We met with the Director of the ASSONAT – Confcommercio Research Centre, Fabrizio De Nicola, to discuss the Italian tourist ports strategy, the first plan specifically dedicated to this sector and a key step in redefining the future of marina development Italy.
The global yachting market may be slowing, but Italy’s boatbuilding industry continues to outperform, driven by the superyacht and premium segments. That was the key takeaway from the fourth edition of The State of the Art of the Global Yachting Market, the report produced by Deloitte and Edison Foundation in collaboration with Confindustria Nautica and presented in Milan at the headquarters of Borsa Italiana.
From the CDK Technologies yard in Lorient comes Gitana 18, an ambitious foiling trimaran for ocean racing: a concentration of innovations that aims to mark the definitive transition from hybrid flight to 100% foiling – redefining what is possible in offshore racing yachts and advanced multihull design.
Vaber worked with Politecnico di Torino to train engineering students who, between lectures and exams, design and build racing boats and single-seaters: materials, method and applied know-how at the core. They learnt when the process makes the difference – even beyond the university workshop – with Plexus structural adhesives, spray tack and infusion consumables, key elements in composite materials engineering.
At Milan Design Week 2026, Ferrari unveiled the livery of Hypersail: a project where design translates extreme constraints into a coherent language, blending automotive references, functional surfaces and advanced integration.
The 37th edition of Metstrade Amsterdam delivered a vivid and comprehensive snapshot of the global marine industry at its most […]
The Annual Members’ Assembly of Confindustria Nautica – the Italian Marine Industry Association, held on 11 December 2025 in Rome […]
Let’s have a look at the new edition of Nautica in Cifre – LOG, the only officially recognised statistical report […]
A pilot project on Lake d’Orta by Giacomini S.p.A., NatPower H and Dhamma Blue, with the support of Linde Gas Italia, leads the way in energy transition.
The Dutch design studio Vripack pens yachts that carve out new opportunities for the boldest of owners. When Oceanco, the famed Dutch yard, invited Vripack to collaborate on its second next generation Beyond Custom yacht design, the synergy was clear.
