Maarten Janssen of Superyachttimes, visited the Feadship Royal Van Lent Shipyard on Kaag Island in the Netherlands.

He had the chance to take a look around and find out in first hand all that?s been cooking inside the prestigious shipyard.

In total, Feadship has signed contracts for 9 projects under 70m, 2 projects between 70 and 90m and 4 projects above 9m.

So we can say they?ve been busy right?

When asked where clients come from at Feadship, Farouk Nefzi, Feadship's Marketing Director explained that the US is still the most important market. He commented: "Yes, the US is still the biggest market for us, together with Europe. Asia is becoming more interesting for us as well, and we are actually building several yachts for clients from the Asian region. Russia is still interesting. Feadship has not suffered from the sanctions against Russia".

Nefzi also explained that interest from the Middle East in picking up. "They are becoming more aware of the element of innovation, quality and complexity, and not only in terms of length".

Continuing on the subject of length, Nefzi says: "The length discussion is overhyped. Its too simple to just focus on length. It?s like saying a Hummer is more interesting than an Aston Martin because it?s bigger. At Feadship, we rather talk about innovation and quality.?

They also got to take a VIP tour of the 66m project 809, checking out the 6 luxurious cabins, 4 guest suites and VIP large stateroom.

Her many amenities include a hull wellness area on the lower deck, which offers a sauna, gym and massage room.

Thanks Superyachttimes for the amazing info.