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Oceanco and MBYD's 150m Container Ship Concept Project ANTOS 

[moneyisnobject]

'Star'

Courtesy: Oceanco

[knuffeltrein]

So here's a fun fact. Jeff Bezos is having a new superyacht built by the Dutch yacht builder Oceanco. Just behind Rotterdam. This yacht is a massive, 400-something feet sailing monstrosity. Three massive masts. And now Oceanco has been located in that same spot for years right. They know exactly what the restrictions are, how high all the bridges between them and the North Sea are.

One of these bridges is the Koningshavenbrug, colloquially known as "De Hef" (the Lift). De Hef is a former railway bridge over the Port of Rotterdam, which today is out of use but stands there as a "Rijksmonument", a state monument. This means that this bridge can't just be demolished or altered, because it's well, a monument for a part of Rotterdam's past.

De Hef is also, too low for Jeff Bezos' new toy. So, going against what the city of Rotterdam said in the past, namely that the bridge would never again be dismantled, they're going to dismantle the bridge. Just temporarily mind you, under the guise of "maintenance". Because they can't alter the bridge. Because it's a monument.

But hey if you're the richest man in the world, I guess you can just buy your way to having a monument dismantled in order to have your boat pass by.

TL;DR: Jeff Bezos ordered a boat a company who knows the height of these bridges. This company designed a boat that's bigger than the bridges. They're now tearing a bridge down just for Bezos' boat.

Source: English. Dutch.

[pasparal]

The giant luxury motor yacht Jubilee at her launch in February 2017. This 110 meter monstrosity of extravagance was built by yacht builder Oceanco in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, for Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad, the former Emir of Qatar who died shortly before the vessel's completion. As the Emir’s heirs had no interest in her, Jubilee was put for sale asking € 275 million or US$ 310 million. Let us ask ourselves, why is the bulk of Arabia's oil and gas revenues used to buy weapons and luxury items from Western companies? Imagine if the filthy rich but sparcely populated petro-monarchies could be united with populous yet miserably poor Yemen in the south. A big Arab republic comprising the whole of the peninsula would be beneficial for all its inhabitants, and only detrimental to the interests of the Western bourgeoisie and its hangers-on.

[nicholas-cho]

Oceanco’s Tuhura—a 377-foot (115-meter) concept with exterior styling by Lobanov Design, interior design by Achille Salvagni Architetti and engineering by BMT Nigel Gee—has a look reminiscent of the dugout boats used hundreds of years ago, paired with the sophistication of a 21st century superyacht.

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@behnemaryachting ⚓️

[theyachtguy]

“ALFA NERO” In Monaco 🇲🇨 Photo by @iamtheyachtguy . #shotoniphone #alfanero #oceanco #monaco #f1 #black #hull #lewishamilton #megayacht (at Monaco City)

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The beautiful Black Pearl captured during her sea trials from @oceancoyacht with Pascoe Tenders fitted with Bluefinled lights #oceanco #bluefinled #pascoetenders #superyacht #yachtlife