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MARINA INDUSTRY


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Volume 8, Number 32 August 2020


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uch-needed good news on the environmental front comes from Longitude, an LOC Group Company, which has announced the completion of


a concept design for a vessel and recovery system to remove floating plastic flotsam, which has become a growing problem for rivers in South-East Asia. The contract was provided by Seven Clean Seas (SCS), a company set up in 2018 to support the fight against plastic pollution of the ocean, so the vessel and river recovery system are aimed at removing plastics from rivers before they reach the sea.


They are designed to operate in some of South-


East Asia’s most remote regions. The concept developed by Longitude uses river


currents to guide the plastics to the vessel’s recovery system and out of the water whilst having minimal impact on biodiversity. A key design challenge was the need to reduce construction, installation and maintenance costs of the vessel in remote rural areas. The scope of work under the project included 3D modelling of the vessel, conceptual mobilisation and an operational plan. It entailed ship layouts,


INDUSTRY NEWS


UAE’s first fish-friendly marina NOTICEBOARD


Boating forum and new website launched by MDL STATEMENT


RAI Amsterdam cancels METSTRADE 2020 TRIANGLE BERTH BROKERS


British company celebrates 30 years WORKBOATS


Cleaning up the waterways


NATCHEZ ON THE WATERFRONT 16 Marinas and aquaculture MARINA VISIT


20 Aiya Napa Marina, Cyprus 2 9 10 12 14


weight distribution, power generation assessments and class compliance, as well as an estimate of the build and running costs plus amortisation. Based in Singapore, SCS has recovered over 59,423


kg of plastics from five countries in the area to date by mobilising over 3,800 volunteers. In future, it aims to clean, conserve and educate the public and local business about the impact of plastics in order to protect the marine environment.


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Stanislava Try, Communications Manager at ICOMIA Marinas Group, has sent Marina Industry the agenda for the ICOMIA World Marinas Conference Industry Reconnect Online Events, which will take place on 6, 13, 20 and 27 October (see advert on page 27). Each session will be 90 minutes long, with the opportunity for a productive Q&A session at the end. Topics to be addressed will include: state of the industry around the globe; boating and tourism with Covid-19 – what’s next?; technology looking forward; and vision of change.


David Young BOATYARD OPERATIONS


Expanded dye-penetrant testing capability SHOWTIME


MDL confirms line-up for Ocean Village Boat Show 24 26


EQUIPMENT REVIEW Trailer for ‘pocket-sized’ superyachts


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Front cover: In what is undoubtedly a challenging year for the leisure boating market, it is good to carry a report about a marina opened only a few months ago. As dusk falls over Ayia Napa Marina, Cyprus, lights come on in the facility’s West Tower (see pages 20-21).


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