Dutch superyachts cruise into new era
AMSTERDAM – HISWA Holland Yachting Group has folded its tent ending 50 years of promoting the quality of Dutch superyacht builders and their supply...
METSTRADE makes room for start-ups at its 2023 event.
AMSTERDAM – METSTRADE, the annual trade show for the global leisure marine industry, will unveil a Start-Up Pavilion at its 2023 event (Nov. 15-17)....
At age 50, this Dutch-built Dogger Bank trawler still goes strong
Constant has achieved great things in the half-century since she was delivered. She started life as the largest Dogger Bank trawler from the boards...
It’s morning again at Moonen! Yard sells 2nd Martinique in 2020
‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH – In 2019, Moonen Yachts stared bankruptcy in the face. Today, it is the comeback kid of Dutch yacht building that has overcome...
2020: ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’
AMSTERDAM – The global boating sector began 2020 by tanking as the COVID-19 nastiness surged worldwide.
But by late spring, lockdowns and travel curbs ignited...
Fingers go crossed at 2020 Boot Düsseldorf
THE HAGUE - The 2020 Boot Düsseldorf will likely lure some 250,000 visitors. Petros Michelidakis, the show’s director, speaks of packed halls and 200...
AkzoNobel nominates Frenchman as its next CEO
AMSTERDAM – AkzoNobel, the Dutch paints and coatings giant, has asked Frenchman Gregoire Poux-Guillaume to be its next CEO to succeed Thierry Vanlancker, who...
Damen gives Stad Amsterdam ‘green refit’
DEN HELDER - The 76m clipper "Stad Amsterdam" has arrived in this northern Dutch naval port for a refit at Damen Shipyards before undertaking...
As COVID-19 fades, boating lobby asks EU to open wallet wide
BRUSSELS – A day after the European Commission proposed €750 billion in COVID-19 recovery funding, Europe’s boating lobby urged it to provide significant financial...
SuperYacht Times bullish on global market
AMSTERDAM _ Seeing a healthy market, sales of new superyachts worldwide may well average 180 a year “in the next few years,” says SuperYacht...
