All International Boat Industry articles in Web Content 2020 – Page 9
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Brussels show to be held in the Expo Centre
As reported earlier, next February’s Belgian Boat Show in Ghent has been cancelled due to a lack of support and the financial difficulties of the events company which had only relatively recently taken over its management. In response, an initiative has been announced to organise a new show in the ...
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Robertson & Caine MD to step down
Robertson & Caine’s Peter Giliam will be stepping down as MD in April next year due to personal reasons, the company announced on Thursday. Giliam, the MD for the past three years, will be replaced by Theo Loock, who will join the company next year in January for a handover ...
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Russian government to make Lake Onega new centre for boating
The Russian government plans to make Lake Onega in the northwestern part of European Russia, and the second largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga, a new centre of yachting and sailing sport in the country.
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Workforce dispute at Beneteau quickly resolved
Last Tuesday morning workers walked out of the Beneteau factory in Challans, in Vendée on the French Atlantic coast, though the dispute lasted less than 24 hours. In early September, Beneteau announced its plans to address the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, launching job protection plans (PSE) and the closure ...
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Petros Michelidakis, project director boot Düsseldorf, talks to IBI’s Nick Hopkinson about the decision to postpone the show and what we can expect from boot 2021
The world’s biggest boat show has been postponed to April
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Benetti launches two new models, expanding new product delivery
Benetti’s revamped Motopanfilo from its semi-custom Class series In a virtual press conference earlier today, Benetti provided an overview of its new product plans going forward and enhanced this already sizeable programme with the launch of two new models. The latter involves a revamp and relaunch of ...
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Positive EU-US vibes raise hopes for removal of boat tariffs
Partners in the trans-Atlantic boat business are becoming increasingly hopeful that a renewed era of cooperation between the US and Europe will lead to an easing of trade tensions and tarrifs – particularly those imposed on the import of American-built boats into the EU. But second-stage tariff increases loom if ...
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Winnebago updates corporate branding to unify growing portfolio
Winnebago Industries, with iconic brands like its namesake recreational vehicles and Chris-Craft Boats, is introducing what it calls a refreshed corporate enterprise brand to unify its growing portfolio of premium outdoor lifestyle products.
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Italian PE firm buys majority share in Cantiere del Pardo
Wise Equity acquires 60% stake in the Italian yacht-builder
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Lalizas launches Hydrostatic Release Unit for life rafts
Lalizas, the Greek manufacturer and distributor of marine safety equipment, has launched a Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU) that is suitable for life rafts of all shapes and sizes.
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2021 Boot Holland cancelled
The organisers of Boot Holland, WTC Expo, which was due to be held in Leeuwarden in February next year, have taken the decision to cancel the show and to reschedule it for February 2022.
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Shoremaster/HydroHoist acquires Neptune Boat Lifts
Shoremaster/HydroHoist in the US has acquired Neptune Boat Lifts Inc, the premier saltwater boat lift brand based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for an undisclosed sum.
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Gruppo Fipa expands Maiora 30 superyacht series
Gruppo Fipa, Italian builder of the Maiora, AB Yachts and Cbi Navi brands, has announced the launch of its new Maiora 30 Convertible superyacht model. Along with the AB 80 and Maiora 30 Walkaround, the group has introduced three new models this year.
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Derecktor Shipyards’ Fort Pierce project advances with ground-breaking ceremony
Breaking ground at Derecktor Fort Pierce The multimillion-dollar investment being made by Derecktor Shipyards to transform the 100-year-old port of Fort Pierce in Florida into a state-of-the-art superyacht refit and repair yard has recently moved forward with a ground-breaking ceremony. After a lengthy permitting and review process, ...
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Boston Whaler extends Dauntless line
The Dauntless 220 and 250 (pictured) feature an 18-degree deadrise and a full-beam aft casting platform Among a cadre of Americans of a certain age, the word “boat” conjures images of the Boston Whaler Dauntless, often the first vessel a young boater would skipper. Building on that ...
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Besenzoni presents new range of electric gangways
Italian marine equipment and accessories manufacturer Besenzoni has launched LaPasserella – an electric gangway that is said to be lighter, more efficient, quieter and more environmentally friendly than traditional hydraulically-powered versions.
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Rolls-Royce buys UK supplier of ship control systems
Rolls-Royce has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts. Representatives of Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems business unit and the company’s previous owner, India-based Larsen & Toubro, signed the contracts on 1 December. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Italian yacht-builder opens Australian office
Italy’s Cantiere delle Marche (CdM) has announced the opening of a new Australian office.
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OneWater to acquire Tom George Yacht Group
US-based OneWater Marine and the Tom George Yacht Group (TGYG) should close on a deal before the end of the year for the former to acquire the latter. The acquisition will expand OneWater’s presence on the Florida Gulf coast along with yacht brokerage service and the number of boat brands ...