FIRST GOLD ANCHOR AWARD PRESENTED TO A NEW ZEALAND MARINA
Auckland’s Westhaven Marina has become the first in New Zealand to gain a Gold Anchor award. The huge 1,800-berth marina secured 4 Gold Anchor accreditation from the Marina Industries Association (MIA), the global scheme run in association with The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) in the UK.
Westhaven Marina is located in Auckland’s city centre and has grown steadily since 1946 as the recognised hub of recreational boating in Auckland. The bustling marina is home to over 1,800 recreational boats, four yacht clubs and a variety of marine businesses and hospitality establishments.
In announcing this award, Suzanne Davies, MIA CEO, said: “Westhaven Marina is the largest recreational boating facility in the Southern Hemisphere and the first Gold Anchor marina in New Zealand. It’s an amazing achievement and a credit to the Westhaven team in creating such an incredibly comprehensive marine facility.”
ELON MUSK’S SPACEX LAUNCHES HIGH-SPEED INTERNET SERVICE FOR SEA GOING VESSELS
Elon Musk’s firm SpaceX is expanding its Starlink satellite internet service to offer high-speed internet to yachts, oil rigs and merchant vessels.
The Starlink Maritime website claims users can enjoy ‘high-speed, low-latency internet’ that reaches download speeds of 350 megabits per second, even in the ‘most remote waters in the world.’
The service comes at a cost, however. The initial hardware fee is US$10,000 for two ‘ruggedized’ terminals, and thereafter follows a monthly fee of US$5,000 for the service. SpaceX says that the service can be paused at any time.
However, Musk took to social media to defend the large pricing difference, arguing that the maritime service was not the same as the residential service, due to the harsh conditions boats can encounter. He explained that the ‘high-performance’ terminals are designed to withstand salt spray and strong winds, and maintain a connection in storms and choppy seas.
XFUEL LANDS €8.2M INVESTMENT FOR LOW-CARBON MARINE FUEL
XFuel has secured €8.2 million in its latest round of investment. This, the company says, lays the foundation for the commercialisation of its next-generation synthetic diesel, marine and jet fuel technology.
XFuel says its patented technology efficiently converts biomass waste into low-cost, drop-in fuel that can be used in road, marine, and aviation applications. It uses feedstock from sustainable waste sources in manufacturing, construction, forestry, and agriculture. Its fuels comply with marine and road fossil fuel specifications and can therefore be used in existing infrastructure and engines, either blended with conventional fuels or as a replacement.
Using modular and scalable biorefineries, XFuel says it can produce high-grade fuels at a comparable or lower price point
to fossil-based fuels on the market. The firm reports that independent assessments show that XFuel’s technology can currently deliver fuel with GHG savings of 85 per cent, with the potential to deliver carbon-neutral and negative fuels in the future. The technology enables cost-efficient and transformative carbon emissions reductions without requiring significant capital investment.
The Report • September 2022 • Issue 101 | 11
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