Hong Kong superyacht yard Kingship is to offer a new motoryacht design to the market. The Green Voyager is a 45m (148ft) motoryacht from the drawing board of Axis Group Yacht Design of Viareggio and will be the first built in China to the new RINA Green Star plus notation.

The RINA Green Star notation requires technical and operational systems to ensure the yacht's build and operation is in excess of MARPOL and other regulatory requirements offering lowered environmental impact. There are three levels: Gold, Silver and Platinum. Kingship is currently working on refining the Green Voyager design to achieve Platinum standard and in certain areas to exceed it.

The motoryacht will be of a radical form, propulsion, efficiency and style, says Kingship. It will also be able to visit special sea areas where higher than normal environmental restrictions apply that place them off limits to most of the other yachts.

Details of the project will be revealed at this this year's Ft Lauderdale International Boat Show, which runs from October 29 to November 2, with a sneak preview of the yacht's profile during the RINA press event at the Monaco Yacht Show in September.
SuperYachtWorld, 29 July 2009