Polish builder Sunreef Yachts has resumed production after a fire which broke out in one of its production halls last Thursday.

A number of yachts were destroyed in the blaze at the Gdansk facility but all key moulds were saved.

The yard says it is confident it can minimise construction delays and that it has begun adapting another production hall and moved the moulds to the new site.

Francis Lapp, president of Sunreef Yachts, says: "We need to increase our production capacity to rebuild the lost units and start works for the recently signed contracts."

Sunreef aims to maintain all of its previous contracts and keep delays in delivery down to less than three months.

"After receiving so many tokens of support from clients, yacht owners, suppliers and many other friends, we are highly motivated to action", insists Lapp.

Superyacht Business, 23 January 2012