marina News

There is nowhere better to be than Gibraltar’s Ocean Village this May. Packed with land- and water-based fun for all, the Festival of the Seas runs from Saturday 14 May to Sunday 22 May and is quite simply unmissable.

Key West Harbour will be at the Taste of Key West on April 18, 2011. Come check out our booth!

On Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 Naples Harbour will host an Easter Brunch at the Upstairs Club, located at 475 North Road in Naples, FL.

Lakshmi Mittal is the wealthiest Indian according to the Forbes list of World Billionaires for 2011. Worth 31.1 billion USD it’s little wonder that he has a megayacht to match and his 80m was spotted in Gibraltar’s Ocean Village marina last week.

It's officially Spring! That means the weather is great and it's time to renew your Summer Social Membership at Key West Harbour. Right now, if you sign up for six months, your seventh month is complimentary.

Naples Harbour has seasonal storage for your convenience. If you have your boat in Southwest Florida and don't want to take it up north for the summer, Naples Harbour has the perfect plan for you.

The long awaited return of SeaFair has come. Sarasota will be the elected city to host the floating fine art venue of Art Sarasota. The 228-foot luxury mega-yacht will return to sea for Art Sarasota, March 25th-28th with a VIP Preview March 24th.

The Taste of Naples Harbour was a success thanks to everyone involved. The Taste of Naples Harbour was held on February 26 and 27, 2011 at Naples Harbour and Jack's River Bar.

Sani luxury Resort in Halkidiki, Greece Celebrates the Annual Sani Gourmet Festival 2011

In 2010 a handful of apartments in Gibraltar’s Ocean Village marina were released back to the market. Seven sold within the first week meanwhile, across a three week period in 2011, a further three properties have been snapped up. Why? Location.

A luxury charter in the Caribbean is a dream holiday for most people and so careful planning and preperation is essential to make it a success. World Marine Guide looks at the yacht charter brokers important role in helping you achieve this.

New ownership brings new life and look to Adventure Yacht Harbor

Chartering your yacht to private charterers not only generates a return on your investment, it keeps the crew motivated and provides an important selling feature. But it pays to choose Charter Marketing experts such as YPI.

The liquidators of Madoff Securities International are selling the fraudster’s superyacht in a bid to recoup a fraction of the victims’ lost money. Currently lying in Gibraltar waters, ‘Bull’ is expected to receive offers over 3mn euros.

In spite of a challenging economy, Staten Island Yacht Sales forges ahead with an array of new marketing tools to deliver greater services to customers; a new website to showcase the company’s innovative and aggressive Diamond Listing Program

The Tullet Prebon London Boat Show opens today, Friday 7th January 2011, at the Excel Exhibition Centre in Londons Docklands. The show will run until the 16th January.

A new Maritime and Marine Innovation Quarter at the former Vosper Thornycroft shipyard site in Woolston, Southampton is set to bring approximately 700 new jobs and renewed prosperity to the city.

€5.7 million has been earmarked to improve the Msida and Ta’ Xbiex marinas in Malta under a contract signed yesterday which saw the marinas transferred to a foundation of yacht owners for a concession for 25 years.

Bimini Bay Resort announced its voluntary participation as the third marina resort in the Bimini Islands to join the Shark-Free Marina Initiative; taking the Bimini Islands one step closer to this marina initiative being Bimini-wide.

Gibraltar’s Ocean Village has won Best High Rise Development Europe and is now in the running for the World’s Best final in November. This gives the resort the chance to become the Best High Rise Development in the World–the ultimate accolade.

Baltimore Marine Center own three marinas in the east coast city of Baltimore & have added their them to World Marine Guide. The USA east coast Marina Guide continues to grow with more marinas being submitted of inclusion into the marina guide.

Part of an endless succession of megayachts choosing Ocean Village marina as a regular port of call, 63 metre Polar Star recently took up temporary residence. Built in 2005, this vessel is available for charter for a modest 450,000 euros a week.

Twin Dolphin Marina located on the Manatee River is offering safe harbor to boat owners in the Gulf States and Panhandle of Florida that are concerned that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could harm their vessels.

