team at Liebowitz & Pritchard has unveiled a characteristic 72m (236’) DP equipped ocean-going design named “Ocean Atrium”.
Volvo Penta is providing the engines, drives and dynamic positioning systems for a new class of support vessels for the America’s Cup racing events. Read the rest of this entry
After her resounding success at the Monaco Yacht Show, Stella Maris, VSY’s DP equipped flagship, designed by Espen Oeino in cooperation with Laurent Giles Naval Architects, weighed anchor and headed down coast to take part in the opening weekend of the Genoa Boat Show where she – 72 metres long and 2,300 GT- was crowned undisputed flag ship of the show. Read the rest of this entry
Ever more the world of Superyachts and DP moves closer together. Read the rest of this entry
The superyacht market has begun to shout ever more of the innovations and solutions which are becoming almost everyday standard fits on these most incredible of vessels.
The world’s only French-flagged cruise line and “Five-star Expedition” specialist Compagnie du Ponant has ordered another “latest generation” DP equipped yacht with 132 staterooms and suites from the Italian Fincantieri shipyard.
The first hull to be built at the new metal hull facility at Delta North is a 200-foot steel and composite expedition yacht with diesel electric propulsion and dynamic positioning. Read the rest of this entry
Remember when DP was the preserve of the offshore market? Well not anymore, the growth of uses across of the industry is rocketing and none is getting more attention than the super yacht market.
Island Pilot’s new IP535 cruising yacht, expected out for the 2011 Miami International Boat Show, will be equipped with Volvo Penta’s drive train, the IPS II-900 as well as Volvo Penta’s Dynamic Positioning System (DPS).
