Photography source: Adriatic 42
The Mediterranean has a new heavy-weight contender for superyacht refit and repair – and it’s located snuggly in arguably one of the most beautiful coastlines in the Mediterranean Basin. Adriatic 42 first opened its doors late last year and has already worked on some impressive projects, including the 106.7-metre Oceanco motor-sailor Black Pearl.
SuperYacht Times caught up with Friedrich Dreves, Chief Commercial Officer, to learn more about the shipyard and to hear what it’s got lined up.
”Montenegro has a rich history of shipbuilding and repair and the former Bijela Shipyard was its beating heart. The shipyard was founded in 1927 and quickly grew to become the largest conventional repair and maintenance centre in the southern Adriatic. Not only was it the largest operation, it was beautifully located in Boka Bay – one of the world’s safest natural harbours. Sadly, though, it hasn’t been fully operational for the last 15 years, leading to its complete closure. A key piece of the Mediterranean puzzle was missing.
Riding off the great success of the multi-award winning Marina Porto Montenegro, we knew that it needed this piece more than ever. The former shipyard was acquired by PM Holdings LLC and Drydocks World Dubai and transformed back into a premium superyacht refit and maintenance facility. But this time in an innovative, modern and sustainable way.
After 15 years of non-operation, the shipyard needs complete reconstruction and revitalisation. We restored and refurbished where possible, but many of the buildings are brand new and built to the highest safety and investment standards. It wasn’t enough to work from an old and out-dated facility: our goal is to be one of the cleanest and modern shipyards in the industry – everything had to be state-of-the-art.
Our mission is to be the most transparent and highest quality shipyard for yacht refit and repairs. We have an incredibly modern infrastructure that’s complemented by our large floating dock and 720 tonne travel lift. Even though our primary clients are 70-metres and above, we do also welcome smaller yachts.
To champion transparency we have an app that our clients can download to their devices. Through this all, clients can see all steps of the project in real time, customs process, delivery, work progress 24/7.
Winning the bid to work on the 107-metre Oceanco sailing yacht Black Pearl late last year was fantastic. We did a great service and the managers and captains of the yacht were incredibly satisfied; we’re sure they’ll return to Adriatic 42.
Author: Alexander Griffiths
Source: Superyacht Times
