AC/LVC

Alinghi cat will remain in Valencia

By Walter Mei 13 Dicembre 2011 560

 The Swiss team Alinghi has given Valencia the catamaran that raced in the 33rd America’s Cup after their decision to leave later this month, the base held at the port of Valencia from the development of the sailing competition, as confirmed by this Friday press conference in the city’s mayor, Rita Barbera. The former mayor has indicated that Ernesto Bertarelli Continue Reading

Cantieri

Azimut Benetti starts his restructuring

By Walter Mei 13 Dicembre 2011 322

Since December the 1st he Atlantis brand will be integrated into the Group yachts business line, this means that the sales structure and service network already in place will become integrated for all the Group. The restructuring of the brand follows organisational changes made to the Italian shipyard’s commercial and manufacturing operations a year ago. The firm’s Continue Reading

Cantieri

Blohm + Voss Shipyards the ThyssenKrupp yacht branch, sold!

By Walter Mei 12 Dicembre 2011 348

 ThyssenKrupp AG has signed an agreement with STAR Capital Partners to sell his German superyacht division. The acquisition includes all of the non-military parts of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, leaving ThyssenKrupp to concentrate on military surface vessels and submarine construction. STAR Capital will continue the operations on all sites, committing significant amounts Continue Reading

AC/LVC

Artemis Racing funded his home in Valencia for the America’s Cup

By Walter Mei 2 Dicembre 2011 310

 America’s Cup Challenger Artemis Racing Spanish has signed a leasing agreement with superyacht yard Vulkan that allows the team to use the yard’s sheds. The area will be occupied by the 60 permanent team members plus up to another 60 temporary staff for training purposes and to fine-tune their vessel in the run-up to the 34th America’s Cup, which takes place in San Continue Reading

Cantieri

Il “caso” Ferretti in Parlamento

By Walter Mei 2 Dicembre 2011 306

Nei giorni passati alla commissione per lo sviluppo economico, i parlamentari Marchioni, Vannucci, Giovanelli, Brandolini, Merloni, Sanga, Andrea Orlando, Cimadoro, Misiani, hanno chiesto al Ministro dello sviluppo economico quali iniziative intenda assumere al fine di “favorire la conclusione dell’operazione di ricapitalizzazione e scongiurare il blocco delle Continue Reading

AC/LVC

America’s Cup Event Authority Appoints SportsMark as Exclusive Sales Agent of America’s Cup Club

By Walter Mei 2 Dicembre 2011 485

The America’s Cup Event Authority has appointed SportsMark as the exclusive sales agent of the America’s Cup Club hospitality program for the America’s Cup World Series San Diego. The America’s Cup World Series San Diego will be the first AC World Series sailing event to be hosted in the United States.SportsMark President Keith Bruce commented, “SportsMark is honored to be Continue Reading

Economia

Maserati, “10.000 vele di Solidarietà” e abbigliamento

By Walter Mei 1 Dicembre 2011 362

Maserati VOR70 con Giovanni Soldini saranno protagonisti domenica per la regata benefica a favore degli alluvionati dello spezzino, “10.000 vele di solidarietà”, con partenza ed arrivo al porto Mirabello, che per l’occasione ha reso gli spazi portuali gratuitamente, devolverà interamente i proventi alle popolazioni della Lunigiana, Val di Vara e Cinque Continue Reading

Cantieri

Sunseekers’ accounts

By Walter Mei 30 Novembre 2011 285

 The British yacht producer presented his 2011 finalcial results that showed a better result respect the 2010.   Sunseeker reported financial results for the Group emphasizing the much improved profitability of the business in 2011, with EBITDA of £25.5m based on sales of £275.5m during the 2011 financial year. The financial results of the Company were heavily impacted Continue Reading

Economia

Dalla Liguria alla Cina

By Walter Mei 30 Novembre 2011 362

La nautica ligure continua a guardare alla Cina con forte interesse per trovare nuove opportunità di business e per questo motivo dopo il successo delle iniziative realizzate con gli Emirati Arabi nel corso dell’anno, Liguria International, in collaborazione con Wtc Genoa, l’Azienda speciale della Camera di Commercio di Genova, organizza una nuova missione imprenditoriale, Continue Reading

Economia

Un “Baia Blu” italiana in Cina

By Walter Mei 28 Novembre 2011 342

E’ stato presentato nelle scorse settimane un nuovo progetto per un marina in Cina realizzato con idee italiane, il primo “Polo turistico nautico in Stile Italiano del Lusso Ecologico”, nell’isola di Zhujiajian. E’ prevista la realizzazione di una modernissima marina con yachting club, aree residenziali esclusive,resort a cinque e sette stelle, aree verdi e specchi d’acqua Continue Reading