2021 METSTRADE plans for hybrid event
AMSTERDAM – Organizers of the Nov. 16-18 METSTRADE show plan to stage a hybrid event. They expect in-person events to go ahead (already over...
U-Boat Worx lets you dive on reefs, wrecks and rays, in style
BREDA – U-Boat Worx, the Dutch maker of submarines for leisure and professional purposes, has won a 2021 Red Dot Product Design Award for...
Spring into the new boating season with VETUS
SCHIEDAM – In the northern hemisphere, days are lengthening. Time to get boats shipshape. Whether your passion is offshore cruising, day sailing, fishing or...
Fair winds, following seas for Moonen Yachts on an Aussie tide
DEN BOSCH - Moonen Yachts marks its 40th anniversary in 2021, two years after surviving a brief bankruptcy. Ownership shifted from a Mexican steel...
EBI, NGO to host marine litter webinar for boating sector
BRUSSELS - The Brussels-based European Boating Industry lobby and the SeaCleaners environmental NGO of French-Swiss navigator and explorer Yvan Bourgnon, will host a webinar...
Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology puts hybrid in perspective
URK – It is an easy trap. Yacht owners and shipping companies consider electric sailing, lured by the promise of fuel savings, zero-emission and...
High-end Sichterman Yachts expands fleet, enrolls award-winning designer
WORKUM - Sichterman Yachts, a boutique maker of aluminum motor yachts of 15-26m (50-85ft), has enrolled award-winning interior designer Eric Kuster to work on...
Rainbow II’s curious schooner-to-sloop transformation
AMSTERDAM - It’s not really news from Dutch shipyards. Yet, the fate of Rainbow II – the J-Class sailing yacht the late Dutch entrepreneur...
AkzoNobel sponsors Antarctic mission in aid of sustainability strategy
AMSTERDAM - AkzoNobel, the Dutch paints and coatings multinational, is sponsoring an international mission in which a manned oceanographic platform will drift around Antarctica...
METSTRADE Connect: 4,700+ visitors, 1 unique design award
AMSTERDAM – Over 4,700 professionals from 23 countries. A modest gate for a global marine equipment trade show that in normal years attracts well...
