All articles by Bob Greenwood – Page 2
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Yard insight | Vulkan Shipyard: Valencia advancing
Founded in 2007, Spain’s newest and biggest yacht facility is already gaining plenty of refit experience
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Marketplace | Winches and windlasses: Weighing in after the fall
Winch and windlass manufacturers rely more heavily on OEM customers than most equipment makers. So when boatbuilders wound down production with new boat sales dropping by 50 per cent, this equipment group has had to review its business strategies
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Yard visit | Fountaine Pajot: Cruising the downturn
One of the world’s leading catamaran builders has responded positively to the downturn by stepping up model development and investing in high-end lamination technology
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Yard insight | Sunreef, Poland: Big-cat bounce
With two custom cruising cats and a new 46m supercat in the offing Polish builder Sunreef is on an upward expansion curve underpinned by bold investment
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Marketplace | Marine communications: Battle for bandwidth
Demand for high-speed broadband IP connectivity is driving development in maritime communications. Full, high-speed internet connection, voice communication, and high-definition television reception is now available to owners of small cruising boats
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Marketplace | Windows, hatches and doors: Clear leaders
Falls in the numbers of production boats being built around the world have put pressure on marine glazing manufacturers. But ever more resourceful and innovative, glaziers are pushing forward with product development in order to grow their business
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Yard visit | RIBs: Cut out for success
Ribcraft, a UK builder of semi-custom RIBs, is stepping up its investment in production processes to strengthen efficiencies in time for the return of market confidence
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Comment | Stern talk: “Associates in the US and Europe inform me that the state of the market across every yacht category is a complete disaster”
Outsourcing construction is an increasingly important — and lucrative — option for western builders
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Marketplace | Engines: inboards and outboards - The ultimate inboard-outboard?
Caudwell Marine’s Axis Drive made its first trade appearance at METS last November
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Marketplace | Engines: inboards and outboards - Outboard manufacturers ride out the storm
Despite market contraction, most of the big players continue to launch new models
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Marketplace | Engines: inboards and outboards - Every good boat deserves favour
While the global boating market, just like most other markets for consumer products these days, is distinctly off song, marine engine manufacturers continue to develop new products that enable boatbuilders to add value — even as both parties cut back production Includes A - Z company profiles
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Feature | JMV: Normany conquest
When it comes to high-end carbon epoxy composite structures, JMV of Cherbourg, in Normandy, France, have been leading the way.
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Yard visit | Hanse Yachts: East goes west
HanseYachts has emerged from the communist bloc to become the world’s third biggest production sail boat builder. bob greenwood reports on the German yard’s rebirth and its highly efficient production lines.
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Yard insight | CMN France: Navy disciplines
The move into yachts from commercial work has often proved difficult. Now CMN in cherbourg believes it has learned the right lessons from its military experience
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Marketplace | Boat interior: Inside the shell
With new propulsion systems such as Volvo Penta’s IPS pod drive, growing numbers of boats now have more living space. That’s just one of many challenges, and opportunities, that boat interior designers, builders, and furniture and fittings specialists are now dealing with
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Design and Innovation | Smooth operator
German engineering firm Voith’s propellers have been a mercantile staple for years. Newly developed for use as stabilisers, the superyacht industry is intrigued
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BUSINESS REPORT | SPAIN: Astondoa rescues faeton from insolvency
One of the earliest indications that the economic downturn in Spain was having an impact on some of the major players within the Spanish leisure marine sector was the shock announcement earlier this year that Faeton, one of the country’s leading motoryacht producers with an annual turnover of around 119m, ...
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BUSINESS REPORT | SPAIN: Marine equipment companies a-z
With their strong dependence on OEM business in their home market, Spanish marine equipment companies have seen their businesses suffer from the recent decline in the fortunes of their compatriot boatbuilders. Some have been able to compensate with aftermarket sales which have so far remained firmer; others have developed their ...
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BUSINESS REPORT | SPAIN: Boating downturn reigns in Spain
As fears of a recession loom, the majority of Spanish shipyards are struggling to adjust to a new environment — by shedding jobs and significantly scaling back on production
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Backlog | Steve Coultate: Staying ahead of the market downturn
Sealine, the smallest of the UK’s ‘big four’ production powercruiser builders, was the first to announce cutbacks when the global credit crisis started to hit the boating industry worldwide. MD Steve Coultate tells bob greenwood about his strategy for getting through the economic storm.
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