Yachting

Last day to visit Griffin Filtration at IBEX!

Griffin Filtration opens its distributorship application for the Americas in IBEX Tampa, Florida USA

Catch the last day to visit Griffin Filtration at the International Boat Builders Exhibition ( IBEX ) in Tampa, Florida USA today (10/4).

Griffin’s stand is in Hall 2, No. 2346. Griffin Filtration opens its distributorship application in the American countries today.

For further details about Griffin Filter, Griffin Fuel Filter Water Separator, our manufacturing facilities of all kinds of filter...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/last-day-to-visit-griffin-filtration-at-ibex/

Maritime NZ message for Safer Boating Week: Old lifejackets can fail

Ahead of New Zealand’s national Safer Boating Week (October 12-19), shipping regulatory agency Maritime NZ advised boaties to always check their lifejackets, because old lifejackets can fail. Manufacturers say lifejackets should be replaced after up to 10 years.

Many boaties’ lifejackets are too old and will not help you float. Seawater and sun are tough on equipment, and wear and tear can shorten your lifejackets’ lifespan to less than 10 years. Worryingly, we know many Kiwi boaties are still...

https://safety4sea.com/maritime-nz-message-for-safer-boating-week-old-lifejackets-can-fail/

Marseille superyacht repair facility

THE PORT OF MARSEILLE FOS AND MONACO MARINE SEAL THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE A MEGA YACHT MAINTENANCE AND REFIT CENTRE IN MARSEILLE

  • On Thursday 20 September 2018, the Port of Marseille Fos and Monaco Marine Marseille officially signed their partnership to create a mega yacht maintenance and refit centre in the Mirabeau harbour sector of the Port of Marseille Fos.
  • For a period of 50 years the Port has granted an area of 55,000m2 dedicated to marine pleasure craft repair to the company Monaco...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/28/marseille-superyacht-repair-facility/

Port of Marseille Fos to accommodate mega yachts maintenance centre

The Port of Marseille Fos had launched a call for projects at the beginning of 2018 to attract proposals and start a general industrial project in the area of the Port known as the Mirabeau harbour. At the end of the process, Monaco Marine was selected, which presented a project for a maintenance and renovation centre dedicated to very large 90 to 133 meter yachts.

Monaco Marine will invest more than €44 million in the maintenance and refit centre project, by ordering and commissioning a...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-marseille-fos-to-accommodate-mega-yachts-maintenance-centre/

French fisheries patrol vessel rescues two yachtsmen

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) coordinated a multi-national search and rescue response after being informed of an injured solo yachtsman Abhilash Tomy. A French fisheries patrol vessel rescued Abhliash Tom, while it also evacuated a second solo yachtsman, Gregor McGuckin, from the SV Hanley Energy Endurance.

Mr. Tomy was participating in the Golden Globe Yacht Race. On Friday, September 21, race organisers notified AMSA that one of the competing yachts had rolled in rough...

https://safety4sea.com/french-fisheries-patrol-vessel-rescues-two-yachtsmen/

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