The University of Plymouth’s Marine Institute has announced that construction of a £19m marine building is underway at its UK campus. Due to open in the Spring of 2012, the building will house state-of-the-art research facilities, including the most advanced wave tank and testing equipment in Britain. The groundbreaking project will see the University of Plymouth making real waves in the marine and maritime industry. ... read full story
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Audio Visual Specialist Veritais Ltd appoints new associate
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Veritais, the leading supplier of high‐end audio‐visual systems to the international luxury yacht sector, is to work with Sarah Flavell, formerly of Harris, Grant Associates, to enhance its sales and customer support capability. ... read full story
Transas Marine selects Hatteland Display
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Transas Marine has selected Hatteland Display AS as a supplier of the dedicated hardware for the new generation of the Transas ECDIS system. Hatteland Display will present a product concept based on the state-of-the-art technology and design. ... read full story
Gulf Craft and Marvair Celebrate Successful relationship
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Luxury motor yacht builder Gulf Craft is celebrating its successful working partnership with international air conditioning supplier Marvair, whose Managing Director, Trevor Goldsmith, has been working together with Gulf Craft for the past 20 years. ... read full story
Ferretti Group receives UIM Environmental Award 2011 for Mochi Craft Long Range 23
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Mr. Basile (CEO Ferretti Group) received the UIM Environmental Award during the gala dinner held on February 26 in Principality of Monaco. The International Environmental Award 2011 has been conferred to Long Range 23 of Mochi Craft, a Ferretti Group brand producing fiberglass motoryachts ranging from 13 to 23 meters. ... read full story
Oceantalk opens Australasia’s eyes to Iris Camera Innovations for yachts.
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When it comes to seeing underwater or in the dark, things have suddenly become a lot brighter. The camera technology innovator Iris Innovations from the UK has appointed Oceantalk its authorised distributor for Asia and Australia. The word ‘Iris’ may sound like a part of your eye or a camera lens. In fact it is a major innovator of a complete range of specialist cameras for demanding situations found on motor and sailing yachts. ... read full story
Vripack the Movie
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Since 1961 Vripack evolved itself into a full-service organization, dealing with the entire building process under one roof. By introducing the new company promo movie, Vripack proudly shows you all the steps which take place behind the scenes guiding you through the evolution of a Vripack yacht! ... read full story
4th High Performance Yacht Design Conference in New Zealand
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The dates for the 4th High Performance Yacht Design conference have been confirmed and will run from the 12-14 March 2012. This will take place in Auckland, New Zealand during the Volvo Ocean Race stopover. The boats arrive on 8 March and depart on 18 March. The conference venue will be in the heart of the Viaduct Basin in the purpose built Marine Events centre. ... read full story
Composite Mouldings (CML) expands to new Southampton facility
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Composite Mouldings (CML), a Southampton based boat builder, are moving to a larger factory in Marchwood Industrial Park. The new facility is 0.5miles down the road from their original factory and is a former Maritime Education and Training facility, which once housed a full size simulator mock up of a ships bridge deck. ... read full story