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Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard

The <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/3255" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (Company)">Gold Coast City Marina &amp; Shipyard</a> have announced that they have increased their superyacht lifting capacity to 300 tonnes, after upgrading their custom built ASCOM straddle carrier. The lift’s upgrades were completed by Aerlift’s Gold Coast technicians and has an overall increased capacity of 20 percent.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/201024/image/large-77e1ac670847a4437530e5c568a01a35.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/201024">The first vessel to be officially lifted with <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/3255" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (Company)">Gold Coast City’</a>s increased capacity lift was the 55-metre superyacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/269" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Oceana55.0m (180'5&quot;)Oceanfast1991">Oceana</a>, weighing in at almost 290 tonnes. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/269" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Oceana55.0m (180'5&quot;)Oceanfast1991">Oceana</a> is just one of the many larger vessels that have recently visited <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/3255" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (Company)">Gold Coast City Marina &amp; Shipyard</a>. Kevin Altera, the Manager of Operations and Business Development comments, “The size of vessels visiting <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/3255" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (Company)">GCCM</a> has grown exponentially in recent years. Now we are able to continually service long standing customers who have purchased larger vessels and further assist and support vessels who were previously only serviceable on-water.”<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/201022/image/large-f324924951cd3cd64cc6935e90d0c1f4.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/201022"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/201020/image/large-5469e88188b875582ff3dd1b6e786346.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/201020"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/201021/image/large-c3811523ae1723ce788340ce13688d83.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/201021">The Australian marina and shipyard’s move to increase lifting capacity comes as demand for on-water service berths for vessels up-to 75-metres has also increased. Such vessels to have been refitted or refinished include the 63.4-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2673" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="SuRi63.4m (208'0&quot;)Halter Marine1978">SuRi</a>, 73.3-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1840" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Dragonfly73.3m (240'6&quot;)Silver Yachts2009">Dragonfly</a>, 68-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1503" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Lady Christine68.0m (223'1&quot;)Feadship2010">Lady Christine</a> and 43.28-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1918" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Playpen43.28m (141'12&quot;)Richmond Yachts2007">Playpen</a>.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/201025/image/large-868ea92fcca5fde326ede0c889348661.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/201025"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/3255" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (Company)">Gold Coast City Marina &amp; Shipyard</a>, among other superyacht marinas and refit yards in Australia, plan to more than double in size and continue to increase lifting capacity by 400 percent in the future. The region has experienced and anticipates a continual increase in demand for their services in tandem with the region’s, and surrounding regions’, flourishing superyacht markets.

Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard increase their lifting capacity

Australian refit yard and marina Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard have announced that they have increased their lifting capacity.

Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard lift 55m Oceana after increasing lifting capacity

<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2966" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Misha Merzliakov (Company)">Misha Merzliakov Yacht Design (MMYD)</a> has announced a new joint venture with <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/3255" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (Company)">Gold Coast City Marina &amp; Shipyard (GCCM)</a>, Marine Engineering Consultants, Periscope Naval Architects and <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/524" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Evolution Yachts (Company)">Evolution Motor Yachts</a>. This joint venture, which bears the name of the latter business, released a new explorer yacht concept at this year’s Australian Superyacht Rendezvous. <img src="/uploads/store/photo/98581/image/large-5cb39d379698db67e1005b9b009a7d27.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/98581">The GCX40 explorer yacht concept is a 42-metre aluminium build featuring naval architecture by Periscope Naval Architects and both an exterior and interior design by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2966" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Misha Merzliakov (Company)">Misha Merzliakov</a>. The GCX40 will be able to reach up to 16 knots with a range of 5,500 nautical miles and has already received multiple enquiries.<img src="/uploads/store/photo/98580/image/large-e83868b56532810eaa066b4ece82c45b.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/98580">Commenting on the joint venture, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/524" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Evolution Yachts (Company)">Evolution Yachts</a>’ founder Kevin Altera says that “the partners in this joint venture have been selected as they represent key and market-leading marine services. It puts into motion the intent and capability to build world-class superyachts on the east coast of Australia.” Marine Engineering Consultants has won multiple awards for excellence in aluminium yacht construction.<img src="/uploads/store/photo/98579/image/large-13560b1be174b6f227031a8652ae9e44.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/98579">

42m GCX40 yacht concept created by new Australian group Evolution Yachts

Five Australian yachting heavyweights have joined forces for a new yacht concept.