Mallorca Yachting Industry News

Port Profile was founded by Anton D Park or Anthony (If you can pronounce the ‘h’). A chef for most of his life, he gained his qualifications at the university of Northumbria in Newcastle, England. He first ventured into yachting back in 2004, on the recommendation of a yacht chef …

The companies of IPM Group launch a Plastic Free campaign with which they will reduce the use of single-use plastics in their facilities, hoping to make them disappear altogether in a short period of time. This campaign adds to the many ecological and environmental actions that the group performs annually. …

The marine industry in Palma is a booming business with Companies here seeming to be developing and improving their abilities to offer  their clients a better service each year. The market here is so competitive due to the STP shipyard business model with so many great industry professionals deciding to …

20 companies join new venture Twenty companies make up the initial membership of the Balearic Marine Cluster, the formation of which has been announced at the Palma International Boat Show. The aim of the new cluster is to position the Balearic Islands as worldwide industrial and business leaders. The professionals …

Marina Port de Mallorca welcomes the sailboat Sea Plastic that made a stop on its long journey to investigate the consequences of plastic in the sea. Students of the Santa Magdalena Sofia School go on board the Sea Plastic to learn their work. The students of this school already have …

The 40-metre racing sailing yacht My Song that fell overboard from the transport ship it was traveling on arrived in Palma de Mallorca yesterday where it was hauled out of the water for the first time since the incident. Images (click here) reveal its hull having sustained serious damage. Source: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/06/03/recovered-my-song-with-serious-damage/

This issue we are turning our attention to lighting. Like everything in the yachting industry, innovation is key and one of the newest and brightest concepts on the block is Viberlight, developed by Versalume and brought to you by Applelec Yachts, the makers of custom yacht luxury lettering. Versalume have …

The conditions of increased salinity and seawater temperatures, pollution and fertilizers reaching the sea along with the progressive disappearance of their natural predators such as turtles and other species due to overexploitation of the oceans, have produced this great increase in quantity and frequency of these annoying and in some …

International yacht brokerage and dealer opens new office in Port Calanova Lengers Yachts, the international yacht brokerage and dealership based in the Netherlands, has opened its third European office in Mallorca. Lengers already has locations in Muiden in the Netherlands and in Düsseldorf, Germany. The new office will be based …

Ticket have been meeting the demands of the modern traveller, with the personal service and attention to detail of the traditional local high-street, for the last 20 years. Today I’m meeting with Nicky, founder and owner. Born into a small farming community outside of Colchester, she joined the Young Farmers …