Special mention to the megayacht of the Palumbo Yards to the "World Superyacht Awards"



To the seventh edition of the "World Superyacht Awards", the international review on the excellence in the nautical field that has held 5th May to Istanbul, in the category of motor the yacht from 500 to 1.299 tons of tonnage the jury has assigned a special mention to the First, the first yacht of 54 meters never constructed in the port of Naples and the Southern Italy that is realized by the Palumbo Yards. The boat, launched last june, in October had received to Montecarlo the Green Star Plus from prince Alberto di Monaco to the presence of the king of Spain Juan Carlos.

The prize is withdrawn to Istanbul by Giuseppe Palumbo, general manager of the yard of Naples and the division yacht of the group, that it has received the acknowledgment together with all staff and to brother Raffaele, in charge of the yards of Messina and Malta. "This series of most prestigious attested - Giuseppe Palumbo has commented - us inorgoglisce because our first megayacht it has demonstrated quickly to the goodness of our project and the quality of our job in the port of Naples: here we have started the specific division of construction yacht involving also the historical yard of Messina, where part of the know-how-how will be transferred, so as to create to a shipbuilding pole of excellence in the heart of the Mediterranean. The creation of the division megayacht is our answer to the deep crisis of the field of the naval repairs in which we continue however to believe and to invest".

With its 54 meters of length, Before have a full load of displacement of 700 tons, six cabins comprised that to all beam of the shipowner with balcony and cabin VIP on the main deck; 12 places read for hosts and 12 for the crew subdivided in six cabins more that of the captain. Exceptional volumes, which had to the amplitude of its beam of 10,2 which extended meters, common areas and above all the imposing internal volume represent the essential characteristics of the superyacht that it has marked the debut of the Palumbo Yards in the exclusive field of the nautical extraluxury. The boat is realizes on a project of naval engineering of the Hydro Tec Srl of Varazze (Savona) and the design of internal of the Design the Spadolini Study of Florence.

The Palumbo group, than this year it celebrates 45 years of activity, it has recently acquired three new store clerks for the construction of megayacht of 40, 55 and 59 meters ordered from two Russian magnates and oil tankers Arabic. First it is in advanced phase of job to Naples and will be delivered in June 2013.