LAS VEGAS — Tuesday's Marine Dealer Conference & Expo featured plenty of advice on surviving in the current economy, best practices for a dealership and its service department, a snapshot of the economic landscape, and awards for those who provided exceptional service to the industry.
Read more...More than a dozen builders plan to equip boats with Volvo Penta’s new, more powerful pod-drive system with joystick steering — the IPS800 and IPS900, or “IPS 2,” according to the engine manufacturer.
Read more...Here’s yet another reminder that, regardless of how bad your day is going, someone is always having a worse time.
Read more...Regal Marine of Valdosta, Ga., recently won a Manufacturer of the Year award from the Valdosta-Lowndes County (Ga.) Chamber of Commerce.
Read more...The Environmental Protection Agency received accolades recently from the National Biodiesel Board for reminding the petroleum industry about requirements mandated by the 2009 Renewable Fuel Standards.
Read more...International bluewater sailor and author Hal Roth died this fall after a long illness. He was 81.
Read more...Industry professionals planning to attend the 2009 International Marina & Boatyard Conference have until Nov. 30 to take advantage of the early registration discount.
Read more...The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an electronic version of its Compliance Guide for the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule.
Read more...Neptune Group Yachting of Fort Lauderdale opened a new Latin American division in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Read more...The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water is offering grants up to $4,000 each for community groups to develop projects that address environmental problems on local waterways.
Read more...Marine training council holds a pre-IBEX conference and also sponsors seminar track at show
Big boatbuilder plans to eliminate 1,450 jobs, says it will go beyond that if sales don’t improve
Attendance was down 14 percent, but some say the principal decision-makers were there
Industry views Nov. 4 tax relief referendum as crucial to determining whether lucrative development will stamp out traditional marine uses
YachtWorld expects the concept will make used boats a bigger part of major shows globally
Sales of new boats continued to drop in the second quarter of 2008. The total fiberglass segment, including personal watercraft, fell 29 percent and aluminum sales were off 20.7 percent.
Industry veterans eager for an end to downturn they call the worst ever
Editor’s note: This is where things stood in marine finance in early October. The banking environment, however, was changing on almost a daily basis, and the situation may have changed in the interim.
DowcoLok QRRhino Hide’s Xtreme Fast Repair (XFR) Marine Repair Kit is a fast-setting liquid plastic to anchor, rebuild, bond and repair all kinds of surfaces.
MAS Products has introduced FlexBond 5000, a strong polyurethane adhesive and sealer that sets to the touch in 20 to 40 minutes, according to the company. It also achieves 70 percent of its bond strength in two hours, allowing boats to be put back in the water on the day of the repair.
The Vessel-Retriever from Marine Flotation Products gives marina owners and salvage companies a new way to respond to sunken vessels. Whether the damaged boat is in a slip, on a mooring, or at sea, Vessel-Retriever quickly lifts it out of harm’s way, according to the company.
Company’s feature-rich A Series packs advanced technology into a more compact unit
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