Axis Group Yacht Design is an Italian naval architecture, marine engineering and design company specialized in the over 40 meter luxury motoryacht market.

History

Founded in USA in 1996, by naval architect & marine engineer Horacio Bozzo, Axis Group Yacht Design has moved to

Viareggio Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as ...

, Italy in 2001. Since then, it has established tight collaboration with the most renowned shipyards, such as

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, Azimut,

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, Sanlorenzo, Kingship, ISA,

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among others. In 2011 Axis has opened a new overseas representative office in Shanghai, which will be based at the

Jin Mao Tower The Jin Mao Tower (; Shanghainese:'' Cinmeu Dagho''; lit. ‘Golden Prosperity Building’), also known as the or , is a , 88-story (93 if counting the floors in the spire) landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China. It contains a ...

, the fifth tallest building in the world. Horacio Bozzo set up in 2013 his own design brand for Superyacht: ''Horacio Bozzo Design''.

Yacht designed

Among Axis Group Yacht Design projects: the motoryacht ''Forever One'' launched in June 2014 at ISA facilities, the Ice Class Motoryacht ''Vitruvius'' Picchiotti by Perini Navi, the ''40Alloy Sanlorenzo'' and the ''Green Voyager'', an innovative Hybrid motoryacht by Kingship Marine. In occasion of the Monaco Boat Show in September 2009, it has been assigned three Green Plus certifications to three megayachts built in Italy, whereas in China, the Green Voyager, is the first hybrid 45 meter yacht required the Green Plus certification. Axis counts also the Motoryacht '' High Power III'' (ex Numptia) by

, launched in summer 2011. File:Green Voyager Profile.jpg, Green Voyager Profile File:Green Voyager Night View.jpg, Green Voyager Night View File:Green Voyager Tank Test.jpg, Green Voyager Tank Test

Award

In May 2012 in Hong Kong, Axis Group Yacht Design won the Best Yacht Designer in Asia of the Year 2012 award at the Asia Boating Awards. In June 2012 in the Principality of Monaco, Axis Group Yacht Design won the Naval Architect Award – Motor Yachts for the 70 meter Motoryacht Numptia (renamed High Power III) at ShowBoats Design Awards.

References

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