Shipyard · New build & refit
INACE (Indústria Naval do Ceará)
Fortaleza shipyard founded in 1968 to serve Brazil's fishing fleet. It later took on naval, workboat and offshore vessels and began exporting yachts in 1987. It is best known for steel and aluminium explorer yachts, and since 2020 has launched new Explora and Aventura lines with European designers.
Yachts built by Inace →Key facts
- Parent
- Inace Group (private)
- Country
- Brazil
- Founded
- 1968
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- approx. 26–46.5 m delivered; ~26 to 50+ m in build (Superyacht Partners, undated)
- Largest delivered
- Far Far Away, 46.51–46.58 m, 2012 (BOAT 46.51, SYT 46.58)
- Yachts delivered
- 24 (SYT fleet database, accessed Sep 2026); 28 Inace-built in BOAT directory (accessed Sep 2026); 18 between 2000 and 2022 (Superyacht Partners, undated)
Notable yachts
- Far Far Away · 46.51 m, 2012
- Sea Boss (32.3 m, 2024 per BOAT
- delivered Jun 2025 per SYT)
- Joana II · 26.21 m, 1996
- Fortaleza · 25.91 m, 2004
Services
- new build (steel/aluminium)
- naval architecture
- refit and repair
- commercial and naval vessel construction
Haul-out
| Travel lift | not published |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | Syncrolift approx. 1,800t, platform 70 x 16 m (energy-oil-gas.com, 2014) |
| Dry / floating dock | not published |
| Max LOA handled (m) | not published (shiplift platform 70 m, 2014) |
| Max tonnage handled | approx. 1,800t (shiplift, 2014) |
| Sheds / berths | 180,000 m2 site, multiple sheds with 5t and 10t gantries, two 70t cranes (energy-oil-gas.com, 2014); crew accommodation not published |
Sources
- boatinternational.com — https://www.boatinternational.com/profiles/inace--22459
- superyachttimes.com — https://www.superyachttimes.com/companies/inace
- energy-oil-gas.com — https://energy-oil-gas.com/news/inace-shipyard/
- superyachttimes.com — https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/inace-yacht-sea-boss-delivered
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.