At close to 20,000 square feet, the new Feadship complex at Koninklijke De Vries in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands, is now open. The complex houses new workshops and storage and office facilities. Visit www.feadship.nl.

At Fraser Yachts, Hein Velema was appointed commercial director, based in Monaco. As commercial director, he will assume overall responsibility for the charter division and marketing department in addition to his current sales responsibilities. Charter broker Jan Henry was appointed president of the American Yacht Charter Association. Visit www.fraseryachts.com.

David Greer joined the International Yacht Collection charter marketing department in the company’s Fort Lauderdale office. Susan Harris also joined the Fort Lauderdale department as a charter marketing agent. Visit www.yachtcollection.com.

Taiwanese Kha Shing Enterprises broke ground on a major expansion that will allow the company to meet the increasing demand from Hargrave customers around the globe. Visit www.hargrave.org.

The first 147-foot yacht for Turkish yachtbuilder Sunrise Yachts is nearly completed. The company is keeping true to its plans of completing two 45-meter Paulo Scanu-designed sistership motor yachts with interiors by Franck Darnet for deliveries in 2009. Visit www.sunriseyachts.com.

Barry van Geffen will head the new Laurent Giles New Zealand office, which serves the Far East and Southern Hemisphere. Visit www.laurentgiles.co.uk.

Ocean Alexander appointed Joe Ahladis as its vice president of sales. "Although sales, marketing and business development have been a large part of my career over the past twenty years, boating has always been my passion," said Ahladis. Visit www.oceanalexander.com.

The Cheoy Lee yard has reached a milestone in its 138-year history with the announcement of Hull No. 5,000, the 150-foot Marco Polo 2 Transocean Explorer motor yacht. Visit www.cheoyleena.com.

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