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Lippert Components Inc, the US-based manufacturer of marine components and equipment, has appointed Matthew Johnston as managing director for Lippert Marine Group Europe.

The Poole Regatta committee has confirmed Poole Sailability as its 2022 charity partner.

Brisbane-based Rivergate Marina and Shipyard has been granted approval for a AU$200m expansion of its marina, expected to boost the local economy by nearly AU$1bn each year.

Having already created an award-winning range of Oxford MINT cleaning and maintenance products for motorcycles and bicycles, the company has spent the last two years developing a new range specifically for the marine market.

Digital Yacht have been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for International Trade.

The Maldivian surf charter boat, Blue Star has sunk in the Maldives, with a group of French surfers aboard.

Brunswick Corporation has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire a portfolio of marine assets in the Southeast United States.

The first edition of the London Luxury Afloat boat show got underway yesterday at London’s St. Katharine Docks.

Silent-Yachts has unveiled its 24-metre, full-aluminium hybrid catamaran in collaboration with VisionF Yachts.

Barrus, one of the UK’s leading importers and distributors of engines and engine-powered equipment, has announced the appointment of Mark Hart as sales manager for the Marine Equipment Division.

Former cadets of one of Britain’s leading training ships have launched a sponsorship programme that will see a new stream of merchant marine cadets being trained under the name of their college, HMS Worcester.

Northrop & Johnson has aided in the sale of two Baglietto hulls in just one week.

A sailing programme giving young people a week of funded training aboard a racing yacht is returning to Scotland’s west coast next week.

The countdown to Premier Marinas’ Safety Day has begun!

Liveaboard dive boat Scuba Scene has reportedly been gutted by a fire, which broke out on board off the coast of Egypt.

German-headquartered international supermarket, Lidl, has reportedly reached agreements to charter three vessels and acquire a fourth.

Hella Marine, the high-performance LED vessel lighting specialist, has added two distributors in Europe. Robert Lindemann KG is based in Germany and Forniture Nautiche Italiane (FNI) Srl in Italy.

Propeller technology company, Sharrow Marine, has partnered with Dolby Family Ventures, a technology venture firm dedicated to funding innovation.

The Italian Sea Group has signed a partnership with TWW Yachts, a full-service yacht brokerage company based in Monaco, London and Istanbul.

World Cat Boats, producer of power catamarans, has added the 260CC-X centre console to its model line-up. Planned for release in 2023, the company is already taking pre-production orders.