Kaohsiung firm makes first steel hulled megayacht

Jade Yachts Shipbuilding Corp is to deliver the first made-in-Taiwan steel super yacht, a technology breakthrough and milestone in the nation’s shipbuilding sector.

“We hope to take the shipbuilding industry in Taiwan to a higher level in terms of quantity and quality,” Jade Yachts chairman Han Pi-hsiang said while scrutinizing the yacht Bandido during its first sea trial in Kaohsiung Harbor last Friday.