Yachts

Ensuring comfort, safety and sustainability

Yacht owners, charterers and passengers increasingly expect both top-notch comfort and green credentials from their yacht or from the commercial vessel they charter. While luxury remains at the core of the yacht business, ship owners, operators and charterers must meet port requirements and national regulations for limited emissions. 

Bureau Veritas offers key technical, regulatory and environmental expertise to enable yachts to continue sailing in protected areas while maintaining high levels of luxury and comfort. Our notations, digital tools, global network, and expertise with super and mega yachts provide a safe and eco-friendly onboard experience.

Enabling regulatory compliance

ENABLING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE for yachts

It is crucial for yachts to comply with safety and technical regulations for ship design, structure and maintenance. Bureau Veritas’ NR 500 Rules for the classification and certification of yachts outline detailed requirements for building materials, hull structure, machinery, automation and more.


Find out more about our Rules & Notations for Yachts

Improving ship sustainability

IMPROVING SHIP SUSTAINABILITY for Yachts

To meet changing social and regulatory expectations, yacht owners are increasingly exploring greener shipbuilding and operating practices.

Bureau Veritas’ green notations verify yacht compliance when it comes to energy efficiency, use of batteries, alternative fuels or wind propulsion. 

For yachts that are already limiting emmissions and focusing on sustainability Bureau Veritas offers wide range of notations related to alternative fuels like: 
 • methanol  • fuelcell
• ammonia  • hydrogen • biofuel

In case the the vessel is prepared to sail on one of these fuels in the future, than they can earn notations like METHANOLFUEL PREPARED, HYDROGENFUEL PREPARED, BIOFUEL READY or AMMONIAFUEL PREPARED.

Bureau Veritas has also possibility to perform 3D design review for our yacht owners. This step will shorten design time for yacht designers and in this sense make project more time efficient.

Increasing onboard comfort and wellbeing

INCREASING ONBOARD COMFORT AND WELLBEING for yachts

Comfort is a non-negotiable element for yacht owners and passengers, and this means ensuring limited onboard noise and vibrations. Yachts can earn Bureau Veritas’ Comfort notation by undergoing an assessment of sources of noise and vibration, such as engines and propellers. Owners and yards can then take measures to improve ship structure and design, reducing noise and increasing comfort. 
Bureau Veritas has also partnered with owners and operators to establish better bio-risk management. This includes outbreak management plans, embarkation and debarkation plans, protective measures and other health best practices to safeguard the wellbeing of all passengers and crew.

Digital tools for yachts

Digital applications BV M&O

Digitalization is changing how ship owners expect their vessels to be designed, built, assessed and classed. Bureau Veritas offers a range of digital tools to help yacht owners quickly and accurately conduct classification, assess safety and manage their fleets. These include Veristar Project Management, Digital Classification, MOVE (Bureau Veritas has smart hub MOVE for easy access all our applications from one place.), our ComposeIT and StarBoat structural assessment tools. 

Increased digitalization naturally increases cyber security concerns. Bureau Veritas’ CYBER SECURE notation helps owners comply with IMO legislation (Resolution MSC.428 (98)).

A global network of experts

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The yacht market is global, with specialist shipyards scattered around the world.

Bureau Veritas’ extensive network of experts is available worldwide to provide classification, surveys and support for yachts.

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