AIM Marine Group

Formerly executive editor, Cort replaces longtime editor-in-chief Peter Nielsen.

Jeff Moser will replace Michael Verdon.

Fourteen companies were named in the magazine’s 2020 Pittman Innovation Awards.

Eleven boats took awards this year in 10 categories.

The promotion is part of a plan to extend AIM Marine Group’s digital services.

The awards were presented at a dinner in New York City on Oct. 31.

The list of 14 companies included large, established firms and small startups.

The event, held at the Tampa Museum of Art, attracted about 280 industry stalwarts.

The magazine’s Monday evening celebration included more than 300 executives from different industry sectors.

Entries to Sounding Trade Only’s Most Innovative Marine Company Awards and the IBEX Innovation Awards will close this week.

Most of the entry fees will support ABYC’s industrywide workforce initiatives.

Former Torqeedo president Marcia Kull and SeaStar vice president Thomas Douglass will help judge the Top 10 Most Innovative Marine Companies awards.

The show will focus on the fishing culture in Key West.

The awards will recognize forward-thinking companies transforming the marine industry.

The show will include fishing expeditions to the Caribbean, Baja California and Gulf of Mexico.

STO’s Top 10 Most Innovative Marine Companies awards recognize innovative business practices by firms of all sizes.

The marine industry consistently honors products and people. The industry, however, has not recognized forward-thinking companies that are moving the industry in new directions. Soundings Trade Only’s mission is to reflect, inform and inspire.

The June anniversary issue looks back at North America’s marine industry over the last four decades, the economic trends, companies, leaders, families as well as international brands, boats and people that have impacted and pushed the boating business forward.

The monthly Pulse Report says dealer sentiment on current conditions declined last month from March.

STO’s editorial staff will interview industry leaders via livestream video from a central “Solutions Stage” during the event.