Gulf Craft has opened a service and refit centre in Ajman, the UAE’s smallest emirate, which is located simply 20km northeast of Dubai Worldwide Airport. The service centre enhances Gulf Craft’s 462,000sqft shipyard in Umm Al Quwain, a brief drive northeast of Ajman.
The brand new 108,000sqft service centre options workshops specialising in carpentry, upholstery, portray, fabrication and mechanical providers. The positioning additionally features a spare components store, and a vessel registration service operated in collaboration with Dubai Maritime Authority.
Mohammed Alshaali, co-founder and Chairman of Gulf Craft, mentioned: “This facility ensures distinctive consumer assist and the expansion of a premier yachting group within the area.”
Based in 1982, Gulf Craft has constructed over 10,000 boats and at present produces yachts starting from 32-175ft throughout the Majesty, Nomad, Oryx, Silvercraft and SilverCat yacht manufacturers. It additionally produces industrial Touring Passenger Vessels, primarily for the Maldives, the place it has operated since 2002, at present has a 100,000sqft facility and is quickly to open a brand new 800,000sqft facility.
The opening of the Ajman facility was amongst a variety of highlights within the ultimate quarter of 2024, which included deliveries of a Majesty 120, Majesty 111, Majesty 100, Majesty 72, Majesty 60, two Majesty 62s, a Nomad 65 and two Oryx 379 Sport Cruisers. Exports in October included three Majesty yachts to the Maldives.
“The profitable handover of those vessels displays the mixed efforts, teamwork and unwavering dedication of the Gulf Craft crew to uphold the best requirements of expertise and consumer satisfaction,” the shipyard acknowledged. “Moreover, the corporate delivered quite a lot of leisure boats, catamarans and passenger utility vessels from its in depth portfolio.”
Following appearances in September on the Cannes Yachting Competition – the place it unveiled the Majesty 100 Terrace – and the Monaco Yacht Present, Gulf Craft’s busy finish to the 12 months included a powerful show on the first Qatar Boat Present in early November.
Within the Outdated Doha Port, Gulf Craft’s fleet included 4 Majesty fashions (120, 100, 72, 60), 4 Nomad yachts (95, 75, 70, 65) and three SilverCat powercats (46WA, 40CC, 40Lux). Later within the month, Alshaali travelled to Amsterdam to gather his Lifetime Achievement award on the 10th Boat Builder Awards.
On the finish of November, Gulf Craft hosted its personal Crafting Legacies occasion on the Mina Rashid Marina in Dubai, the place a Majesty 120, Majesty 111, Nomad 101 and Nomad 70 performed host to company and shows by luxurious manufacturers representing artwork, jewelry, watches, style and fragrance.
In December, Gulf Craft participated in main regional occasions together with the System 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the three-day Center East & North Africa Enterprise Aviation Affiliation (MEBAA) occasion in Dubai, the place it showcased scale fashions of the Majesty 100 Terrace and Majesty 160.
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