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Azzam

Lürssen 180.60 m 2013 Germany Privately Owned ★ 2 Star Superyacht Guide Award

Key Facts

Length: 180.60 m
Beam: 20.80 m
Draught: 4.30 m
Builder: Lürssen
Year: 2013
Type: Motor yacht / giga yacht
Gross tonnage: 13136.00 GT
Guests: 36
Cabins: 18
Crew: 80
Flag: United Arab Emirates
Classification: DNV GL / Germanischer Lloyd
Cruising speed: 12.00 knots
Maximum speed: 32.00 knots
Country: Germany
Charter availability: Privately Owned
IMO: 9693367
Call sign: A6KZ

Previous / Project Names

No previous or project names recorded.

Superyacht Guide Award

Superyacht Guide Yacht Star

★★☆☆☆

2 Stars - Good standard

Editorial Superyacht Guide rating based on scale, construction significance, historical importance and available public evidence.

Giga Yacht Large Yacht Notable Fleet Record

Last reviewed: June 1, 2026

Superyacht Guide Awards are editorial ratings based on available information and review criteria.

Azzam is one of the defining giga yachts of the modern era. Delivered by Lürssen in 2013, she is widely recognised as one of the longest private motor yachts ever built and remains a benchmark for scale, speed and complexity in large-yacht construction. Her design involved an unusually demanding brief: a very large yacht capable of high speed, operation in warm climates and use in comparatively shallow waters. Lürssen describes Azzam as 180.65 metres in length, with a top speed of more than 30 knots and a build programme completed in less than three years from keel laying to delivery. Azzam is therefore important to Superyacht Guide not only because of her length, but because she represents a rare combination of size, engineering ambition and royal-yacht discretion. Her public profile is limited, but the available evidence supports her status as one of the most significant yachts in the global fleet.

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Azzam by Lurssen

Credit: Lurssen

Specifications

Length	180.60 m
Beam	20.80 m
Draught	4.30 m
Gross tonnage	13136.00
Construction	Steel hull, aluminium superstructure
Max speed	32.00 kn
Cruise speed	12.00 kn
Machinery	Two gas turbines and two diesel engines driving four waterjets

Accommodation

Guests	36
Cabins	18
Crew	80

Design

Naval architecture	Lürssen
Exterior design	Nauta Design
Interior design	Christophe Leoni

Estimated yacht value€563,085,000€422,313,750–€732,010,500

Annual OPEX€78,831,900€59,123,925–€106,423,065

Annual capital reserve€14,077,125€8,446,275–€22,523,400

Monthly ownership cost€7,742,419OPEX plus reserve

Five-year ownership cost€464,545,125Before acquisition and finance

OPEX / yacht value14.0%Central estimate

Annual operating expenditure

Category	Annual estimate	Status
Berthing, ports and agency fees	€6,306,552	Estimated
Communications, IT and security	€1,576,638	Estimated
Crew salaries and employment costs	€27,591,165	Estimated
Fuel and lubricants	€9,459,828	Estimated
Insurance	€3,941,595	Estimated
Maintenance and routine repairs	€15,766,380	Estimated
Yacht management and administration	€2,364,957	Estimated
Provisions and hospitality	€4,729,914	Estimated
Flag, registration, class and surveys	€1,576,638	Estimated
Tenders, toys and deck equipment	€3,153,276	Estimated
Travel, training, medical and uniforms	€2,364,957	Estimated

Capital expenditure and refit history

Item	Amount	Year	Status
No reported yacht-specific capital transactions have yet been added.

Sources, assumptions and methodology

Indicative SYG estimate. Value basis: Length-and-age model using length. Central annual OPEX uses the established 14% of estimated yacht value fallback, adjusted for yacht age where available. Low and high cases reflect utilisation, condition, crewing, fuel, berthing and maintenance uncertainty. Capital reserve is shown separately from routine OPEX. Figures must be replaced or upgraded when reported accounts, invoices, court records or other yacht-specific evidence is available.

Calculation version: SYG-FI-1.0 · Last reviewed: 25 July 2026

Financial figures may include reported expenditure, source-derived calculations and indicative estimates. Estimated figures are not audited accounts, quotations or financial advice.

Ownership

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Commissioning owner · 2013 –2022
Royal/state
Source
Public reporting commonly identifies Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the commissioning/original owner of Azzam. He died in May 2022.
Publicly associated with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan / Abu Dhabi ruling family
Reported owner · 2022
Royal/state
Source
Current ownership is not officially confirmed in the yacht profile. Public sources have associated the yacht after 2022 with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan or the Abu Dhabi ruling family. Treat as reported association, not definitive beneficial ownership.

Ownership information is based on publicly available reporting and may be incomplete, outdated, or held through companies, trusts or other structures.

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Superyacht Passport

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Identity

Current name: Azzam
Launch year: 2013
Builder: Lürssen
Flag: United Arab Emirates

Ownership & provenance

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

commissioning · Royal/state

Source: Publicly reported commissioning owner

Publicly associated with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan / Abu Dhabi ruling family

reported · Royal/state

Source: Public reporting after Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s death

Ownership information is displayed only where a dedicated sourced ownership record exists. A record does not by itself establish beneficial ownership.

Market snapshot

Estimated current value

€600,000,000

Valued at 15 May 2026

Estimated annual running cost

€84,000,000

Not updated here. This script records approximate CAPEX/intelligence value, not a current sale or market valuation.

Valuation source / evidence

Values and running costs are estimates unless explicitly identified as documented transaction figures.

Yacht Value History

Permanent Superyacht Guide market records showing estimates, asking prices and, where verified in future, documented transaction or financial values.

1 recorded point

Date

15 May 2026

Valuation date

Record type

Superyacht Guide estimate

Value

€600,000,000

Evidence

Superyacht Guide valuation

Not updated here. This script records approximate CAPEX/intelligence value, not a current sale or market valuation.

How to read this history: Superyacht Guide estimates, brokerage asking prices and documented transaction values are stored as separate record types. The first baseline record marks the beginning of permanent Superyacht Guide value-history tracking; the absence of an earlier record does not mean the yacht had no earlier market value or sale history.

Yacht timeline

Dated milestones and Superyacht Guide records, ordered chronologically.

2013

Launch year

Passport evidence

Editorial seed

Supports: import

SuperYachtFan - Azzam value estimate

Supports: value

Lürssen official yacht profile — Azzam

Supports: Builder, current name, former names, year, dimensions, speed, design and description

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Refit planning for Azzam

Mid-life refit planning

Approximate yacht age

13 years

A structured condition-led review can help identify whether machinery, coatings, electrical systems, interiors or operational systems merit renewal. Age alone is not evidence that work is due.

Age does not prove that this yacht needs a refit, and no refit cost is inferred from its estimated value.

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Where can Azzam go?

3 public marina records are recorded with a maximum yacht length of at least 180.60 m.

Marina Port Vell Barcelona

Barcelona · Spain

Recorded maximum yacht length: 190.00 m

Length-capable record only. Current berth availability, beam and draught suitability must be confirmed directly.

OneOcean Port Vell Barcelona

Barcelona · Spain

Recorded maximum yacht length: 190.00 m

Match score 71/100

Dubai

Platinum Yachts FZCO · 162.00 m · 2006

Estimated value

€430,033,500

Why it is similar

18.6 m difference in length
Same broad type: motor yacht
Similar gross tonnage

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Record verification

Status: Partially verified
Record updated: 1 June 2026
Data confidence: Medium
Sources: 3
Primary source: Editorial seed
Image credit: Lurssen

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