Ten of the world’s biggest superyachts

 The Times

 

These ocean beasts are large enough to contain everything a billionaire may want, from concert halls and Mediterranean gardens to golf courses and beach clubs

Azzam, the world’s longest yacht
 
Tuesday January 16 2024, 12.01am GMT, The Times
 

Every January in Boat International magazine a list of the 101 largest superyachts in the world is published. These are mind-blowing behemoths, but it’s the prosaic detail, rather than the big-ticket opulence, that speaks loudest. On the 156m Dilbar, the fifth largest yacht in the world, there are 1,000 sofa cushions and 1,100km of cabling, about the distance from London to Avignon. It took 4,000 people six million man hours to build Azzam, the longest yacht in the world at more than 180. It’s also worth noting

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Nautilus supports new superyacht crew welfare partnership

 

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30 October 2025

 
Nautilus director of organising Martyn Gray at the 2023 inaugural yacht crew welfare round table event. Image: Nautilus International

Nautilus International is backing a new initiative to improve welfare standards for superyacht crew, through its involvement in Changing Tack – a coalition of maritime charities which has entered into a formal partnership with the Superyacht Alliance (SYA).

Nautilus director of organising Martyn Gray said: 'Nautilus International, as a proud member of the Changing Tack coalition, strongly supports this new partnership with the Superyacht Alliance. This collaboration is a significant breakthrough, creating a formal and powerful platform to embed crew welfare at the very heart of the superyacht industry.'

He added: 'For too long, crew voices have struggled to reach key industry

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Dubai builder completes hull of Selar's new Arctic expedition ship

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Rendering of Captain ArcticSelar
 
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30 Oct 2025, 3:33 am

UAE engineering company Goltens has completed construction of the hull of a new polar expedition yacht ordered by French operator Selar.

Captain Arctic is being built jointly by Goltens and Chantier Naval de l’Ocean Indien based in Mauritius and will sail under the French flag. The 70-metre yacht will initially operate in Norway and Greenland following her scheduled delivery in 2026.

 
 

The vessel will boast a hybrid propulsion arrangement consisting of sails, solar panels, battery packs, and an engine that can operate on plant-based biodiesel as backup.

Features designed to help reduce energy consumption will include reinforced insulation, pellet boilers, and a heat recovery system. A hydrogenerator will be activated when the vessel is underway on

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