MYS 2022: Lürssen on Promising Future of Green Yachting

After a flurry of exciting superyacht announcements and headline launches at Lürssen this year, we delve into some of their highlights of 2022, including other projects such like the brand new engineering centre opened in Croatia, and the spotlight of MYS: the incomparable Ahpo.

“We have one yacht here, the 114m Ahpo. This is the third Lürssen of that owner. This is really the yacht that he dreamt up himself. I really hope you get to see it, it’s quite spectacular.”

Now in the midst of the Monaco Yacht Show, we were able to explore some of the standout vessels on display at the show this year, how they have been inspired by industry trends that have soared to the forefront, and ultimately how new, future-proof technologies have been incorporated.

“Owners are very much interested in beach clubs, for day use and night use, and even morning use. Owners are looking at how they can use the yacht close to the sea and with the sea," says Mr. Lürssen.

“However, there is no clear trend, other than people are getting more and more bespoke. They want their yacht – that fits their lifestyle.”

Sustainability is bigger than ever in the industry at this moment in time, “We know that parts of the commercial shipping industry are talking about methanol too. We are looking at a number of greener scenarios."

“We are building a yacht that is based on methanol which comes from hydrogen. We want to be able to incorporate certain engine manufacturers that can create better engines that use better fuels.”

“We will see very green yachts in the next 3-5 years. We aim to deliver one yacht that can 20+ nights on the water that uses a fuel cell. However, we still have a long way to go. It is not the final result that we are aiming for, but we will get there.”

Looking ahead, the shipyard has more innovative plans to come.

“We are a rather private company by nature, but we have some exciting projects on the way. I always have ideas.”