A number of important key speakers have been announced for the 2014 Australian Superyacht and Marine Export industry Conference (ASMEX), running from May 20 to 21. These include John Lu from Horizon Yachts, Farouk Nefzi from Feadship, as well as Erwin Bamps from Gulf Craft.
The all-new office has been recently inaugurated by Jebsen Marine, distributor for the leading luxury motor yacht manufacturer Fairline Boats in China as well as Hong Kong.
Princess Yachts Australia has recently celebrated the opening of their new headquarters in Fremantle, Western Australia. A new superyacht marina, which can accommodate a total of 20 vessels, including up to four Princess 40M yachts, has also been introduced.
IGY Marinas announced the IGY Anchor Pass, aimed at large superyachts – private as well as those available for charter. The Anchor Pass is a unique 365-day game-changing berthing plan and dockage program that includes 10 IGY destinations.
The next year’s Yacht CN 2014-Nansha Bay International Boat Show will be running from October 16 to 19, alongside the 2nd edition of the China Marina Conference.
Planned to open in the lovely Eastern Mediterranean yacht charter location – Montenegro in 2016, the new destination Portonovi will boast a luxury superyacht marina. Designed by Marina Projects, the marina will accommodate yachts measuring up to 75 meters in LOA.
Asia Pacific regions now provide the growing superyacht marina options, including New Zealand’s Viaduct Harbour Marina as well as Silo Superyacht Marina. Silo Marina is currently hosting such impressive vessels as mega yacht ‘A’.
It has been a very successful 2013 for Walcon Marine, the leader in the design, build and installation of luxury yacht marinas and berthing facilities. The company will be attending the upcoming METS 2013.
The highly innovative and popular Flyboard superyacht toy was displayed at the very first Qatar International Boat Show 2013, which took place last week.
The very first Qatar International Boat Show has proudly hosted the Minister of Economy and Commerce, H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani. He visited a number of stands and spoke to representatives of some of the Qatari shipyards.
Cowes Harbour Commission has announced that the salvage operation of the Norhavn 76 motor yacht Kahu has been successfully completed.
The British Ambassador to Qatar, Nicholas Hopton, turned up with some of his family on the second day of the currently running Qatar International Boat Show (QIBS) 2013. He visited the stands of two important UK luxury yacht builders, exhibiting at the event: Princess Yachts and Sunseeker.