How to Select the Right Shipyard for Your Project
There Is No Such Thing as the Perfect Shipyard Owners regularly ask which shipyard I would recommend for a particular refit or conversion. My answer is always the same: there is no such thing as the perfect shipyard. There is only the best available shipyard for a...
What Makes an Independent Owner’s Representative?
Introduction Large yacht and commercial vessel projects rarely become difficult because of the engineering alone. As complexity increases, every important decision begins to influence several disciplines at the same time. A design revision may affect structural...
Why Good Projects Start Slowly
Start With the Project, Not the Shipyard One of the most common mistakes in vessel conversions and major refits is starting with the shipyard rather than the project itself. Once a suitable vessel has been found, it is tempting to move directly into engineering and...
The Sunk Cost Fallacy: When Good Decisions Become Bad Investments
Introduction Looking back, the warning signs often appear obvious. Decisions that seemed entirely rational at the time suddenly become difficult to explain, leaving owners, investors and project teams wondering how a promising project could have drifted so far from...Navigeer naar Mermarine
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