ICON Yachts

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ICON Yachts
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded2005
Headquarters
Harlingen
,
Netherlands
Key people
Tony Gale, Stephan Vitus
ProductsSuperyachts
ServicesNew builds and refits
Websitewww.iconyachts.eu

ICON Yachts is a Dutch shipbuilding company based in Harlingen, Netherlands.

The company's shipyard is twenty five years old and is located on reclaimed land just outside the historic port of Harlingen, with unrestricted open-water access from locks and bridges. The facilities include a huge covered and heated dry dock with space for vessels up to 150 meters of length and 7.5 meters drafts. The shipyard also features a 4.500 ton syncrolift, with new construction and refit projects benefitting from having their co-makers on site at the shipyard.[1]

In 2009, Lloyd's Register awarded ICON Yachts with the ISO 9001:2008 certificate for its quality management systems, making it one of world's first ever shipyards to receive the recognition.[2]

History[]

ICON Yachts was founded in late 2005 by Ton Van Dam and Alex Shnaider. The founders were shortly after joined by business partners, who helped further the shipyard's growth.

In 2013, ICON Yachts was featured in a six-part series called SuperYachts on Discovery Channel, a televised programme that followed some of Dutch top businesses and yards in action "to document the workmanship and technology that lies behind the finished product of superyachts."[3]

In early 2014, the company was bought out of bankruptcy by Russian banker Alexander Mazanov.

ICON Yachts' first build, the motor yacht ICON, underwent a significant transformation in 2014. Extended by five meters, to 68 meters, in only months, the luxury yacht was refitted with an infinity swimming pool, a six-person sauna, an expanded gym and a dive store, along with a number of technical upgrades.[4] Her new look was shown in a video shoot during the Monaco Yacht Show that same year.[5]

In April 2015, the Dutch shipyard announced the order of the biggest construction project in the company's history so far. The yacht designer Tim Heywood[6] is responsible for its exterior lines, which have been designed to include a helicopter landing pad on the foredeck and a beach club with a large bathing platform at the stern The luxury yacht 's length is reported to be 84 metres.[7] In 2019, following the completion of the steelwork extending the new lines of the bow, together with its helicopter platform, and new aft section and stern, with its lengthened pool, the project was signed under a new contract. In 2020 however the project is currently suspended while the interior design is undergoing new layout and styling.

In August 2017, ICON Refits signed a contract to convert a commercial vessel Motor Vessel Sanaborg,[8] a 68m ice-breaker built by Koninklijke Niestern Sander, into a luxury yacht. In association with UK design team RWD, ICON created a stunning yacht that has been an eye-catcher since she was re-launched in 2020 as MY Ragnar.[9]

In January 2020 Icon appointed Tony Gale as COO of ICON Yachts. In May 2020, shortly before redelivery of MY Ragnar this appointment was extended and Tony Gale was appointed CEO of ICON Holdings.

List of yachts built/rebuilt[]

  Was the longest yacht upon completion.
Year Length overall in meters Name Note Reference
2009 62.5 ICON In 2014 she was lengthened with 5 metres to an overall length of 67.5. [10][11][12][13][14]
2010 62.5 Baton Rouge [15][16][17]
2011 42 'Basmalina II [18][19][20][21]
2012 62.5 Party Girl Ex names: Meridian and Maidelle [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
1974 / 2016 73.5 / 77.4 Legend Originally build in 1974 by as an Icebreaker. She was transformed into an expedition yacht by Giant Limited in Mexico. In 2014 she started with a rebuild at ICON Yachts, which took over two years to be completed. Ex names: Giant I, Giant, Gigant, and Dimant [29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
2012 / 2020 68.2 Ragnar Originally build in 2012 by as an Icebreaking Multipurpose Support & Supply Vessel. In 2020 ICON Yachts finished a two year conversion. Ex name: Sanaborg [36][37][38][39]

Under construction[]

