Member’s Updates

Damen Services offers the latest upgrades and innovations to make operations safer, smarter and more efficient. To improve the safety and comfort of offshore crew transport operations, Damen Services is proud to offer the VEEM Gyrostabilize

The Boat Works has set a record for the heaviest vessel ever to be hauled out of the water on the Gold Coast – the 292 tonne, 150-foot (45.7m) Benetti superyacht, “Mistress”. Despite the inclement conditions, The Boat Works’ team took just two hours to lift the vessel out of the Coomera River to the…

  The award-winning Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (GCCM) is yet again setting standards in the Australian marine industry.  After partnering with the Centre for a Waste-Free World at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the “Closing the Loop” project was established in July of this year and will ultimately lead to the establishment…

The Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX) has signed a five-year agreement with the City of Gold Coast to partner for the annual ASMEX Conference and the Australian Marine Industry Awards which are historically held in May on

The Boat Works has increased capacity, investing again in additional marine infrastructure that has created the largest superyacht refit sheds for the Gold Coast. The new development offers boat owners and Captains even bigger sheds with a staggering 20-metre clearance. Construction has not slowed down since the February 2020’s opening of the 25-acre Superyacht facility…

All Australian-made superyacht 85m MY Bold, built by SilverYachts in Henderson in Western Australia, is the largest vessel in the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS) which opened this week in Florida. Launched in 2019 and currently the world’s longest aluminium motor yacht, Bold’s 8,000 nm maiden voyage from Perth in Western Australia across the…

Australia’s luxury motor yacht builder Riviera has been honoured for outstanding international success in manufacturing at the Premier of Queensland Export Awards 2021, the state’s most prestigious industry awards. Riviera was named winner

WASHINGTON DC, USA (October 1, 2021) : The Whiskey Project unveiled their latest Whiskey watercraft – the WHISKEY Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft (WHISKEY MMRC) – to key US Government and Military defence stakeholders in Washington DC. T

The Coral Sea Marina community came together last week to showcase the spirit of the Whitsundays in a bid to raise much needed funds and promote awareness for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) by holding a “BIG AUSSIE BBQ”. The beautiful spring weather and picture-perfect sunset provided the ideal backdrop at The Gardens,…

“It’s a man’s world” no longer and out on the water more and more women are taking the helm and enjoying all the freedom and empowerment that boating has to offer. In the last eighteen months leisure boat sales have skyrocketed with so many people looking to our beautiful backyard for holidays, adventure, and the…

Sleeping underwater on the Great Barrier Reef will soon be a reality, thanks in part to an innovative boat builder. Hervey Bay-based BtB Marine has been involved in building a magnificent marine tourism masterpiece that will soon be wowing

We all love a good barbie and even more so when it raises money and awareness for a cause close to so many hearts of those in the Whitsundays. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Coral Sea Marina are rolling up their sleeves and putting on a community event designed to support all the…