please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message oceanco type private industry shipbuilding headquarters alblasserdam netherlands key people mohammed al barwani ; marcel onkenhout products megayachts owner mohammed al barwani website 1 oceanco stylized as oceanco is a privately owned custom yacht builder that builds full displacement yachts in 80m range . since its inception in 1987 oceanco has built 26 custom superyachts up to 110m in length . several 100m yachts are currently under construction . the company has the ability to simultaneously build 5 yachts in the 80m category in various stages of design engineering and construction delivering approximately two yachts per year . in 2008 the company acquired more land adjacent to the present yard and in 2010 they set about demolishing the old buildings and slips to make way for a new state of the art covered dry dock which now allows them to construct yachts up to 140 metres . the company operates in its extended production facility total of 8.2 ha located in alblasserdam approximately 20 km from rotterdam the netherlands . the yard has unrestricted direct access via the inland waterway system to the north sea . oceanco also maintains a sales design marketing and communications office in monaco . citation needed oceanco is owned by mohammed al barwani an omani billionaire . 2 contents 1 history 2 current 3 list of yachts built 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit oceanco came into existence in 1987 when a group of south african private investors under the guidance of then ceo richard hein began yacht building operations with the hulls and superstructures built in durban south africa . the yachts were then transported to various facilities in the netherlands where the finishing work took place . in 2002 mr. theodoros angelopoulos took control of oceanco and embarked on a new building strategy focusing on the niche market of 80m megayachts and developed the y generation of oceanco yachts which included amevi y701 80 m 262.47 ft and alfa nero y702 82 m 269.03 ft . in 2008 the 75.5 ; m 248 ft anastasia was launched and in may 2009 the company launched the 85.47 m 280.41 ft vibrant curiosity with her amidships atrium a 23 ft 7m pool and large interior volumes designed by nuvolari & lenard . citation needed current edit mohammed al barwani a private investor who is based in the sultanate of oman acquired oceanco in march 2010 . barwani has interests in oil gas manufacturing and minerals in europe the middle east and asia pacific through mb holding as well as investments in various other diversified assets . marcel onkenhout who has been with the company for 20 years is the ceo . the company will celebrate its 28 years in 2015 and has since delivered 26 yachts . sunrays oceanco s 85.5 m 281 ft megayacht was delivered in march 2010 . the late bj rn johansson designed her exterior lines and the interior design is by terence disdale . she was succeeded by the 86 m 282.19 ft nuvolari & lenard designed seven seas delivered in november 2010 . more recently the sam sorgiovanni designed 88.5 m 290.35 ft nirvana was delivered in spring 2012 followed by y708 85.6 m 281ft in 2013 equanimity 91.5 m 300.2 ft in 2014 and infinity 88.5 m 290ft in 2015 . several other oceanco yachts are currently under construction including a 106 m 347.8 ft and a 110 m 361 ft . list of yachts built edit main article list of yachts built by oceanco see also edit list of shipbuilders and shipyards list of motor yachts by length feadship another dutch shipyard royal huisman another dutch shipyard references edit oceanco homepage . oceanco . retrieved january 17 2016 . mohammed al barwani . forbes . retrieved 17 november 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to ships built at oceanco alblasserdam . oceanco official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oceanco & oldid 734739724 categories dutch boat buildersdutch brandshidden categories articles lacking sources from december 2012all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015articles with unsourced statements from september 2015commons category with local link different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 11 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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