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Mini Mesh revamp for Great Haywood Marina
Thursday, 18 May 2023Dura Composites says it has replaced decking with GRP at Lakeland Leisure’s Great Haywood Marina. This latest completion marks over 10,000sqm of the company’s Mini Mesh Grating successfully designed, supplied and installed in its long...
World premiere at the Port de Cannes: BMW and TYDE present THE ICON
Wednesday, 17 May 2023The 76th Cannes Film Festival is underway, but one particularly spectacular world premiere on the bill will be experienced in the port area of the southern French town rather than on a cinema screen. This is where the BMW brand and boat make...
Freedom Boat Club Accelerates Australian Expansion Announcing its Presence on the Gold Coast
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Freedom Boat Club has announced the planned opening of its newest Club on Australia’s Gold Coast. Freedom’s third franchise territory in Australia and fifth location in the region will be based at Sanctuary Cove Marin...
May 2023 BoatBid - Catalogue Highlights
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Head over to BoatBid.com to take a look at the auction catalogue and make a bid on one of the entries!
Thames Estuary flood defence work pulled forward because of climate change
Wednesday, 17 May 2023New and improved climate models have illustrated the heightened risk of flooding from a warming climate and rising sea levels. This, says the Environment Agency, is why it needs to raise defences upstream of the Thames Barrier in inner London by ...
Airseas’ Seawing demonstrates traction flight
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Wind propulsion company Airseas says it has completed an important technical milestone in the sea trials of its Seawing, with the successful validation of traction flights on Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ vessel Ville de Bordeaux. Airseas has no...
Seafields to develop stationary aquafarms together with MacroCarbon
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Seafields, the UK-headquartered company that will cultivate and harvest sargassum seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean to remove billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, says it will be collaborating with MacroCarbon, a spin-off of the ...
Ritchie Navigation signs French distributor
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Ritchie Navigation, the world’s oldest and largest manufacturer of magnetic compasses, has signed French VDM-Reya as its newest distributor.
Marine businesses support 2023’s Falmouth Classics
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Three key national and international marine businesses are sponsoring the Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management 2023 Falmouth Classics by presenting valuable prizes for racing, says the organisers.
Benetti launches new mega yacht with owner-designed interiors
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Benetti has launched its new mega yacht, a 67m vessel with interiors designed by the owner. The ‘exteriors’ were designed by Cassetta Yacht Designers.
‘I didn’t know what was going to explode’: watch as RNLI rescues family from blazing boat
Wednesday, 17 May 2023The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) came to the rescue of a dad and his two sons after they had to swim to safety when their boat engine caught fire.
Dee Caffari MBE to host first Crew Welfare round table for UKSA to encourage industry change
Tuesday, 16 May 2023UKSA has announced yachtswoman Dee Caffari MBE as its host for its first Crew Welfare round table during this week’s Mental Health Awareness Week, with a view to effecting positive change for seafarers.
Solent Freeport Board seeks influential business leaders to deliver region’s ambitions
Tuesday, 16 May 2023The Solent Freeport is looking to recruit business leaders to join the Freeport board as non-executive directors and take up key positions as Committee Chairs to help shape the success of the Freeport. One of the new directors will also be appoint...
Reaper Returns to Portsoy Thanks to Glenglassaugh Distillery
Tuesday, 16 May 2023A 19th century Fifie Sailing Herring Drifter and a ‘rare survivor’ of the golden age of sail will make her maiden voyage to return to the ACE Winches Scottish Traditional Boat Festival in Portsoy on 1 and 2 July.
US firms break sanctions to importing illicit ‘blood teak’ from Myanmar
Tuesday, 16 May 2023The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has today named 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup, including several major yacht decking companies.
VIDEO: Diver calls for help after sharing harrowing capsize footage in Red Sea
Tuesday, 16 May 2023Alexander Derhaag, a diver from Belgium, has shared footage of the terrifying moment of his “biggest nightmare”, when the liveaboard boat he was on capsized and almost sank completely in the Gulf of Suez.
Testing of bathing ‘sites’ water begins for 2023
Tuesday, 16 May 2023The bathing water season began yesterday (15 May 2023), with monitoring by the Environment Agency now underway. This means regular testing of water quality at ‘designated bathing sites’.
Stable onboard internet a reality, says Videoworks, with its SD-WAN tech
Tuesday, 16 May 2023The availability and stability of a yacht’s internet connection has become fundamental, says Videoworks. The company, which specialises in yachting audio and video entertainment solutions, says it’s received increasingly specific dema...
VIDEO: Sailing onboard the AC75 Te Rehutai
Tuesday, 16 May 2023The opportunity for a non-professional sailor to ride aboard an AC75 is, undoubtedly, a once-in-a-lifetime experience and something so scarce in sailing to be almost unfathomable. So tight are the America’s Cup testing and training schedules...
Ocean Cleanup set to tackle tonnes of plastic in Indonesia river
Tuesday, 16 May 2023International non-profit project, Ocean Cleanup, has signed a new agreement with government departments to remove tonnes of plastic from the Cisadane River in Indonesia. The company is set to deploy its new Interceptor Original before the end of ...
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