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MARINA ASIA-PACIFIC


Volume 3, Number 12 August 2016


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CHINA Demand for boats will increase berths


NATCHEZ ON THE WATERFRONT 12 Non-traditional profit centres for marinas


10 NOTICEBOARD


Announcements from around the region DRY STACK


A win-win for operators and owners 5 6 EDITOR’S COMMENT I


n Australasia and America, the concept of ‘sister cities’ – known as ‘friendship cities’ in China – has grown in popularity as a means of forging links between different cultures, as well as helping to promote trade


and tourism. In Japan, for example, these city partnerships are supported by the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations, which fulfils much the same role as its US counterpart, Sister Cities International. Two marinas in these nations have introduced this


idea to our industry with the formation of a unique bond between Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbor in Hyogo Prefecture and Swantown Marina & Boatyard in Olympia, the capital of Washington State. Around 100 people attended the original signing ceremony in Olympia on 18 August, 2013, including Toshizo Ido, Hyogo’s Governor, and Toshikazu Hayashi, President of Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbor. At that event, Ido expressed the hope that the agreement would encourage yacht-owners from both marinas to interact, adding that he thought the agreement could produce some unforeseen and unexpected results. Bill McGregor, Olympia’s Port Commissioner, confirmed that the intention was to exchange


ASIA-PACIFIC NEWS Australian marinas employ more staff


information on the development of marina services and operations, and share knowledge and activities on environmental stewardship. The agreement is now three years old and on 15


August, Bruce Marshall, Swantown’s Harbor Director, was asked how it had worked out? His response was, “Just fine, both parties have benefitted from the cultural exchange and by interchanging staff between marinas, we have been able to learn from each other”. In fact, another Shin Nishinomiya employee is due to arrive at Swantown shortly. It is plain that the agreement has succeeded,


perhaps helped by the fact that Hyogo and Washington have enjoyed a ‘sister state’ relationship since October, 1963, but it is also apparent that the concept of ‘sister marinas’ has not been widely adopted. Perhaps now is the time to establish an international


dating agency where marinas in the economically dynamic and increasingly prosperous nations of the Asia-Pacific region can be matched to suitable partners in North America and Europe for their mutual benefit.


David Young 2 WATERFRONT


Marina-based development in Fiji EQUIPMENT REVIEW


Boat hoist with 85,000kg capacity BOAT SHOWS


Fifth Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show EDITORIAL INDEX


November 2013 – August 2016


Front cover: There are well over 100 marinas of various sizes in China, demand exists for boat- ownership and was boosted when the country hosted the Olympic Games eight years ago. However, although new marinas and yachting-based infrastructure have expanded along China’s coast since 2008, the boating culture is still not so deeply established as in the West (see page 10).


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