All Asia Pacific articles – Page 50
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NewsRoyal Geelong Yacht Club named ‘2020 Club of the Year’
While 2020 will certainly be remembered as the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, for the Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) it will also be a significant year in the club’s 161-year history. Not only has it won the 2020 Club of the Year award in the recent annual Australian Sailing ...
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NewsControversial Malaysian marina project scrapped by state government
Construction at the site was halted in March due to Covid-19 A controversial RM43bn (US$14bn) port project including a yacht marina and cruise terminal promoted as being the largest in the region has been stopped by the state Government of Melaka (English name Malacca). Recent press reports ...
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NewsCyclops Marine expands Down Under
Cyclops Marine, the UK-based developer of load sensors for sailors, has appointed Any Port Marine as its new distributor for Australia.
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NewsPhuket attempts to attract superyachts to Thailand despite Covid-19
A new initiative has been launched by Thailand’s island province of Phuket to secure agreement to allow yachts, superyachts and tourism cruise vessels to visit in an attempt to help the local tourism industry, including the very significant element of marine tourism, to recover.
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NewsFastmount appoints South Korean distributor
Auckland, New Zealand-based panel mount manufacturer Fastmount Panel Mounting Systems has appointed a new full-line distributor in South Korea.
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NewsAustralian ‘Apprentice of the Year’ wins trip to Amsterdam
Jasmine Willoughby, a second year engineering fabrication apprentice from Aus Ships Group in Australia, picked up the inaugural ‘Apprentice of the Year’ award last week as part of the 2020 Australian Marine Industry Awards at Southport Yacht Club in Queensland.
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NewsAustralian Boating Festival draws 20,000
Held instead of the cancelled Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) which was scheduled for May 2020, the inaugural Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival was held over three days last weekend.
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NewsAustralian workboat builder enters leisure market
Dongara Marine is best-known for building workboats and fishing vessels
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News2020 Australian Marine Industry Awards – winners revealed
AIMEX, the Australian International Marine Export Group, announced the winners of the 2020 Australian Marine Industry Awards at Southport Yacht Club in Queensland last night in the run-up to the Sanctuary Cove Boat Festival which opened today.
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NewsSanctuary Cove Boating Festival opens with anticipated busy times ahead
The Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival (SCBF) opened today as a delayed and smaller version of the usual Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) but also as a precursor to the next SCIBS scheduled to be held in May 2021.
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NewsAllsalt Maritime announces expansion in US, Asia
British Columbia, Canada-based Allsalt Maritime Corporation – parent to the Shoxs and Kinetix brands of shock-mitigation seating products – has expanded its global footprint with new sales offices in the US and Singapore.
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NewsTaiwan adds automatic ID requirement for yachts over 12m
Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications will begin this week enforcing amendments to its Regulations Governing the Management of Yachts aimed at improving overall safety of the growing yacht fleet plying the waters of the China Sea. Chief among the changes is a requirement that yacht rental firms and commercial ...
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NewsYamaha first three quarter results, marine down 10.9%
Net sales for Yamaha Motor Company’s consolidated accounting period for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 were ¥1,067.1 billion (a decrease of ¥200.1 billion or -15.8% compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year). Operating income was 56.4 billion yen (a decrease ...
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NewsEcoworks Marine appoints Australian distributor
UK-based Ecoworks Marine has expanded its distribution network by officially appointing One Stop Marine for Australian territories.
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NewsSilent-Yachts reports strong sales in recent months
Silent-Yachts, the Austrian producer of solar-electric catamarans, has reported strong sales in recent months. The company now has 10 solar-electric catamarans in build – one Silent 55, five Silent 60s and four Silent 80s.
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NewsNo stopping Queensland’s superyacht shipyard capacity
Just days after Rivergate Marina & Shipyard announced a $200m expansion, a further two new developments stand to significantly impact on Queensland’s superyacht shipyard capacity. One of these is a new collaboration involving the Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (GCCM) for superyachts up to 120m (394ft) and the takeover ...
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NewsXiamen Boat Show proceeds as physical and virtual event
The Xiamen International Boat Show in China which was originally scheduled to run from November 6th to the 8th at the Wayuan Bay Yacht Port has been rescheduled to the 20th to the 23rd November and will now take the form of acombined physical and virtual show.
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NewsJapan to hold new floating and virtual boat show as market recovers
The Japan Marine Industry Association (JMIA) has decided not to go ahead with its indoor show planned for March in Yokohama but instead will be holding a new style floating and virtual show in April with dates and location still to be determined.
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NewsPropspeed partners with CMP Group Ltd for international distribution
New Zealand-based underwater coatings specialist Propspeed has partnered with CMP Group Ltd for international distribution. Under the terms of the agreement, Propspeed will be distributed by CMP Europe in Italy and Jia Da Specialty Metals, a division of CMP Group, in China.
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NewsBrisbane to boost role as superyacht refit centre with Rivergate Shipyard expansion
Rivergate Marina and Shipyard, one of Australia’s leading superyacht refit and repair facilities, is embarking on a A$200m expansion project that will see some 1,500 marine industry jobs being created. It is estimated that this investment could boost the Queensland economy by A$1bn a year and also create some 500 ...
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