Measuring 65.5 meters in length, the 2011 motor yacht Imagine by Amels has received the groundbreaking recognition from Lloyds Register. Amels 212 superyacht Imagine has become the first luxury vessel in the world to be awarded a ‘Green Passport’.
Amels 212 luxury motor yacht IMAGINE - the first superyacht in the world to be awarded a ‘Green Passport’ from Lloyds Register Photo credit: Amels / Flying Focus
The ‘Green Passport’ – or ‘Inventory of Hazardous Materials’ – was devised as a result of the Hong Kong International Convention of Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009. Qualification for the ‘Green Passport’ requires the builder to put together a highly detailed list which identifies and locates all the materials that have been used in the yacht’s construction.
Amels Project manager, Sjoerd van den Broek, commented: “Fulfilling all the requirements for the Green Passport has entailed a very large effort from Amels over the past three years and also for all the suppliers and contractors involved in building the Amels 212. Hopefully she will sail for more than a hundred years but at the end of her life on the sea, her materials can be recycled in a controlled and environmentally responsible manner.”
With annual growth of 10% over the past four years, Amels is the largest superyacht builder in the Netherlands. Already 2012 has been a busy year, with three new-builds and two refits successfully delivered on time, and with another nine new construction projects underway.
Amels is the exclusive yacht-building member of the Dutch DAMEN Shipyards Group, the largest shipyard in the Netherlands, consisting of more than 39 shipyards and marine-related companies throughout the world. DAMEN, a family owned company, employs over 6,000 people, delivered 150 vessels in 2010 and has an annual turnover of approximately €1.3 billion.
