Mercury University to go online
April 29, 2008
FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Mercury University, which provides comprehensive technical and non-technical training to more than 5,000 dealers and partners, will soon offer online training, the company reported in a release yesterday. Beginning in late summer 2008, Mercury Marine dealers and partners in the... Read more »
Teleflex boosts marine sales
April 29, 2008
LIMERICK, Pa. – Acquisitions in the marine market and elsewhere helped Teleflex Inc. post a positive fiscal 2008 first quarter, according to a statement from the company today. An acquisition in rigging services contributed 7 percent to revenue growth in Teleflex’s Commercial Segment. Currency translation... Read more »
Iridium reports record-setting revenue
April 29, 2008
BETHESDA, Md. – Iridium Satellite LLC has achieved record-setting financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008, the company said in a press release yesterday. Revenue in the first quarter was $74.3 million versus $52.7 million in the same quarter last year, a 41 percent increase. First... Read more »
Congressional act to help boat service and repair
April 29, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – When the U.S. House of Representatives approved the U.S. Coast Guard Authorization Act Thursday, it included a provision to provide targeted relief to the recreational marine servicing and repair industry, as well as to the entire recreational boating community, the Marine Industries... Read more »
Homeland Security secretary addresses ABC
April 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff addressed attendees at the American Boating Congress Monday, the first full day of ABC, to highlight the critical role the recreational boating industry plays in the nation’s security. Hundreds from throughout the recreational boating... Read more »
SeaWide to open new distribution center
April 29, 2008
MURRIETA, Calif. – SeaWide Distribution, national distributor of marine and consumer electronics, plans to open a new East Coast distribution center on May 5, the company reported in a release yesterday. Located in Sarasota, Fla., the new distribution center will manage product sales and provide support... Read more »
Lazy Days Marina is official site for NMD
April 29, 2008
WARREN, R.I. – National Marina Day organizers have selected Lazy Days Marina as the site for the kick-off for this year’s National Marina Day Aug. 9, coordinator Association of Marina Industries said in a statement April 24. Lazy Days is located on Lake Lanier in Buford, Ga. Each year the National... Read more »
TowBoatU.S. opens Westport, Mass., location
April 29, 2008
WESTPORT, Mass. – TowBoatU.S. Westport, Mass., has opened on the Westport River at Tripps Boatyard to provide assistance to recreational boaters, Boat Owners Association of the United States said in a press release yesterday. John Bevis will staff the Westport location. It is Clint Allen’s second... Read more »
N.J. boating is multi-billion-dollar business
April 25, 2008
MANASQUAN, N.J. – Results of a two-year economic impact study on recreational boating in New Jersey released this morning indicates that the state’s boaters spent approximately $2.1 billion dollars on in-state recreational boating activities in 2006 and that the industry provides about 18,000 jobs... Read more »
Pursuit names first Flagship Dealers
April 25, 2008
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Pursuit Boats has named the first dealers to complete its Flagship Dealer Program and achieve that status within its dealer network, the company reported in a release this week. Pursuit’s first Flagship Dealers are: Strong’s Marine: Mattituck, N.Y. – Platinum Level Comstock... Read more »
