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Cantieri del Ponente

yacht builder Imperia, IM, Italy

Cantieri del Ponente is presented online through the Amer Yachts brand, an independent Italian shipyard founded on the Permare business started by Fernando Amerio in 1973, with Amer Yachts itself launched in 1990. The family-run company designs and builds a limited number of custom yachts each year from 24 to 75 metres in GRP/composite, aluminium and steel, with a strong emphasis on fuel efficiency, Volvo Penta IPS propulsion and a declared Low-Impact Strategy. Alongside new construction it offers refit, repair and maintenance work, technical consulting, spare parts, crew training and historical restoration, plus brokerage of pre-owned yachts and a charter fleet. Operations are based at shipyards in Sanremo, Imperia and Pisa, Italy.

Cantieri del Ponente (Amer Yachts)

An independent, family-owned Italian shipyard whose public identity is the Amer Yachts brand. The business traces back to Permare, founded by Fernando Amerio in 1973 as a service provider, dealer and contract builder; Amer Yachts followed in 1990 with a 20-metre craft and has since launched more than 100 yachts. Three generations of the Amerio family lead the company, with research, design and engineering supervised directly in-house and only a few boats produced each year. Efficiency research — including more than 12 years of joint work with Volvo Penta on IPS propulsion — and a stated Low-Impact Strategy are central to the shipyard's positioning.

Services

  • Custom yacht design, construction and engineering
  • Refit, repair and modifications
  • Furnishing and onboard services
  • Technical consulting and certified maintenance plans
  • Spare parts supply
  • Surveys on vessel conditions
  • Training programmes for captains and crew
  • Sales consulting, brokerage of pre-owned yachts and charter management
  • Historical restoration (e.g. the 27-metre Camper & Nicholson Destiny, completed 2016)

Vessel Types

  • Motor yachts and superyachts from 24 to 75 metres
  • GRP/composite hulls with aluminium superstructures (Amer 9, 10, 12, 96, 106, 120, 126, F126)
  • All-aluminium projects (Amer 42A, Alloy 146)
  • Steel-hulled custom explorers (Amer 42 Explorer 'Even Further', Amer 499 Spaceplorer, Amer 74)
  • Hull forms combining displacement and planing capability

Facilities

  • Shipyards at Sanremo, Imperia and Pisa handling both new build and aftersales work
  • Growing network of 'Amer Points' supporting owners and captains
  • Research carried out with universities and industrial/technological partners, resulting in patents

Location

  • Italy — Sanremo (Liguria), Imperia and Pisa
  • Regularly exhibits at the Cannes Yachting Festival, Monaco Yacht Show and Genoa Boat Show