All articles by Robert Wielaard – Page 31

  • Amsterdam canal boats
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    HISWA: all-electric Amsterdam boating will destroy local sector

    2019-03-07T09:27:00Z

    The City of Amsterdam plans drastic steps to end traffic jams on its historic canals that have led to a 30% rise in nuisance complaints in recent years. The steps include a move to electric-only recreational boating by 2025.

  • AkzoNobel-web
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    AkzoNobel buys back €63.5m of its own shares

    2019-03-06T08:00:00Z

    In the last week of February, AkzoNobel NV, the Netherlands-based maker of paints and performance coatings, has bought back 796,840 of its own ordinary shares.

  • News

    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.

  • Sunseeker-161
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    Icon, Sunseeker partnership gets thumbs up

    2019-03-01T12:37:00Z

    Five months after Britain’s Sunseeker Yachts announced Icon Yachts of the Netherlands will build its 49m flagship in aluminium, the two yards are in good spirits. They say their partnership in building the Sunseeker 161 yields cross-contamination of expertise, and is bound to trigger more joint projects without stopping either ...

  • Moonen Yachts' Brigadoon made its premiere at last year's Monaco Yacht Show
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    Dutch yard targets 30m-50m superyacht market

    2019-02-28T14:36:00Z

    The 2018 sale of its 36.3m Brigadoon, the refit of a 42m yacht earlier this year, the launch of a second 36m yacht in 2020, and new management are all lifting spirits at Dutch shipyard Moonen Yachts.

  • Vanquish
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    Miami show underlines Dutch builder's strong growth

    2019-02-20T10:03:00Z

    In mid-February, Vanquish Yachts of the Netherlands opened a second US office – in Pompano Beach, Florida – then went to the nearby Miami Yacht Show to flaunt its fast-growing and diversifying portfolio of luxury aluminium motor cruisers and yachts.

  • Wally-yacht-[1]
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    Ferretti reports strong demand for newly acquired Wally brand

    2019-02-15T10:19:00Z

    A month after announcing it has acquired the rights to the Wally brand of super-fast sailing and motor yachts, Ferretti Group says it is taking orders for the high-tech craft Luca Bassani founded in 1994.

  • 2016-05-VBH-02[1]
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    Strong refit market drives VBH growth and expansion

    2019-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Riding the coat tails of a buoyant global refit market, Dutch systems integrator Van Berge Henegouwen is reporting rising demand for upgrades of onboard IT networks.

  • Akzo Nobel CEO Thierry Vanlancker
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    AkzoNobel reports mixed 2018; Vows ‘to invest in growth’

    2019-02-14T08:00:00Z

    AkzoNobel NV, the Dutch-based multinational maker of decorative paints and performance coatings, has reported mixed 2018 results due to adverse currency movements, pricier raw materials and lower volumes.

  • MYS 2018
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    EBI: EU must end smorgasbord of boating sector training norms

    2019-02-12T12:33:00Z

    European Boating Industry (EBI), the Brussels-based lobby of the European leisure marine industry, is urging the EU to end the lack across of common rules across Europe on acquiring boating sector skills and vocational training.

  • News

    Dutch America’s Cup entry names MD

    2019-02-08T15:20:00Z

    Eelco Blok, a former CEO of Dutch telecoms provider KPN, has been named managing director of DutchSail, the company behind the Dutch challenger in the 36th America’s Cup in 2021.

  • Feadship's Makkum facility
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    Fat order book leads Feadship to build 166m hall

    2018-12-12T14:41:00Z

    De Vries Scheepsbouw, a founding member of the Feadship alliance of superyacht builders, has started work on a second build hall – 166m long – in the northern Dutch town of Makkum.

  • News

    HISWA Holland Marine, RECRON members OK merger

    2018-12-07T16:57:00Z

    Members of HISWA Holland Marine, the Dutch boating sector lobby, and RECRON, the Netherlands’ leisure industry trade group, have agreed to merge. Representing almost 2,500 companies, the two parties will act as a strategic alliance.

  • Linssen Grand Sturdy 500AC Variotop
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    Linssen turns 70 and sells 11 yachts worth €5.2m

    2018-12-04T09:00:00Z

    Linssen Yachts of the Netherlands says it took orders for 11 yachts worth €5.2m at its annual mid-November in-house boat show, which coincided with the Dutch motoryacht maker’s 70th anniversary.

  • News

    Piet Brouwer wins Dutch SY contract

    2018-11-20T13:08:00Z

    Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology in the Netherlands plans to step up collaboration with Royal Huisman after winning a contract to design and install the complete electro-technical system on the Dutch superyacht builder’s 55m motoryacht project Phi.

  • News

    Key superyacht figures join forces to promote sustainability

    2018-11-16T10:09:00Z

    With sustainability rising on many agendas, key superyacht industry actors have joined forces to promote innovative technologies and conservation techniques in building, repairing, maintaining and refitting yachts.

  • News

    HISWA, Dutch leisure sector lobby to merge

    2018-11-15T12:48:00Z

    In the face of consumers’ changing vacationing patterns, HISWA Holland Marine, the Dutch boating sector lobby and RECON, the Netherlands’ leisure industry trade group, plan to merge.

  • News

    Dutch investment firm acquires Alewijnse

    2018-10-30T14:50:00Z

    Strong Root Capital buys Dutch technical services provider for undisclosed sum

  • News

    Used motorboat sales soar in Netherlands

    2018-10-18T09:00:00Z

    Sales in the Netherlands of pre-owned open cockpit motorboats surged by 40% in the third quarter compared to the same time last year, according to the NBMS brokers federation, a member of HISWA Holland Marine Industry.

  • News

    Dutch superyacht yard to triple refit space, double turnover

    2018-09-28T16:32:00Z

    Balk Shipyard of the Netherlands has announced an ambitious expansion project that will see the 220-year-old company triple its capacity for refits and double its turnover.