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Industry analysts, brokers, and journalists often speculate about the future of the shipbuilding industry. But, the people who understand the tide of this vast ocean better than anyone else are those who run the shipyards themselves. Scanning nine industry-leading shipyard executives’ perspectives from across Europe provides a rare and valuable insight into the state of the industry.

Entities shaping the course of this industry include eminent names from Royal Huisman, Damen Yachting and Feadship in the Netherlands, to Italy’s Palumbo, Sanlorenzo, Azimut Benetti, and Ferretti. From Germany’s Abeking and Rasmussen to Turkey’s Bilgin,Yard heads offer a spectrum of views that are like a star atlas of the shipbuilding universe.