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2022 January February Marina World

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Marina World FROM THE EDITOR HEAD OFFICE MAILING ADDRESS & SUBSCRIPTION ENQUIRIES Loud & Clear Publishing Ltd, School Farm, School Road, Terrington St. John, Cambridgeshire PE14 7SJ, UK Editor Carol Fulford T: +44 (0) 1945 881018 E: carolfulford@marinaworld.co.uk Advertisement/Commercial Director Julia Hallam T: +44 (0) 1621855 890 E: juliahallam@marinaworld.co.uk Administration Manager Corinna Francis T: +44 (0) 1621855 890 E: corinnafrancis@marinaworld.co.uk Finance Manager Magdalena Charman T: +44 (0) 1403 733678 E: accounts@marinaworld.co.uk Advertisement Production Charlotte Niemiec T: +44 (0) 7446 056473 E: adstudio@marinaworld.co.uk NORTH AMERICAN OFFICE Sales Director Americas Philippe Critot PO Box 29759, Los Angeles, CA 90029-0759, USA T: +1 323 660 5459 F: +1 323 660 6030 E: pcritot@marinaworld.com FRENCH OFFICE Publisher’s Representative Catherine Métais T: +33 6 60 17 75 81 E: catherinemetais@marinaworld.com ITALIAN OFFICE Advertisement Representative Ediconsult Internazionale srl piazza Fontane Marose 3, 16123 Genoa, Italy T: +39 010 583 684 F: +39 010 566 578 E: genova@ediconsult.com ASIA PACIFIC OFFICE Publisher’s Representative Suzanna Kovacevic T: +61 438 22 46 09 E: suzanna@marinaworld.com Marina World (ISSN 1471-5856) is published bimonthly by Loud & Clear Publishing Ltd, School Farm, School Road, Terrington St. John, Cambridgeshire PE14 7SJ, United Kingdom. The 2022 US annual subscription price is 0. Airfreight and mailing in the USA by agent named WN Shipping USA, 156-15 146 th Avenue, 2 nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicals postage paid in Jamaica NY 11434. US Postmaster: Please send address changes to MARINA WORLD, WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146 th Avenue, 2 nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Subscription records are maintained at Loud & Clear Publishing Ltd, School Farm, School Road, Terrington St. John, Cambridgeshire PE14 7SJ, United Kingdom. Air Business Ltd is acting as our mailing agent. Marina World is available on subscription at the following cost: 1 year (6 issues) – £80.00 Sterling (0) 2 years (12 issues) – £140.00 Sterling (0) No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of Loud & Clear Publishing Ltd, the copyright owners. Upon application, permission may be freely granted to copy abstracts of articles on condition that a full reference to the source is given. Printed in the UK by Stephens & George Buying and selling Every new year is flush with announcements of buy-outs, and the start of 2022 reinforces this trend significantly. The final quarter of 2021 was evidently a time for concluding a flurry of negotiations that underline the value-driven nature of the marina sector. Brand building continues in the USA with yet more marinas added to the giant Suntex portfolio. Clever acquisitions have added well-positioned Florida marinas – one apiece on the west coast, east coast and Keys – and an inland marina in California on the destination Lake Tahoe. Expansion and improvement are always on the Suntex agenda, where practicable, and Tahoe Keys Marina is envisaged as becoming “a world-class trophy asset” when redeveloped. The purchasing power of Southern Marinas II also reached dizzy heights during 2021 and included several end-of-year announcements. Having sold one marina portfolio (as Southern Marinas), Southern Marinas Holdings II set out to create a second, and amassed a group of ten assets in just seven months last year. In total, the marinas offer over 5,650 slips. Additional news came in from Port 32 Marinas, with its purchase of The Marina at Ortega Landing in Jacksonville, Florida – and the addition of 11 marinas to the UKbased Aquavista group. More details on this in March/April. Other significant investment was made in Marinetek, one of the world’s leading suppliers of floating marinas. Nordic private asset specialist CapMan Special Solutions has become the majority shareholder with a view to growing the business to the next level. “With the order books of the boating and superyacht industry currently on an all-time high, we expect the infrastructure spending on marina projects to stay elevated for years to come,” commented Marinetek CEO Mika Parviainen. The heightened interest in boating is further confirmed by BR Marinas, the largest network of marinas in Brazil, and spurs its decision to expand beyond the Rio de Janeiro region. BR has grown by an average of 17% during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic to date, with some of its members registering a 30% increase in membership. The network is confident that this trend will not only continue but actually increase in coming years. In this issue, in addition to the emergence of the exciting new Jeddah Yacht Club Marina in Saudi Arabia, we give coverage to significant investment projects designed to expand and enhance existing infrastructure. Highlights include: Premier Marinas’ expansion of Noss-on-Dart Marina in the UK; far-reaching projects in Porto di Ventimiglia and Livorno Porta a Mare in Italy; further expansion of Marina Port Vell Barcelona, Spain; and special dock projects at Southport Yacht Club, Gold Coast, Australia and Spring Point Marina in Maine, USA. It’s a bustling start to 2022. Happy New Year! © 2022 Loud & Clear Publishing Ltd Views expressed by individual contributors in this issue are not necessarily those of Loud & Clear Publishing Ltd. Equally, the inclusion of advertisements in this magazine does not constitute endorsement of the companies, products and services concerned by Loud & Clear Publishing Ltd. The publisher reserves the right to refuse advertising. Carol Fulford Editor www.marinaworld.com – January/February 2022 5

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