Royal-Maritiem turns glass into hard-as-rock yacht building material
IJSSELMUIDEN – Whoever said people in glass houses must not throw stones, never met Robert Nissink. His company, Royal-Maritiem, cuts, grinds, mills, drills, heats...
Special edition for Boat Builder Awards at 2020 Metstrade
AMSTERDAM – The Boat Builders Awards at the 2020 Metstrade Show will be a special, one-off edition to salute the way boat makers coped...
In 25 years, Marine Metals Holland became a global provider
JOURE – There’s still a good pulse in bricks-and-mortar heroes. Take Holland Marine Metals, maker of building kits, metalwork components and marine-grade plates and...
Coatings inspectors ramp up quality in yacht sector
AMSTERDAM – Few aspects of superyachts have absorbed more attention, stoked more conflicts and fattened more lawyers’ salaries than hull paint jobs. For long, there...
2020 DAME Design Awards open for entries
AMSTERDAM – The 30th edition of the DAME Design Awards has opened for entries from exhibitors at the 2020 edition of the METSTRADE Show...
The 2020 Cannes Yachting Festival is on!
CANNES – The 2020 Cannes Yachting Festival will go ahead as planned from Sept. 8-13 – albeit in an “adapted format” – at the...
Yacht design, construction event to stress science-to-practical use link
AMSTERDAM - Organizers of the 2020 HISWA Symposium on Yacht Design and Yacht Construction say the event will stress the link between scientific presentations...
Hull Vane test result puts smile on manufacturer’s face
YERSEKE – The first test of a Hull Vane on an 18.5m (61ft.) aluminum motor yacht has confirmed the performance gains the Dutch maker...
U-Boat Worx leads world’s most fun race to the bottom
BREDA – In only 15 years, U-Boat Worx has become the world’s largest maker of private submarines. To date, it has built some 45...
Hull Vane starts delivering smart wing for recreational yachts
WAGENINGEN – Hull Vane BV has begun marketing its energy-saving underwater transom wing for medium-speed displacement motor vessels of 10 to 20m. Its ‘semi-custom’...