Reichel Realty & Investments completed the sale of a $1.30 million loan held by Sun American Bank on The Jib Club, a 30-slip luxury yacht marina in Jupiter, Florida.

The seriously rich have the chance to prurchase a £17 Million luxury super yacht and get a limited edition supercar for free.

Beginner to Intermediate Painters Welcome

Red Frog Beach Marina is the first Panamanian Marina to be added to World Marine Guide. The Panama marina on the Caribban coast offer a superb destination for cruising yachts.

You can now add a marina to anywhere on the Australian coast fo free using World Marine Guide. With over 20 Marinas added in the last few weeks the site is proving very popular.

After adding Queensland Australia to its marina guide World Marine Guide has now added New South Wales as another Australian marina location with Rushcutter marina in Sydney being the first marina

Estimates suggest that over 99% of office space in Gibraltar is either sold or let. The good news is that 253m² of brand new ready-to-move-in commercial space is available within the Leisure Island Business Plaza in Ocean Village.

Extend your sailing season by relocating to a marina in the Cana Islands

Extensive collection available by the glass or bottle, with portion of profit from selected bottles sold donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southwest Florida Affiliate for the next year.

Sani Resort Celebrates Its Fifth Annual Gourmet Festival, a fortnight of fine-dining in Halkidiki 14 - 23 May 2010.

Building on the back of a positive inaugural Show in 2009, the 2010 Gibraltar International Boat Show 8 to 11 April was designed to offer even better value and deliver a more comprehensive programme to satisfy both exhibitors and the visiting public.

Marina Community holds Open House and Boat Displays

Marine Electrical Products signs, as exclusive distributor, Love and Associates to be marketing representative in Southeast.

Women, Wind & Wine Weekend Sailing Instructional Weekend at River Dunes, NC

Lauderdale Marine Center welcomes four top quality marine contractors to its world class, full-service Florida marina and yacht repair facility.

The 100-acre facility has just introduced a state-of-the-art dog wash that shampoos and conditions your pet while treating them for fleas. The 8-minute process, which utilizes warm water and a warm blow dry, is just $8.

Green Boating USA, LLC announce today that SodaBlast Systems, LLC, of Houston, Texas, and their Eco-Friendly Hull Cleaning and Stripping System have agreed to become a Advertiser/Sponsor on the greenboatingusa.com web site.

The Founders of Beacon Wi-Fi announce Triton’s Portal – Your Social Gateway to the Sea, bringing social networking and community collaboration to a new level in the marine market.

NEW FLAG FLYING OVER PORTISHEAD QUAYS MARINA A new flag is to fly over the Portishead Quays Marina following the award of a prestigious national accolade by The Yacht Harbour Association – judging it among the best marinas in the country.

Lauderdale Marine Center has updated and improved its website, now offering a directory of onsite yacht repair contractors and a Florida boat slip reservation form.

Jackson, TN and Daphne, AL, January 2010 -- Green Boating USA, LLC announce today that the Murrenhil Corporation and their 'Rapid Oil Containment Barrier System' have agreed to become a Sponsor/Advertiser on the greenboatingusa.com web site.

Mariu, a 49.9 metre (163.7ft) megayacht, commissioned for and interior designed by Giorgio Armani, has just completed a three-week stay at Gibraltar’s Ocean Village Marina showing the Marina’s commitment to attracting the world’s finest yachts.

The countdown is now on for Gibraltar International Boat Show 2010 scheduled for 8 to 11 April at the multi-million pound Ocean Village marina. Now expanding across two locations, this Boat Show will be even bigger and better than its predecessor.

As part of the project, Zenath to design, install and commission vacuum sewer network system at UAQ Marina

Anchor Marine and Industrial Supply (www.anchormarinehouston.com), the leading US provider of shipping and marine equipment, recently launched their new web site.

Work is now underway at Gibraltar’s Ocean Village extending the berth offering from 225 to 323. Scheduled to complete for winter 2009/10, the expansion will include premium berths of up to 90 metres to cater for the ever-expanding megayacht market.

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