New products from AkzoNobel
AMSTERDAM – Dutch paints and coatings giant AkzoNobel's Awlgrip brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary by introducing Awlcraft 3000, a top coat with improved...
155-year-old shipyard dips a toe into yacht building, delivers 77ft hull
DORDRECHT – Family-owned Shipyard J. Schlieker & Sons has been active in Dutch shipbuilding since 1868. By now, the company has built well over...
Superlauwersmeer named European Boat of the Year
DUESSELDORF – At Boat Duesseldorf, the world’s biggest indoor boating and water sports event – the Dutch entry Superlauwersmeer won first place with its...
After Europe, AkzoNobel now uses 100% renewable electricity in N. America
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch paints and coatings multinational AkzoNobel says all of its North America locations are now operating on 100% renewable electricity, a...
Vetus launches propulsion systems for small boats
DUESSELSDORF – Dutch boat systems maker Vetus used Boot Duesseldorf to unveil a range of low-maintenance electric propulsion systems for small boats. The three systems...
A 16th century London taxi boat inspires a Dutch yard
ZAANDAM - In Elizabethan times, oarsmen plied the waters of the Thames in “wherries” – boats that today, 400 years later, inspire a father-daughters...
In 2022 KNRM rescued 4.000+ people and upgraded its fleet
IJMUIDEN – Lifeboats of the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Service responded to 2,524 calls for help in 2022, 10% more than in the previous...
Boot Duesseldorf returns, full throttle
DUESSELDORF - It's like old times again: the new northern hemisphere boating season kicks off at Boot Düsseldorf. Scores of thousands of visitors will...
KM Yachtbuilders expands, adds new painting halls
MAKKUM - KM Yachtbuilders, a specialist in aluminum yacht building, has expanded, adding two painting halls. The new halls will be used to paint...
Royal Huisman’s innovative knack yields an impressive line-up of projects
VOLLENHOVE - Next to the hulking outline of Royal Huisman Project 404 stands a big cylindrical tank full of water, pipes and valves. "With...
