Ocean Safety, specialists in the worldwide supply, distribution, service and hire of marine safety equipment, has appointed Roger Baker to the role of Superyacht Sales Manager. Roger, who is fluent in five languages, heads the new sector created by Ocean Safety to advise, plan and select safety inventories for superyachts on a worldwide basis, as…
Land grab at sea – the aggressive territorial expansion of nations like Russia and China into the ocean – presents one of the greatest threats to world trade and peace in the 21st century, an audience has heard at the Britain and the Sea conference. The conference, organised by the Maritime Foundation in cooperation with…
43,455 full time equivalent jobs £4 bn Gross Value Added a year £1 bn new investment planned 23.4 m tourist visits 10 m walks and bike rides +5,000 regular rowers As London International Shipping Week starts (Monday, 7 September), new Port of London Authority (PLA) data shows the tidal Thames is thriving, both economically, with…
MDL today announces that Lesley Robinson has been appointed as Managing Director and will join the business in early November. Lesley is an experienced business leader with a strong commercial, customer focused and financial background. She has operated at director level in the Leisure, FMCG, media and technology sectors both internationally and in the UK. She will be joining MDL from…
Nautor’s Swan is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Holm as Customer Care Director. Robert joined Nautor’s Swan just over one year ago as a Project Manager for the Finnish yacht brand. A native of Finland, Robert has been working in the marine business for over a decade and has a sound understanding of…
Boats.co.uk has expanded its product offering after forming a collaborative partnership with Jeanneau sailboat distributor, Sea Ventures. With immediate effect, Boats.co.uk has become a retailer on behalf of Sea Ventures for the extensive Jeanneau range of sailing yachts from its prestigious Salterns Marina location in Poole, covering the coastline from Poole to Weymouth. Brett Sawyer…
JL Audio UK has appointed the Dorset based Saltwater Stone to handle a full programme of design and communications for this European distributor of the USA’s largest manufacturer of audio systems for the marine industry. Saltwater Stone is a collaborative partnership between two leading companies specialising in the marine industry; Saltwater Communications in Public Relations…
Boats.co.uk formally opened its Poole office and Princess Poole operation this weekend showing the superb Princess 72 and V39 alongside a number of other yachts and Williams tenders which the company will offer from its prestige premises at Salterns Marina. Boat owners and residents from the Poole area were invited to meet the team and…
There is a new home for the annual Seawork International, Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition and conference, which has been running this week in Southampton. Associated British Ports has hosted Seawork since the first edition in 1998 at the QEII Terminal. Since 2000, the exhibition has been held in and around the Fruit…
Exhibitors from all over the south coast will be showcasing their products and innovations at next week’s commercial marine exhibition and conference, Seawork International 2015. Opening on Tuesday, with over 600 global exhibitors, an impressive 184 organisations will be attending from the UK South Coast. Although renown as Europe’s leading commercial marine and workboat exhibition…
