The story in February had gone global and made a lot of waves. A Dutch superyacht maker, Oceanco, sought a major change to the Koningshaven bridge, known as De Hef, a landmark structure that spans the Meuse river in Rotterdam.This historic bridge had to have its central section temporarily removed to enable a superyacht commissioned by Jeff Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com Inc. Report, to pass under it. Bezos’s boat, now called Y721, is being built in the neighboring city of Alblasserdam. It needs to pass through Rotterdam to make it to the North Sea or English Channel — but it’s too tall for the Koningshaven Bridge. The 417-foot-long, 130-foot-high, three-mast boat will cost Bezos an estimated $500 million. It will be the world’s biggest sailing yacht, according to Boat International.Oceanco’s request to the city of Rotterdam seemed to have been accepted — but ultimately the company decided not to apply to take<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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