All International Boat Industry articles in Web Content 2020 – Page 51
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Cyclops Marine appoints French distributor
Cyclops Marine, the UK-based developer of load sensors for sailors, has appointed XPO as its new distributor for France. XPO is a specialist rigging and hardware wholesaler and a major supplier to the performance racing market.
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Dufour sells JJL Catamarans to Croatian charter firm
Italy’s only serial cat producer has been sold to Under the Heavens
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Oslo September Floating Show cancelled but Helsinki to go ahead this week
Norwegian marine trade association Norboat, which organises the annual Oslo Batar I Sjoen floating boat show, has announced the cancellation of this year’s exhibition because of Covid-19 restrictions and rising concern about future infection rates in a country which has so far had a relatively good record of controlling the ...
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First electro-hydrogen production boat to debut at Cannes
Energy Observer Developments will present its hydrogen fuel cell technology integrated with a new 40-foot open boat developed with Hynova Yachts as a dayboat or superyacht launch
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Trump resumes trade war with Canada
It’s Déjà vu for the North American boat industry as US president Donald Trump announces a new 10% tariff on Canadian aluminium, while Canada vows to retaliate
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Interview
IBI interview with Beneteau CEO Jérôme de Metz (trailer)
In the latest installment of the IBI Interview, Ed Slack speaks with Jérôme de Metz, Chariman and CEO of France-based Groupe Beneteau, the global leader in sailboat and multihull production, and second largest boatbuilder worldwide. In this excerpt, De Metz discusses aspects of the company’s new five-year strategic plan which ...
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Bermuda to join countries opening up ownership registers
With ever-greater visibility being given to ownership of company registers in a increasing number of offshore ‘tax haven’ jurisdictions, Bermuda is now committed to joining them by making its register accessible to the public by January 2021.
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Video
IBI speaks with Beneteau CEO Jérôme de Metz
IBI’s Ed Slack speaks with Jérôme de Metz, Chairman and CEO of the world’s second largest boatbuilder and global leader in sailboats, Groupe Beneteau about the company’s new strategic plans which includes a trimmed down brand porfolio, rationalisation of production capacity and further expansion of services and digital capabilities.
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Tohatsu begins deliveries of new MFS75/90/115 outboards
Shipments begin as scheduled in spite of global Covid-19 shutdowns
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New Sunreef superyacht luxury sail catamaran concept
Responding to the growing demand for large superyacht luxury sail catamarans, UK design studio, Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design, has collaborated with Sunreef Yachts to develop a radical 46m (151ft) superyacht concept named the Sunreef MM460 CAT.
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Fire flattens US boat trailer plant
HLT Limited moves production to newly-acquired second location, expects minimal production delays
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Custom Line sells four new yachts in one month
Custom Line, part of Italy’s Ferretti Group, has announced the sale of four new yachts in July alone – a Custom Line Navetta 42, a Custom Line Navetta 37, a Custom Line Navetta 33 (displacement line) and a Custom Line 120’ (planing line).
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Cannes Yachting Festival gets ‘Safe & Clean’ label
The Cannes Yachting Festival will be the first boat show on an international scale to reopen in the post-lockdown period with almost 400 boats presented ranging from 3m-43m.
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Legal dispute over loss of £25m superyacht involves Peters & May
My Song fell off ship while en-route from Antigua to Genoa
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GetMyBoat sees quadruple-digit growth in demand
GetMyBoat, the mobile app that connects people who want to boat with private or charter rentals, is reporting record demand and growth this summer that it says was reached organically.
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Yamaha announces first six months results; marine sales down 16.3%
Net sales for Yamaha Motor Co Ltd’s consolidated accounting period for the first six months of the 2020 fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 were ¥685.5bn (a decrease of ¥170.4bn or 19.9% compared with the same period the previous fiscal year). Operating income was ¥19.1bn (a decrease of ¥49.9bn or ...
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Garmin inks supply deal with Avalon and Tahoe Boats
Garmin International Inc announced early this week that it has completed an exclusive supply agreement with Michigan, US-based Avalon and Tahoe Manufacturing Inc.
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Calibre names new business development leader
Calibre Inc, a premier paint finishing and supply chain solutions specialist in the US, has named Fred Kolacki to the position of new business development leader.
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New 34m sail training schooner launches in Bangkok
Vela will undertake global cruises to educate trainee sailors
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Antalya celebrates 20 years of yacht construction
Turkey’s leading yacht-building centre has built 460 yachts valued at $1.2bn over two decades