All articles by Tony Esposito – Page 84
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NewsBrunswick celebrates safety achievements
Brunswick Corp is honouring its employees worldwide with its top safety awards for 2018, recognising 24 facilities for promoting and practicing safety awareness, and ultimately minimising workplace incidents and injuries.
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NewsIdaho County moves to restrict wakeboats, PWCs
It what appears to be growing trend, Valley County, Idaho has become the latest governmental body to propose restrictions on wake boats and personal watercraft (PWC), in some cases, effectively banning their use.
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Acquera Yachting opens three new locations
Acquera Yachting has announced expansion plans to pen three new offices service Monaco, Antibes and St Tropez and has hired Xavier Paris to manage the operations and what the company is calling an “ambitious growth plan.”
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NewsIrwin Jacobs, wife dead in murder/suicide
Irwin Jacobs, the flamboyant former CEO of the now-bankrupt Genmar Holdings, and his wife Alexandra were found shot Wednesday in their Minnesota home in an apparent murder/suicide, according to local media reports.
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Palm Beach show reports strong crowds, sales
The 34th Annual Palm Beach International Boat Show (PBIBS) saw increases in attendees, exhibitors and sales, according to the show organisers.
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NewsMississippi sees boating, marina use down post-hurricane
The number of registered boats and occupied marina slips on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast has dramatically declined since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, despite efforts to reinvigorate the area following the storm.
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Albrecht named Solace president
Edgewater, Florida-based Solace Boats has promoted 22-year marine industry veteran Todd Albrecht to the position of president.
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‘BIG’ program worth US$20m for boating infrastructure
The US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) is awarding some US$20.6m in Boating Infrastructure Grants (BIG) to be distributed to states in support of dedicated boat facilities and associated amenities for recreational boaters, local communities and their economies.
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Derecktor, St Lucie finalise yacht yard at Port of Fort Pierce
It took longer than anticipated, but the Port of Fort Pierce Florida will have a new megayacht repair centre operated by Derecktor Shipyards.
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NewsUS marina gets US$12m facelift following Hurricane Harvey
In just a year after Hurricane Harvey tore through coastal Texas, Cove Harbor Marina announced it would be reopening and expanding operations as Cove Harbor Yacht Club and Boat House Resort, with US$12m in upgrades and plans underway for more.
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NewsCape Charles Yacht Center sold
Front Street Shipyard of Belfast, Maine, has purchased the Cape Charles Yacht Center in Virginia, with an eye toward expansion and creating a premiere superyacht refit and service facility.
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NewsUSMCA shows signs of faltering in US Congress
The deal reached last year with the Trump Administration, Mexico and Canada to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is showing signs of stalling in US Congress, according to The Washington Post.
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NewsCorrect Craft acquires Velvet Drive
Correct Craft has announced the acquisition of Velvet Drive Transmissions, a vendor to the boat and engine builder for the past 40 years. Velvet drive will be “vertically integrated into Correct Craft’s Pleasurecraft Engine Group,” according to a company news release.
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NewsWorkforce development to be addressed in IBEX Super Session
‘Challenges and Solutions for Workforce Development’ will be the subject of a Super Session at the 2019 International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) on 30 September, in advance of the show’s official opening in Tampa, Florida.
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US wholesale shipments remain strong, small outboards falter
PWCs and larger outboards the big winners
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Trade Court rules Trump has authority on steel and aluminium tariffs
Trump administration currently deciding whether to impose tariffs on auto imports
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Maverick Boat’s CEO testifies at US Senate hearing on ‘Blue Economy’
Scott Deal highlights need for an updated and robust infrastructure, a clean and healthy environment and sound fisheries management policy to help grow the recreational boat business
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Australian builder gets new home outside Melbourne
Australian boatbuilder Whittley Marine and its retail division Whittley Victoria Sales have a new home in a purpose-built manufacturing and retail facility located just north of Melbourne.
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Port of Fort Pierce yard deal delayed
St Lucie County, Florida selected Derecktor to lease and operate a megayacht repair centre at the Port of Fort Pierce in November of last year, with negotiations to take no more than three months and a contract signed by 5 March 2019 – a timeline obviously past.
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Harris named Iconic Marine Group COO
Iconic Marine Group (IMG) in the US has tapped company veteran Jeff Harris as the new chief operating officer for the parent company of Baja, Donzi and Fountain boats.
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