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METSTRADE organiser RAI Amsterdam has acquired The Superyacht Forum from The Superyacht Group. RAI Amsterdam will assume full responsibility for organising The Superyacht Forum from this year onwards.

A property tycoon has been found guilty of a £3.5m fraud over claims he sold houseboats on a stretch of the river Thames that could not be lived in.

German shipyard YYachts will deliver nine yachts by the middle of 2024, including seven of its Y7 model and two of the Y8.

French boating brand Beneteau has concluded its collaboration with yacht dealership Simpson Marine across the seven Asian countries where they operate.

MDL Marinas’ South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show is offering registered visitors the chance to win prizes worth up to £3,000 when they book their free tickets to the show, which takes place at MDL’s flagship Ocean Village Mar...

Swedish startup Fossil Free Marine has appointed Andreas Wiman as its head of business to government.

The Southampton International Boat Show (SIBS) is proud to announce some exciting new changes for its 2024 edition, with a new entrance location and a revamped marina layout. Set against the backdrop of Mayflower Park, this year’s event prom...

Earlier this year Vilamoura  announced the construction of a new marina at the development on the Algarve coast, which will be called Nova Marina.

Clean Harbours Partnership advocates aluminium should replace zinc anodes as industry standard.

Walcon Marine has completed a life-extension project on a Harbour Master’s jetty on one of the busiest and most popular recreational harbours in the UK, the River Hamble on Southampton Water. The River Hamble Harbour Authority is responsible...

Suzuki, Rigiflex and Extreme Trailers once again joined forces to provide a club safety boat package as a prize for the ‘Community Club’ category of the RYA Cub of the Year awards, which were presented at the recent RYA Dinghy & Wa...

New Zealand’s ‘Black Foils’ – driven by Peter Burling – have claimed victory in front of a hometown crowd at the second annual New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Christchurch. The win came after Tom Slingsby and his Aust...

UK yacht manufacturer Princess Yachts has revealed details of the new Princess F58 at the Palm Beach International Boat Show, which concluded on 24 March 2024 in Florida.

The Clean Harbours Partnership (CHP) — a UK-based partnership raising awareness of harbour pollution — has urged boaters and major boat manufacturers to replace zinc anodes with aluminium as standard to reduce environmental damage....

Yacht management companies Fairport Yacht Support and SYM are uniting under the new name Fairport Global, after a merger.

Rigid inflatable boat (RIB) manufacturer Highfield Boats has appointed Tyler Moseman as its marketing manager in the US. Prior to joining the Highfield Boats USA team, Moseman served as marketing manager for Boats By George, a boat dealership in ...

USHarbors.com, a popular online resource for tides, weather, and coastal data in the US, has announced that co-founder Jamie Bloomquist has acquired full ownership of the company.

Organisers of the upcoming 2024 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) have confirmed almost 100 launches from some of the premier marine lifestyle brands in Australia and abroad.

New Zealand has reigned victorious at their home event after a weekend of delays, drama and dolphins. Emirates GBR finished the event in seventh place, but it would have been fifth had they not been handed penalty points for a collision with Spain...