DMS shows Anti-Roll ‘All-in-One’ at 2018 METSTRADE
AMSTERDAM _ Dynamic Marine Systems, the Dutch yacht stabilizing specialist, will launch the next evolution of its Anti-Roll fin system at the 2018 METSTRADE:...
RHMarine weighs smarter, safer superyachts
SCHIEDAM _ To Marcel Vermeulen, autonomous sailing _ i.e. with minimal or no crew _ is a dot on the horizon, approaching fast despite...
Dutch investment firm acquires Alewijnse
NIJMEGEN _ Investment firm Strong Root Capital of the Netherlands has acquired Alewijnse Holding BV, a worldwide technical services provider to superyachts and commercial...
AkzoNobel launches high seas-tested Awlgrip HDT
AMSTERDAM _ AkzoNobel, the Dutch multinational paints and performance coatings maker, has begun marketing AwlGrip HDT, a high-tech clearcoat it has tested on the...
PROFILE: Yacht interiors engineering studio SDSI
NOORDWIJKERHOUT – The idea came to Erik van Dongen in the 1990s when he worked at Hoek Design. “I saw a need to support...
WhisperPower SQ PRO-series targets low-speed generator markets
DRACHTEN _ WhisperPower, the Dutch maker of electrical systems for cars, vessels and other off-grid users _ will introduce a new line of low-speed...
In good times, METSTRADE goes from strength to strength
AMSTERDAM _ The SuperYacht Pavilion at the 2018 METSTRADE Show (Nov. 13-15) will feature a new, 3rd hall that includes a networking area, called...
Salute to Dutch metal-building expertise
MONACO _ It was a bolt from the blue. Sunseeker, Britain’s biggest superyacht maker, said at the 2018 Monaco Yacht Show it has asked Icon...
Motor Boat Sneek: fall event for 400 new, pre-owned yachts
SNEEK _ Over a dozen or so years, the annual Motor Boat Sneek show has grown in numbers and diversity. Its 2018 edition _...
Dutch claw back a sector gone south
MONACO _ Everyone gets into the act. Italy’s Amico & Co., Balk Shipyard of the Netherlands and France’s La Ciotat Shipyards are just 3...
