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August Race and Ribcraft Middle East confirm partnership

Marine maintenance brand August Race has announced that its products will soon be widely available to both retail and trade customers in the United Arab Emirates supplied by Ribcraft Middle East (ME). Having used August Race products to maintain its own vessels for a number of years, Ribcraft ME will now be offering the well-known […]

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Maritime, Commercial & Defence

Edge and Fincantieri formalise Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilding JV

Edge, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, and Fincantieri, one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world, have signed an agreement formalising the launch of Maestral an Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilding joint venture (JV) between both companies. The JV, which was first announced in February of this year, will capitalise on […]

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Leisure Marine

Futuristic UAE-based Mirarri yacht to be built by ‘flying’ Foiler group, Enata

Enata Marine — a division of the Enata Group, a manufacturing group headquartered in the United Arab Emirates — has struck a deal with Mirarri, a new yacht brand from the UAE. The Enata shipyard, known for the ‘flying’ Foiler yacht, will construct the yachts for Mirarri, a new luxury yacht brand led by Rashed […]

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Sunreef Yachts appoints New Zealand distributor

Marine dealer Ray White Marine group has been appointed as Sunreef Yachts’ exclusive distributor in New Zealand. Ray White Marine has a strong history of Sunreef Yachts sales with multiple vessels already based in New Zealand and Australia as well as the cutting-edge 60 Sunreef Power Eco announced to be sold by the group recently. […]

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Leisure Marine Video

Video: Dubai marina caught in severe flooding

Dubai has been left reeling after the equivalent of a year and a half’s worth of rain fell in just a few hours. There have so far been 20 deaths in the UAE and neighbouring Oman as a result of the flooding. The arid city-state Dubai — the largest city in the UAE — has […]

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Leisure Marine

Twin Vee PowerCats expands to Middle East

Florida boatbuilder Twin Vee PowerCats has appointed Maz Boats as its exclusive dealer for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar. This new partnership marks the first time in its nearly thirty-year history that Twin Vee products will be sold in the Middle East. Maz […]

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Superyacht

The Italian Sea Group appoints Middle East representative

The Italian Sea Group has partnered with BehneMar Yachting Consultancy, a Dubai-based yachting consultancy, as its sales agent in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The collaboration was announced shortly after the 30th edition of the Dubai International Boat Show 2024, which concluded on 3 March 2024. The Italian Sea Group says the […]

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Leisure Marine

Mercury Racing introduces 60 APX outboard

Mercury Racing has introduced the 60 APX outboard motor as the latest addition to its range of Apex pure competition outboards designed for closed-course circuit racing. The 60 APX was revealed at the Dubai International Boat Show at Dubai Harbour, United Arab Emirates. “Mercury Racing is excited to support the sustainable future of circuit competition […]

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Gulf Craft establishes Gulf Craft Group at Dubai Boat Show

Gulf Craft has used the first day of the 2024 Dubai International Boat Show to launch the Gulf Craft Group, a new umbrella group that integrates the company’s brands, shipyard and services. The formation of the Gulf Craft Group, announced this morning during a press conference at the Dubai Boat Show, which runs from 28 […]

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First halls at Sunreef’s Middle East shipyard operational

Sunreef Yachts is gearing up for the grand opening of its new shipyard in the UAE, with the first manufacturing halls at Ras Al Khaimah now operational. The firm, which has a manufacturing hub in Poland, says the first manufacturing halls in the city of Ras Al Khaimah are equipped with the latest robotics. The […]

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Dockmate expands distribution to Middle East

Dockmate, manufacturer of advanced wireless remote control systems for yachts, has expanded its dealer network to the Middle East region through its new distribution partner based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kadir Duman, who started Dockmate Middle East at the end of 2022, has worked with Dockmate’s Turkish distributor, AC-DC Marine and its owner Yunus […]