Boat Building News

Shandong Heavy Buys Luxury Yacht Maker
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Shandong Heavy Buys Yachtmaker Ferretti Shandong Heavy Buys Yachtmaker Ferretti Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg Employees stand underneath a Custom Line 'Navetta 33 Crescendo' yacht inside a warehouse at Ferretti SpA's CRN shipyard in .

Billionaires buying bigger yachts
Ninemsn
The world's super rich have continued to fork out billions of dollars for ever-larger superyachts despite the global economic downturn, according a new survey of the global yacht market. An annual list of the world's largest private yachts compiled by

Miniature dinghies and mighty yachts share the limelight at 2012 boat show
Cornish Guardian
Among them are the Crabber 22 and 26, Mystery yachts 30 and 35 and Shrimper 19. But perhaps the most excitement is being generated by their baby brother. Aimed at the solo leisure or race sailor and available to buy, complete, for less than £5000 for

Crash Test Boat at the London Boat Show
Yachting Monthly Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:14 AM PST
If you've been following our series you'll know exactly what we've put our Crash Test Boat through: she's been blown up, set on fire, dismasted and capsized all in the name of showing you the best way to cope with disasters at sea. 

  Houston Boat Show powers into final weekend at Reliant Park
Greater Houston Weekly Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:56 AM PST
The 2012 Houston International Boat, Sport and Travel Show continues through Jan. 15 at Reliant Park in Houston

  DirectRooms – Boating Fans Arrive in Ghent This February 2012
Emailwire (press release)
Visitors can expect to see the latest products and services from the leading names in the boating industry. On top of all the latest boats and yachts, other items like deck fittings, jetskis, water skiing products will be on display. ...

 Naval Architect
Rigzone Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:28 AM PST
MCDERMOTT is a world-class engineering, fabrication, project management and marine installation contractor. We've been providing services to the global offshore oil & gas industry for more than 50 years.

 Local boat building industry surpasses US $ 100 m mark
Ceylon Daily News
The boat building industry has performed well last year surpassing the US $ 100 million mark for the first time. “We are confident that this trend will continue and improve further this year. The demand for boats both from local and export markets are .

 Marine trade association to discuss Senateâs Ocean Caucus
Barrington Times Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:33 AM PST
The Rhode Island Marine Trades Assoc. (RIMTA) is holding a roundtable discussion of the impact on the marine inudstry of the new U.S. Senate caucus, Oceans Caucus, before the opening of the Providence Boat Show on Friday, Jan. 13.

 Brunswick Corporation: Sea Ray® Wins Best Boat Display at New York Boat Show
Reuters
10, 2012 - Sea Ray Boats, the world's largest manufacturer of superior quality pleasure boats, is pleased to announce that it has won the Best Boat Display award from the 2012 Progressive Insurance New York Boat Show last weekend. ...