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Jan Feb 2015 Marina World

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COMPANY NEWS Poralu sets up Mid East office In order to further develop its presence at the heart of the Middle East, Poralu Marine has opened an office in Dubai. The branch is being managed by Franck Neveu who joined Poralu ten years ago and has latterly been responsible for running Poralu sister company CEI. Neveu and his team will focus on a vast geographical area, which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman and Turkey, covering a region previously worked by Poralu agents and distributors. The move, according to Neveu, is crucial. “Geographical proximity to our customers and partners has become essential in a region like the Middle East, where decisionmaking is very fast and requires great responsiveness on our part,” he says. Poralu is currently undertaking various projects in the region for both Consultancy team hosts Korean delegation Members of the MDL Consultancy team met with delegates from the South Korean Port Authority late last year in order to give them a tour of some of MDL’s leading marinas and discuss Incheon Port, the exciting marina development in South Korea. Delegates from the Incheon Port Authority included vice president, Kyu-yong Lee and marketing director Soon-cheal Kim. Clive Holmes, MDL Marinas commercial director, commented: “We were delighted to meet with Mr Kyuyong Lee and his team to discuss the Gokova Oren Marina in Turkey was built by Poralu in just six months. recreational and commercial clients. The latest major contracts have been for Durrat Marina, the largest marina in Bahrain, a marina on the island of Kish in Iran and marinas in Didim, Istanbul and Oren, Turkey. Gokova Oren Marina, located between Bodrum and Marmaris, is the latest of the three projects and was built from scratch in just six months (January to June 2014) to offer 427 berths for boats of 10 to 40m. Seventy-one berths are for boats over 20m. The pontoons, installed by Poralu’s local partner, are aluminium with Ecotek wood composite decking. Clive Holmes with the South Korean Port Authority delegation during a tour of MDL marinas. Swede Ship buys Sublift Swede Ship Marine has acquired the Sublift boat hoist operation and formed a new company called Swede Ship Sublift AB. Early deliveries of hoists from its yard at Djupvik on the island of Tjörn for customers in Sweden and Norway have already taken place. Renowned for building high quality boats of 10 to 30m in steel, aluminium and composites, the company has three bases in Sweden: Swede Ship Yacht Service in Gothenburg; Swede Ship Composite in Hunnebostrand; and the yard in Djupvik that offers repair, service and engine replacement services. Sublift owes its origins to the Swedish ‘Slamkryparen’ or ‘Mudskipper’. It features a special submersible function to launch or retrieve boats from the water onto a slipway and then to or from a storage location. Each Sublift is a compact, hydraulically-controlled machine that represents a low investment cost when compared to crane and tractor combinations. Four models are available offering lifting capacity of 12, 25, 40 and 75 tons. Enjoying a good reputation for safe handling of boats, all Sublift hoists easily adapt to different hull widths and can handle both sail and power vessels. Operation is via wireless control and manoeuvrability is excellent, especially in confined spaces. Swede Ship Sublift provides full training on how to run and manage the hoist for docking, launching and efficient boat parking. The company can also assist in the design of ramps and investigations of seafloor conditions for slipways. Over 170 boat hoists have been delivered to date to yacht clubs, commercial marinas and governments around the world. plans for the Incheon Port marina in South Korea. The development is due to be one of the biggest passenger terminals and marina resorts in Korea so it would be a very exciting project to offer our consultancy services to.” www.marinaworld.com - January/February 2015 43

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