The Australian Marine Export Group is ready for this year’s International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), taking an excellent group of heavyweights to the show.
The 2010 Grand Pavois Boat Show closed it’s doors yesterday with a 3% increase in the number of visitors.
ACA Marine launches their new facility located on the west coast of France. The new yard is easily accessible for the whole of Europe.
Perini Navi sailing yacht C.2173 arrives in Viareggio. The 50 metre ketch was designed by Perini Navi in collaboration with Ron Holland design and is scheduled for delivery in 2012.
The superyacht consulting agency Alpha Marine Consultancy (AMC) has joined forces with RINA the international classification society. The move will be announced this at the forthcoming Monaco Yacht Show from Wednesday 22nd – Saturday 25th September 2010.
The PSP Southampton Boat Show has closed after 10 successful days. The PSP Southampton Boat Show is the UK’s leading outdoor boat show and this year reporting strong attendance. Over 10 days the Show attracted 122,106 visitors, just ahead of last year.
Volvo Ocean Race has opened its new Race Control, a high-tech hub inspired by the NASA control centre, which will be the nerve-centre of the Volvo Ocean Race next year. It is the most advanced race control room ever built for a yacht race and is located in Alicante, Spain.
Veritais talks about the important changes in the market of high-end entertainment systems for luxury yachts.
Thousands of people gathered in London’s famous Leicester Square for the UK premiere of The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud, a romantic drama in which Charlie (played by Hollywood star Zac Efron) falls in love with young solo sailor Tess Carroll (Amanda Crew) just days before she is due to leave for a round the world yacht race. Producers chose to base the race on the VELUX 5 OCEANS because of its reputation as one of the toughest challenges known to man.
The World Yacht Racing Forum (WYRF) has announced the conference schedule and topics for the third edition of the Forum which will take place in Estoril, Portugal from 14-15 December 2010.
Imtech N.V, a technical services provider in Europe and on the global marine market is acquiring the maritime technical service provider Elkon, a technologically advanced company in Turkey with an excellent reputation and network in the Turkish maritime industry.
Global Ocean Security Technologies (GOST) has introduced GOST Immobilizer, a start up prevention system for single-engine outboard boats, superyacht and yacht tenders, RIBs and PWCs.