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Marine Group Boat Works (MGBW), the San Diego-based boatbuilding and repair company, has been acquired by its co-founder and president Todd Roberts, alongside longtime MGBW customer and investor Chip Besse and investor Skye Callantine. The acquisition includes the San Diego shipyard, Los Cabos boatyard and global services superyacht agency. Roberts takes on the role of chief…

A new charitable organisation, Buckler’s Hard Shipyard Trust, has been established to support education, research, and heritage projects focused on the historic shipbuilding village of Buckler’s Hard on the Beaulieu River.  The launch follows the recent redevelopment project at Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour, where the revitalised boatshed now offers new waterfront offices, meeting rooms, and…

“Significant collisions between and groundings of merchant vessels show no sign of reducing,” says Andrew Moll, chief inspector of marine accidents. And this means, there’s “a need to radically rethink the role of human watchkeepers in the digital age. “Humans do not make good monitors and if under-stimulated they will find other things to occupy…

SailGP is in Portsmouth this weekend. The event, which takes place off Southsea seafront, will involve high-speed foiling catamarans (F50s) racing in a designated course area. Twelve teams will compete in this series, and racing will be on a relatively short course. Today’s the main practice — the teams will participate in three or four…

According to DF Capital, a specialist bank headquartered in the UK’s Manchester, the marine sector is showing continued signs of renewed momentum in 2025. The bank says average stock turn (how frequently a company sells and replaces its inventory within a specific period) significantly improved in Q2 2025 to 186 days, down from 243 days…

Photographers have until 12 October to submit their entries to the Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award 2025. The top 80 photographs, selected by an international jury, will be offered up for dissection from 20 October then the masses are asked to vote for the coveted Public Award. The top 20 images will be displayed at…

The MYBA Charter Show 2026 will be hosted at PortoSole Sanremo – with the show remaining at PortoSole until at least 2028 following the inking of a new agreement. MYBA and PortoSole signed the three-year contract recently and preparations are underway for the 2026 edition, scheduled to take place 27 to 30 April.  Raphael Sauleau,…

New partnerships, safety measures for battery charging and increasing ship-sizes all offer opportunities for Gallinea. MIN explores the company’s Lombardy premises to learn more. “It’s extremely innovative,” says Andrea Gallinea of his new product line Nautys.  The company has provided integrated movements and technological accessories for a new external furniture range. While its core product…

“The fact that we can still report a positive result for the quarter, despite the headwinds, is proof of our ability to handle and fend off even challenging market development[s],” says Jan-Erik Lindström, Nimbus’ current CEO. He’s being replaced by Johan Inden as the new CEO of Nimbus Group AB, effective 1 September, 2025. Lindström’s…

As Besenzoni looks to deepen its end-user relationships, MIN sits down with Fiorella Besenzoni to hear about the strategy for customer service, shipyards pulling through sustainable products and changing stern design. “Honestly, our product is now well known, and we are quite happy about that,” says Fiorella Besenzoni (pictured below) during MIN‘s guided tour of…