More M&A News – Page 41

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    MarineMax completes Sail & Ski acquisition

    2019-04-18T15:01:00Z

    MarineMax is expanding in Texas, completing the acquisition of Sail & Ski Center, which has three locations in two of the states fastest growing markets of Austin and San Antonio.

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    Correct Craft buys Parker Boats

    2019-04-18T13:41:00Z

    Correct Craft is expanding again, this time, with the purchase of North Carolina-based Parker Boats.

  • Cape Charles Yacht Center
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    Cape Charles Yacht Center sold

    2019-04-02T14:54:00Z

    Front Street Shipyard of Belfast, Maine, has purchased the Cape Charles Yacht Center in Virginia, with an eye toward expansion and creating a premiere superyacht refit and service facility.

  • Kongsberg Maritime's offices in Norway
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    Kongsberg completes acquisition of Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine division

    2019-04-01T15:21:00Z

    Around nine months after it announced the sale of its Commercial Marine division, Rolls-Royce (RR) has today completed the £500m or so transaction to the Norwegian Kongsberg Group ASA. The division includes the links which RR had with the superyacht market including vessel and system design capabilities related to propulsion ...

  • Correct Craft CSO Sean Marrero; John Bolton, Velvet Drive VP of Operations; Correct Craft executive VP:chief of staff Angela Pilkington; Mark McKinney, Pleasurecraft Engine Group president
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    Correct Craft acquires Velvet Drive

    2019-04-01T14:13:00Z

    Correct Craft has announced the acquisition of Velvet Drive Transmissions, a vendor to the boat and engine builder for the past 40 years. Velvet drive will be “vertically integrated into Correct Craft’s Pleasurecraft Engine Group,” according to a company news release.

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    Flagstaff Marine acquires Australian brokerage

    2019-03-26T14:42:00Z

    Australia’s Flagstaff Marine (formerly Visail Sydney) has acquired The Yacht Brokerage (TYBQ) in Queensland for an undisclosed sum. TYB was formed over four years ago and has since grown into one of Australia’s leading brokerage houses.

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    Inmarsat accepts £2.6bn takeover offer

    2019-03-26T11:08:00Z

    Following the announcement late last week that mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat Plc had received a takeover approach, it has now been accepted.

  • FERRETTI GROUP FLEET 2018
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    Ferretti to go public?

    2019-03-25T16:56:00Z

    Italy’s Ferretti Group is said to be preparing for a return to the Milan stock exchange after 15 years in private hands

  • The UK's Appledore Shipyard in Plymouth is an historic site of significant importance to the wider region
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    UK shipyard up for sale

    2019-03-22T13:53:00Z

    Following the announcement last November that Babcock, operator of the UK’s Devonport naval dockyard in Plymouth, was going to close its Appledore Shipyard in North Devon, the facility has now been put on the market.

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    Inmarsat receives US$3bn takeover offer

    2019-03-21T12:42:00Z

    Global satellite communications company Inmarsat Plc has received a new takeover offer from a transatlantic consortium comprising UK private equity firm Apax Partners, US-based Warburg Pincus, and two Canadian pension funds – CPPIB and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund.

  • The 140m Ocean Victory from Fincantieri is the largest yacht to ever visit New Zealand
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    Fincantieri acquires minority stake in Italian shipbuilder

    2019-03-11T15:55:00Z

    The global shipbuilding and Italian state-owned group Fincantieri has acquired a minority stake in the Genova Industrie Navali (GIN) shipbuilding business. The transaction also includes an option for Fincantieri to buy a minority stake in the T Mariotti shipyard, a subsidiary of GIN which has a dedicated yacht-building arm, Mariotti ...

  • Cape Charles Yacht Center
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    Cape Charles Yacht Center sold

    2019-03-08T08:34:00Z

    Cape Charles Yacht Center in the US has been acquired by JB Turner, president and co-owner of Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Maine, and Nicole Jacques, owner of Rhumbline Communications in Belfast, Maine. The new principals intend to expand the Chesapeake Bay shipyard into a premier superyacht refit and service ...

  • News

    V.Group acquires Global Marine Travel

    2019-03-05T11:36:00Z

    V.Group and Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) have switched their agency and marine travel interests between each other. It has not been disclosed if any money has changed hands or whether it is a straight swop of two business activities.

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    Wireless Logic Group acquires M2MBlue of the Netherlands

    2019-03-04T11:30:00Z

    Britain’s fast-expanding Wireless Logic Group has acquired M2MBlue of the Netherlands, a company that combines cellular, satellite and land connections to deliver secure internet services to passengers on superyachts and ocean liners.

  • News

    Carling completes Maretron consolidation

    2019-02-25T11:16:00Z

    Maretron vessel monitoring products are now part of the Carling Technologies portfolio

  • News

    BRP ups its alternative energy game with Alta Motors purchase

    2019-02-22T14:09:00Z

    Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) has purchased select assets of Alta Motors from the parent company Faster Faster Inc as part of what the company calls “long-standing interest in new technologies and alternate energy sources for the powersports industry.”

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    Berthon acquires UK marine firms

    2019-02-19T12:37:00Z

    The Berthon group of companies in the UK has acquired BHG Marine and Willow Marine through its Lymington Marina subsidiary. The move comes not longer after the company acquired Marine IP, producer of the VersaDock mooring system.

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    New owners for US dinghy firm

    2019-02-14T08:00:00Z

    A long-time supplier of dinghies and small outboards to the San Diego, California boating community has been saved from closure with its purchase by South Coast Yachts.

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    BSI acquires Danish propeller firm

    2019-02-11T14:49:00Z

    Danish deck hardware and rigging manufacturer BSI A/S has acquired Hundested Propeller A/S, a Danish supplier of controllable pitch propellers and gearboxes, and tunnel and retractable swing thrusters. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

  • Bradford Marine has grown into a leading yacht repair yard, marina and brokerage firm
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    Bradford Marine sold

    2019-02-05T14:35:00Z

    Fort Lauderdale Yacht Harbor (FLYH) has acquired the boatyard and marina operations of Bradford Marine Fort Lauderdale and Bradford Marine Bahamas.