Thursday 4 December 08 - 03:35
 

News in Brief

  • Sunseeker seeks

    Sunseeker, which already employs more than 2,200 staff. has around 260 vacancies to fill on new production lines in Poole and Portland, Dorset. 

  • Gleistein moves

    Gleistein is to service its orders from Bremen. The three UK staff will move office to Unit G31, Atlas Industrial Park, Harbour Road, Rye TN31 7TE. T: 01797 222005. F: 01797 222755. 

  • Towergate Mardon

    Mardon Marine, which became part of Towergate in September 2004, has changed its name to Towergate Mardon. 

  • Penguin's Climma

    Italian manufacturers Veco S.p.A. has appointed Penguin Refrigeration as its sole distributor for Climma Marine Air Conditioning in the UK. 

  • Marine Track sponsors

    MarineTrack is to support Mike Perham on his next adventure to single-handedly sail around the world. 

  • Charles Russell appoints

    Charles Russell LLP, one of the top 50 legal practices in the UK, has appointed Fast Track Sailing as its sports PR agency working initially in the marine industry. 

  • CJR's website

    CJR Propulsion has launched Spanish and French versions of its new website at cjrprop.com 

  • Baltic appoints

    Baltic Lifejackets has appointed Burin YC d.o.o as its new distributor to cover Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. 

  • Trailer website

    TrailerSpareParts.co.uk ensures all spare parts related to trailers can be easily found with the least amount of hassle. 

  • Marlow appoints

    Marlow Ropes has appointed Harken SA as distributor for the South African Market and Barlow Distributors (Australia) as Australian distributor. 

  • Lewmar appoints

    Lewmar has appointed Aage Hempel, based in Taastrup, Denmark as its new Danish distributor. 

  • Fairline appoints

    Fairline Boats has appointed Duna Club Kft. as 'Fairline Budapest', its new dealer for Budapest trading from its Wiking Yacht Club office. 

  • Bushes win

    Racing a Seat Ibiza, brothers Andrew and Simon Bush, directors of C A Clase won Class B11 and the 1st Local Crew Awards in the Rallye Sunseeker 2008. 

  • Ribeye races

    Ribeye is marketing its first production line of Ribeye race replica Thundercats - to promote this, Thomas Montgomery-Swan and Duncan Bradford will be competing with a Ribeye works model during the 2008 race season. 

  • Helsinki attracts

    The 2008 Helsinki International Boat Show indicated strong growth is continuing for Finland's boating sector. According to the Finnish Fair Corporation, the Helsinki boat show attracted more than 89,000 people over 10 days. 

  • Sheets and Networks

    Online marine directory Blue Sheets and sailing social networking site Sailing Networks have teamed up to create a new boating database offering free listings and covering marine businesses in the UK and Europe. 

  • Maxwell joins Vetus

    Vetus Den Ouden has announced that New Zealand-based windlass manufacturer Maxwell Marine has joined the Vetus group of companies with immediate effect. 

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