Dubai International Boat Show, the region’s largest and longest running leisure marine event, was awarded ‘Best Consumer Event’ by a distinguished panel of key industry professionals at the recent Middle East Event Awards, held on 1st June 2011 in Dubai. This highly coveted award is one of a string of accolades given to the Dubai... ... read full story
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Oceanair holds technical seminar for Florida Dealers in USA
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Leading marine blind and shading specialists, Oceanair, has recently held a series of seminars and presentations to enhance both the product and technical knowledge of their new Florida dealers. Immersing the new dealers into the world of Oceanair, the seminar topics covered all of Oceanair’s products from powered blind systems to re-fit solutions. The aim... ... read full story
Abu Dhabi building “Destination Village” for Volvo Ocean Race
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A specially designed “Destination Village” is being built on the Abu Dhabi Corniche breakwater to host the Volvo Ocean Race fleet and its fans this New Year. Infrastructure work is due for completion this September. Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), the company appointed to develop the 55,000m2 site, will dredge a section of the Corniche lagoon... ... read full story
Amber Composites to build New Manufacturing Plant
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Purpose-Built Facility to Improve Capacity and Capabilities Amber Composites has announced that the company has broken ground on a new building at their production facility in Langley Mill, Derbyshire. The building will be dedicated to the production of composite materials including Amber’s prepreg, surface film, adhesive film and syntactic core and will more than double... ... read full story
Marlow Merrill Stevens: Marlow Yachts buys Merrill Stevens superyacht refit yard
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David Marlow, Chairman of Marlow Yachts and related companies is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of the historical Merrill Stevens north and south yard facilities in their entirety. Now renamed Marlow Merrill Stevens, Merrill Stevens any began operations in 1885 with over 126 years of proud history servicing Commercial, and Military vessels as well as... ... read full story
Marinas 2011: International Marina Industry meeting in Melbourne
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Under the banner of ‘new horizons’ the Marinas 2011 International Conference and Exhibition was opened Monday 20 June by the Victorian Government Minister for Ports Hon Dr Denis Hapthine MP. The Minster welcomed delegates to Melbourne and indicated there are 300,000 recreational boat license holders in Victoria. He emphasized the Victorian Government is very supportive... ... read full story
2011 Export Awards announcement nears
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The Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX) is organizing the 2011 Club Marine Australian Marine Industry Export Awards again this year. Application numbers were impressive this year especially given the challenging times facing exporters. Applications for the 2011 Awards closed on Friday 6 May and show an impressive line of a broad range of Australian... ... read full story
2011 ShowBoats Design Award Finalists
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Having received more than 250 nominations for the second annual ShowBoats Design Awards, Boat International Media’s senior editors were faced with the challenge of reducing this impressive list of entries to a shortlist of outstanding finalists. With such quality and innovation of design found amongst the nominees, this was no easy task. After much consideration,... ... read full story
Transatlantic Race 2011: Perini Navi Sailing Yacht Maltese Falcon largest in fleet
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The extremes of crossing the Atlantic Ocean will be experienced very differently by crews on the longest and shortest yachts competing in the upcoming Transatlantic Race 2011 (TR 2011). This adventure challenge, which aims to add 2,975 nautical miles to its participants’ log books, is co-organized by the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal... ... read full story
New logo for Louis Vuitton Cup revealed
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A new logo has been created to celebrate one of the most enduring relationships in the history of sports. Louis Vuitton has built a very close partnership with the America’s Cup over a period that now approaches 30 years – since the advent of the very first Louis Vuitton Cup, in 1983. Over that time,... ... read full story