4 ASIA-PACIFIC NEWS


Clean marinas in North Queensland P


resentations were recently made to two high profile North Queensland marinas – Hamilton Island Marina and


Abell Point Marina, following their accreditation as Level 3 Clean Marinas and Fish Friendly Marinas by the Marina Industries Association (MIA) of Australia.


Both marinas are major tourist destination and boating hubs due to their location on the Great Barrier Reef South of Cairns. Hamilton Island is known internationally as the host of the annual Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August while Abell Point Marina has positioned itself as the Gateway to the Whitsundays and was a major focal point earlier this year as a host marina for the famous Clipper Round the World Race stopover. The International Clean


Marinas environmental program is administered by the MIA and a Level 3 accreditation requires a solid commitment from participating marinas to environmental best


The team from Hamilton Island Marina is pictured with John Hogan (third from right) after receiving their Level 3 accreditation.


practice. The rigorous process includes a site inspection assessed against a 103-point checklist. The site audit of key operational areas includes inspections of mechanical activities, boat maintenance and storage, refueling, facility management, workshop, mechanical, shipwright and boat repair, emergency planning and equipment and boater education. A written report with detailed feedback is provided to the marina. David Boyd, Hamilton Island’s


General Manager – Retail, Activities


New pontoons for Hong Kong


The prestigious Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has recently taken delivery of a number of new Marinetek pontoons at its Kellett Island headquarters. The pontoons are used for mooring members’ boats and are a key facility to support the club’s active racing programme in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. New Marinetek all-concrete


pontoons were supplied as part of a reprovisioning agreement relating to a major civil works project affecting the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. The pontoons had to fulfil a complex specification and meet tight documentation requirements set by the Hong Kong authorities. A special hybrid anchoring


arrangement, including Seaflex mooring system and rail guides, was also installed. In addition, the contract included


relocation of some of the older pontoons to satisfy HK Marine Department requirements for adjusted fairway alignment and widths. “Our requirements for this job were rather complex. After a round of discussions with a number of international pontoon suppliers, we found that Marinetek was the only company that had both the capabilities to take on the challenge and the readiness to execute this technically demanding project,” said Roger Eastham, the club’s Marine Services Manager.


Correction


The surface area of Australia is 7.69 million square kilometres not the figure given on the first page of the feature about the country’s marina industry in the previous issue of Marina Asia-Pacific. That word ‘million’ was quite a significant omission!


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& Marina, said: “Hamilton Island is proud to be recognised as a Clean Marina and in addition to that, a ‘Fish Friendly Marina’ under the MIA program. Being able to fly the Clean Marina flag is an important signal that we are committed to high environmental standards as is the whole Whitsundays marine region”. Luke McCaul, Abell Point Marina’s Business Development Manager, added that the achievement of Clean Marina accreditation was another important step in demonstrating Abell


Point’s commitment to environmental best practice. “As a multi-faceted marina facility, it is essential all components are operating both individually and collectively at the highest level of performance. The Clean Marina program provides us with specific criteria to assess the environmental performance of our marina operations and complements our environmental policies, plans and operations, and undertaking the additional Fish Friendly audit further demonstrates this commitment.” On presenting the marinas with


their certificates, MIA Director, John Hogan (CMP), stated: “The significant achievement by these two high profile facilities is important for the marina industry as they demonstrate environmental leadership to the wider community. We now have 66 marinas across Australia and overseas committed to environmental best practice. The challenge for industry remains to continually increase the number of marinas committed to achieving Clean Marinas status”.


‘Green Maritime Company of the Year’


Hong Kong-based Poralu Marine has just been nominated as ‘Green Maritime Company of the Year’, by the acclaimed magazine, Asia- Pacific Boating. The award was given during the Singapore Boat Show 2016. “This nomination rewards the work carried out by the Group in developing solutions that are ever more environmentally-friendly. In Asia, it gives us the ability to stand out as a result of a project approach that is completely different to those of our competitors,” said Christophe Sauné, Manager for the Asia Area. In order to control the


environmental impact on water, ground, fauna and flora of natural areas, Poralu Marine is constantly looking for the most economical logistic solutions and production constraints, but most of all, is designing sustainable solutions and products.


In order to have less of an


influence on natural resources, all the materials used by Poralu Marine can be recycled and therefore have a second life (aluminium, polyethylene floats, etc). Poralu Marine frames are manufactured in a marine quality aluminium alloy, which can be recycled ad infinitum without a reduction in quality. Waste reduction plans for


raw materials and energy are implemented at Poralu Marine with staff being made aware of environmentally-friendly practices. The rose windows in the


Ecostyle® decking allow sunlight to reach the seabed and in 2015, Poralu Marine created Greencube, a self-contained floating toilet block pontoon, with a green micro-sewage treatment plant, which enables yachtsmen to treat sewage in a simple, ecological manner.


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