Planned delivery Length overall in meters Name Reference
2019 45.8 Gotham Project [40][41]
2020 84 Icon 280 [42][43]
TBA 53 Gotham 175 [44]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "ICON Yachts facilities". ICON Yachts. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Icon Yachts' Quality Control System awarded with ISO 9001:2008 Certificate". SuperyachtTimes. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Discovery series 'SuperYachts' announces summer schedule". Superyacht News. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ^ "ICON 225". ICON Yachts. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ^ "ICON Yachts - ICON at the Monaco Yacht Show". YouTube. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Tim Heywood wins ISS Leadership Award". Superyacht investor.
  7. ^ "ICON 280". ICON Yachts.
  8. ^ "Conoship MV Sanaborg". Conoship.com.
  9. ^ "MV Ragnar". ICON Yachts.
  10. ^ "First Icon hulls arrive at the shipyard". superyachttimes.com.
  11. ^ "First ICON superyacht at the Monaco Yacht Show". superyachttimes.com.
  12. ^ "First Icon 62 superyacht starts sea trials". superyachttimes.com.
  13. ^ "Superyacht Icon sold". superyachttimes.com.
  14. ^ "Exclusive first look at lengthened superyacht ICON". superyachttimes.com.
  15. ^ "ICON's latest superyacht Baton Rouge christened by her owner". superyachttimes.com.
  16. ^ "Icon's latest superyacht Baton Rouge joins charter fleet of Burgess". superyachttimes.com.
  17. ^ "In pictures: the 62.50 metre Icon superyacht Baton Rouge". superyachttimes.com.
  18. ^ "Mega Marine announces near completion of Project Sunbeam at Icon". superyachttimes.com.
  19. ^ "Icon Yachts launches Basmalina II formerly known as Project Sunbeam". superyachttimes.com.
  20. ^ "Superyacht Basmalina II completed by Icon Yachts and Mega Marine". superyachttimes.com.
  21. ^ "42m Superyacht Basmalina II at anchor". superyachttimes.com.
  22. ^ "Exclusive: Icon Yachts launch superyacht Maidelle". superyachttimes.com.
  23. ^ "62 Metre Icon superyacht Maidelle on seatrials". superyachttimes.com.
  24. ^ "Brand new superyacht Maidelle for sale". superyachttimes.com.
  25. ^ "62 Metre superyacht Maidelle sold". superyachttimes.com.
  26. ^ "Superyacht Meridian returns to Icon". superyachttimes.com.
  27. ^ "The 62m Icon superyacht Meridian sold". superyachttimes.com.
  28. ^ "The 62m Icon superyacht Party Girl in Phuket". superyachttimes.com.
  29. ^ "Giant, the ultimate explorer". superyachttimes.com.
  30. ^ "73 Metre explorer superyacht Giant sold". superyachttimes.com.
  31. ^ "Legend arrives in The Netherlands". superyachttimes.com.
  32. ^ "Major refit project for Diana Yacht Design and ICON Yachts". superyachttimes.com.
  33. ^ "The 77m newly-refitted explorer Legend hits the water". superyachttimes.com.
  34. ^ "Legend departs Holland on her maiden voyage". superyachttimes.com.
  35. ^ "Brokerage deal of the week: the ultimate 77m explorer yacht Legend". superyachttimes.com.
  36. ^ "New conversion superyacht at Icon Yachts: 68m Project Ragnar". superyachttimes.com.
  37. ^ "Insight: At the yard with 68m Project Ragnar". superyachttimes.com.
  38. ^ "ICON launches newly converted 68m explorer yacht Ragnar". superyachttimes.com.
  39. ^ "In Pictures: 68m explorer yacht Ragnar at sea". superyachttimes.com.
  40. ^ "Icon Yachts prepares for keel laying of 46m new build". SuperYacht Times. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  41. ^ "Icon starts construction on Project Gotham". SuperYacht Times. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  42. ^ "Revealed: details of the Icon 280 project". superyachttimes.com.
  43. ^ "New-build Icon 280 motor yacht for sale". boatinternational.com.
  44. ^ "New 53m superyacht concept revealed: the Gotham 175". SuperYacht Times. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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