The Green Megayacht

With its sumptuous, bespoke residences and two-three storey penthouses-many designed by U.K.'s Linley-the world's largest residential superyacht is a place for those with a yen for exploration and a zest for oceanography. It is also the lowest carbon output passenger ship ever built

- Priya Kumari Rana

IT’S BEEN LABELLED AS “the finest address anywhere in the world,” and a lucky few can live on board and explore the world with top oceanographers. The 289.3-metre-long, 86,000-tonne superyacht, M/Y Njord, is the largest of its kind; it has 118 residences (in 20 configurations), two penthouse apartments and 300 crew members. It also hosts an oceanographic laboratory, dive and expedition centre, restaurants, plus luxuries like a golf simulator, an art and craft studio, a wellness centre backed by Chenot, a whisky lounge and a billiards room.

Flying the Norwegian flag and envisioned by Ocean Residences, this gigantic ship will take its residents to world ports and twice a year sail to destinations as varied as Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Antarctica, Polynesia, and Greenland in curated trips around what residents want to discover. It could be a meteor shower over a country or flora and fauna in another–all done using bio-methanol, a net-zero carbon output fuel, wastewater sanitation, 100% LED lighting and waste heat recapture.