The Amels 120 Full Custom, Project Tanzanite, remains on course for a 2026 delivery following a successful start to its sea trials from its project base at Damen Yachting’s Vlissingen shipyard in southwest Netherlands.

Over the coming year, more than 1,000 workers, from both Damen Yachting and its supply network, will be involved in the final stage of outfitting of the 120m, 6,083GT superyacht. The 394-footer is the biggest build to date by Amels and Damen Yachting, the yachting division of the Damen Shipyards Group conglomerate.

Featuring naval architecture by Damen Yachting, Project Tanzanite started construction in 2020 in Romania, where the hull was built at the company’s facility in Galati and launched in May 2023, before being relocated to Vlissingen the following month.

In September 2025, the superyacht was floated at the Vlissingen shipyard ahead of the first sea trials this month. The yacht’s owner is represented by Deeside Maritime, which has managed the build and construction of the over the past two years and will continue in its role during through the final phase.

Project Tanzanite is an Amels Full Custom with exterior design by Espen Øino, who has also designed the Amels 60 and Amels 80 from the Dutch builder’s popular Limited Edition series.

Project Tanzanite easily surpasses the length of Amels’ previous flagship, Here Comes The Sun, which was 83m upon delivery in 2017 and extended to 89m following a major refit in the Vlissingen shipyard that was completed in 2021.

damenyachting.com