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DECEMBER 2022
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HIGH NOTE FOR METSTRADE 2022
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15% growth £11m debts Pandemic recovery pages 1-11
Distributor’s Round-Up METSTRADE 2022 saw 1,400 exhibitors from 49 countries across ten halls covering every facet of marine equipment, systems and materials. The show saw 26,480 visits registered by 17,417 unique visitors spanning 126 nationalities and 6,175 exhibitor personnel, with 23% of visitors aged 18-35. Career development was celebrated by several initiatives and in a first for the show, day two began with a breakfast networking and panel Women in Marine Industry event. The METSTRADE Theatre was a key feature in the reimagined Hall 13, with a series of presentations, including on new technologies and the drive towards a more sustainable sector. Also in Hall 13, products from the 48 winners and nominees
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of this year’s DAME Design Awards were displayed. The show featured revised layouts for METSTRADE, and the SuperYacht, Marina & Yard and Construction Material Pavilions, as well as a new Superyacht Sustainability Route. There was also the return of associated programmes including the SuperYacht Forum Live, International HISWA Symposium and HISWA Marina Symposium. “We wanted to ensure that METSTRADE was completely fit for purpose in resuming its critical role as the epicentre for the whole global marine leisure sector during three very busy days in Amsterdam,” said Niels Klarenbeek, METSTRADE Maritime Director.
Navionics co-founder dies Navionics co-founder and long-time leader eader Giuseppe Carnevali has died at the age of 74. Serving as Navionics president and CEO for almost 30 years, Giuseppe co-invented the firstt electronic chart display system for recreational yachts achts and is credited with numerous marine innovations tions such as auto-routing technology, user-generated ed cartography and the development of vector charts used in the first GPS-enabled chartplotters. He served a tour of duty in the Italian navy and participated in sail racing competitions, ons, winning two national championships. Once his naval career ended, he served ed
as production manager manage of the Benetti Shipyard. In the early 1980 1980s, Giuseppe combined his background in the maritime industry with his navigational navigationa and computer graphics experience to create w with the world’s first electronic charting device de and launched Navionics in 1984. Giuseppe Giusepp retired in 2017 after selling Navionics tto Garmin, and the following year the National Marine Manufacturers Association recognised his contributions with the Alan J. Freedman Freed Memorial Leadership Award and the Italian It Marine Industry Association’s Boating Boa Pioneer.
Awards victory Lead times Record year pages 14-19
New Products
New stabilisation system Circular approach Improved detection pages 20-26