25–29 November 2026 · Dubai Harbour · Maldivia Shipyard, Stand OD-31 Maldivia Shipyard will present the Maldivia 45 at the Dubai International Boat Show 2026, the leading boating event in the Middle East. At Stand OD-31, visitors can see a scale model of the boat, watch videos from the sea trials and take home the new brochure. Heading to Dubai ;-) The Maldivia 45 is a 52-seat fast ferry built for island transfers in demanding seas. In open-sea trials in October 2026, it held

A transparent comparison of the foiling and planing Maldivia 45 The Maldivia 45 is now available as a foiling version for operators whose guests put comfort first. In waves up to about 1 metre, the foils lift the hull clear of the water, so passengers barely feel the chop. The foiling M45 also uses about 15% less energy and gains about 18% more range per charge. Foiling has a price, and we want our clients to see it and understand the backgound. Compared with the planing M45

Hull No. 1 completes a week of open-sea testing and beats its design calculations The first Maldivia 45 has completed one week of sea trials in open-sea conditions, with waves from 0.5 to 2 metres. There was no flat water during the week, so every result was measured in waves. The boat ran at half load (9 tonnes) on two standard Yamaha 250 hp outboards. The M45 held a continuous 28 knots in 0.5–1 metre waves over several runs, and 27 knots in 1–1.5 metre waves. In the calmest

17–19 November 2026 · RAI Amsterdam Solico Engineering, Hall 11 Booth 111 (Stand 11.111) Solico Engineering will present the Maldivia 45 at Metstrade 2026 as a case study in lightweight composite structural design. The 13.88-metre fast ferry shows how finite element analysis and epoxy prepreg construction can produce a fully loaded vessel of 10–13 tonnes, about half the weight of comparable ferries. MALDIVIA SHIPYARD has provided a scale model of the Maldivia 45 for the stand

We have demoulded the first carbon prepreg hull of the Maldivia 45 — and it has confirmed everything the project was built on. Complete with its full structure, the hull weighs just 857 kg. That is approximately 100 kg below our own target, and it is the single most important number we have produced so far. Just as significantly, the yard has worked to tighter tolerances than we expected. That precision is part of why the weight came in so low — and it speaks directly to the