McMurdo & Kannad join Sartech stable

McMurdo & Kannad join Sartech stable

Sartech is now approved to service both the McMurdo and Kannad ranges of EPIRBs, PLBs, AIS MOB devices and SARTs, becoming the only specialist in the world to be an official partner for five major emergency beacon manufacturers. During the last six months Sartech has announced sales and service partnerships with the world’s leading emergency…

New marketing manager at Oceanair

New marketing manager at Oceanair

 Selsey based company Oceanair is pleased to announce that Karis Ward has joined the team in the position of Marketing Manager. Coming from a commercial background in both marketing and sales, Karis brings a wealth of experience from the marine and automotive industries. Karis will be working with all the Oceanair team and their distributor…

Fairline placed in administration

Fairline placed in administration

UK boatbuilder calls in FRP Advisory, the restructuring and insolvency services firm UK powerboat builder Fairline Boats called in the administrators yesterday, just weeks after new owner Wessex Bristol Investments said that significant steps had been made to move the company back towards profitability. Fairline, which has manufacturing facilities in Oundle and Corby in Northamptonshire,…

DAME award win sets up positive METS for Dometic

DAME award win sets up positive METS for Dometic

Dometic celebrated a DAME Design Award for its WAECO CRX refrigerator on the opening morning and maintained a buoyant mood on its stand throughout a successful three-day METS 2015. Launching the versatile CRX fridge with patented removable freezer compartment at this year’s show, Dometic collected the prestigious DAME Award in the ‘interior equipment, furnishing, materials…

Website dedicated to maritime safety featuring all aspects of AIS launches

Website dedicated to maritime safety featuring all aspects of AIS launches

Commercial vessel owners, operators and installers, plus recreational boat owners, can now access comprehensive information, advice and news resource at www.aismandate.com A new website to inform, advise and update mariners about AIS (Automatic Identification System) and the new USCG (United States Coast Guard) AIS mandate has been launched at www.aismandate.com. The comprehensive resource has been…

New Solent live weather data website launched

New Solent live weather data website launched

Supporting safe and efficient use of one of the UK’s busiest waterways Rock Seven, in collaboration with ABP Southampton, Gill and Hydrosphere, has launched a new Solent weather website to support safety and voyage planning for all Solent users, both professional and recreational: http://www.rock7.com/wind. The highly accurate real-time weather data comes from a new weather…

Castle Marinas Ltd announces improved layout for Portsmouth Marina

Castle Marinas Ltd announces improved layout for Portsmouth Marina

Castle Marinas Ltd are delighted to be able to announce the arrival of some new finger pontoons and hence an improved layout at Royal Clarence Marina in Gosport. An extra 18 berths have been created with the installation of nine new finger pontoons replacing some of the alongside berths at Royal Clarence. The berths are suitable for boats of up to 10m LOA. …

New sales manager at Interform Marine

New sales manager at Interform Marine

Interform Marine, the UK specialist in vacuum formed marine mounting solutions, has appointed Mark Tilley as its Marine Sales Manager. Previously General Manager at Mermaid Marine and European Sales Manager at Luhrs Marine, Mark brings with him a wealth of industry experience spanning some 22 years.  Interform Marine is the UK manufacturer of the MarinePod…

Karpaz Gate Marina reports 10 per cent increase in visitors in 2015

Karpaz Gate Marina reports 10 per cent increase in visitors in 2015

5 Gold Anchor-rated marina announces rise in overall numbers using its facilities following its fourth summer season as new Government statistics reveal North Cyprus tourism boom Karpaz Gate Marina in North Cyprus has announced a 10 per cent growth in the total number of people visiting the luxury venue between January and August this year…