All Market Intelligence articles – Page 30
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Marine Electronics
More than meets the eye
Advanced digital control systems bring fingertip handling to a wide range of boats
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Outboard engines
Great things in small packages
Despite advances in portable electric motors, manufacturers of internal combustion portables continue launching new product aimed at capturing further market share
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Outboard engines
Why size matters
Multiple new product launches create a world of wonder in a segment defined by technical innovation and engineering magic
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Outboard engines
Mid-range outboards - The heart of the market
Reaching consumers in the highly competitive mid-range outboard segment requires imagination and a comprehensive product line
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Outboard engines
Despite the rise of electric, ICE still reigns supreme
Internal combustion outboards have been villainised in recent years, but new data suggests that when combined with sustainable fuels the venerable ICE outboard remains the top choice for powering a wide range of vessels
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Paints and Coatings
Insight | Sustainability: Here and now
With growing consumer interest in environmental sustainability, boatbuilders look to future technologies as a means of solidifying their engagement with eco-conscious buyers. But what can the industry do right now to be more sustainable? Quite a bit, it turns out, with a range of green options already available to boatbuilders
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Navigation
Garmin debuts multiple new products in Miami
US electronics giant to debut chartplotters, sonars and radar arrays at world’s biggest boat show
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News
Challenging year for Finnish boating industry
But value of exports rise, says industry association Finnboat
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Propellers
Flexofold expands use of composites with latest prop launch
The Yanmar Group-owned Danish company launched a composite hub three-bladed folding propeller at Boot Düsseldorf this year, expanding the use of this technology to create lighter mass propellers for electric motor drives
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Electrification
Automotive talent takes to the sea for marine AI, electrification
Engineers it seems are increasingly seeing marine as a viable alternative to ply their skills sets
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Electrification
China’s Nio proves its 1,000km-range battery
Company CEO live streams 14-hour road trip - new battery goes into full production in April
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Outboard engines
Volvo provides scholarships for hydrogen ICE research
Whilst the development of electric engines continues to grow apace, there is a school of thought that feels that burning hydrogen in existing internal combustion engine (ICE) technology may be greener. A champion of this approach is the Swedish car maker Volvo
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Green Technologies
LR and Green Marine forge strategic partnership for methanol fuel expertise
New link could have siginificant implications for the superyacht market
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Battery Technologies
Flexible solar panels for boat decks
Solar panels you can walk on could be an industry gamechanger
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Electrification
Autowatch - New Renault EV van is 27% more efficient
An eye on the auto sector reveals what could be hitting the marine sector soon
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Navigation
ChatGPT takes AI into the realm of small business collaboration
Artificial intelligence research lab, OpenAI, commenced the new year by launching a new version of its ChatGPT chatbot designed to enable small to medium size company teams of up to 149 people to harness AI in core operations. Is the world of business about to change?
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News
Bahamas yacht charters down 40%, operators blame VAT
The island nation’s 10% value-added tax on foreign-owned yacht charter contracts is said to be contributing to the decline
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News
2023 Brazilian yacht segment generates R$2bn in 2023
New Bain & Co report says growth driven largely by the Covid pandemic
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Green Technologies
Two recyclable and reconfigurable boats ordered for military-style security duties
Glasgow-based Ultimate Boats has won an order to build two 11.5m for a UK security company. With design input from military veterans, the two boats will have two distinct features.
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Green Technologies
Expedition Zero seeks industry partners
A start-up focussed on ‘zero impact’ adventure yachting is seeking members of the marine industry to help it get established. The company aims to upcycle abandoned sailing yachts (some 24,000 derelicts are in Europe alone) and convert them into electrically propelled expedition yachts that will be easy to recycle at ...