For the sixteenth time, Italian company Azimut has bagged first place in the Global Order Book 2016, which ranks the top 20 manufacturers of mega yachts. Azmut beat important industry players from Italy, Germany, Britain and America for the top slot. The Global Order Book 2016 reported that a record-breaking 2,580 metres vessels measuring over 24 meters were built in the Azimut/Benetti Group’s six production plants. The ranking, compiled annually by Show Boats International, provides an accurate performance report, publishing information on actual orders, for yachts measuring 80 feet up, confirmed by September 1, of the year in question.The Azimut/Benetti Group offers the most comprehensive range of products, and has recently even expanded into the field of “Giga Yachts”, with vessels measuring over 100 meters now under construction at the Benetti shipyard in Livorno.
