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Asia Pacific
Autonomous Boating: Is the leisure marine industry ready for self-driving boats?
New technology enabling fully autonomous navigation has the potential to significantly disrupt the recreational boating industry – not in the distant future, but perhaps within months
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Asia Pacific
China | Profile: Visun Group, a key strategic player in China’s boating development
The real estate and marina developer is a key strategic player in the development of boating and boating culture in mainland China
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Asia Pacific
Road to recovery as China looks to build on boating interest post Covid
The Chinese leisure marine sector is bouncing back post-Covid, as key regions look to build on growing boating interest
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Asia Pacific
China boatbuilders: Latest from Heysea Yacht & Fujian Yihong Yacht
One of mainland China’s major boatbuilding brands is Heysea Yacht, which builds a range of production and full custom motor, sailing cats and superyachts across three brands at its facility in Jiangmen, Guangdong.
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Asia Pacific
Chinese hit full throttle with electric outboard development
IBI reviews the latest developments at China’s key electric outboard and inboard manufacturers
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Asia Pacific
How South Korea established itself as a next gen boating tech leader
South Korea has had a leisure boating sector for less than 20 years, but in that time the budding industry has established itself as a global leader in the development of next-generation boating technology
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Asia Pacific
Autonomous navigation development puts South Korea in driving seat
While South Korea may be a relatively new player in the marine electronics sector, it is rapidly gaining global prominence on the strength of truly eyebrow-raising innovations
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Asia Pacific
South Korea turbocharges marina infrastructure development plans
An initial government commitment to develop four marinas has since blossomed into a much broader strategy to create more than 70 first class facilities in all, catering to everything from fishing vessels to superyachts
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Asia Pacific
South Korea punching above its weight in export markets
A steadily growing presence at international boat shows and industry trade events like IBEX and METSTRADE confirms South Korea’s growing stature as a developing exporter of marine parts and equipment
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Asia Pacific
Grant Dalton OBE, CEO Emirates Team New Zealand
Paul Strzelecki talks exclusively to the veteran sailor Grant Dalton about the next America’s Cup, its impact on the wider industry and why an AC docu-series is on the cards
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Asia Pacific
Will New Zealand escape the party hangover?
Manufacturers increasingly eyeing up export markets as local boom shows sign of coming to an end
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Asia Pacific
Sector Spotlight: Refit & Repair
Despite the exodus of many Russian-owned superyachts from Mediterranean hotspot marinas, refit and repair facilities are thriving, both in the Med and globally as investment continues in both refit yards and marina facilities, from Australia to Istanbul. IBI talks to some of the key players in the market about the ...
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Asia Pacific
Hong Kong market surges as consumers turn to the water
The Hong Kong boating market maintains strong growth with signs of government support and plans for a new boat show
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Asia Pacific
Can Covid unlock China's potential?
Market swings from business customers using boats for entertaining, to private users