Danish university tests hull coatings on floating platform Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark's Hempel Foundation Coatings Science and Technology Centre (CoaST) are continually striving to improve watercraft hull coatings. To perform experiments using real-world environmental conditions, they utilize a unique research platform built with SF Marina floating concrete pontoons. Located off the [...]
Seaward Marine adds new tug dock Workboat piers see heavy use, so when Norfolk, Virginia USA-based Seaward Marine Corporation needed to expand its docking capacity, it chose a state-of-the-art SF Marina floating concrete solution. The 80m structure will accommodate the company’s seven-boat fleet of tow and tug vessels located in Chesapeake, Virginia. Seaward Marine [...]
SF marina has added a new office in Sao Paulo SF Marina, the leading manufacturer of floating docks, breakwaters and concrete structures, has added an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Led by Ernani Paciornik, SF Marina Brazil functions as the official agent in the country and strengthens the parent company’s global production and distribution network.”While [...]
Maine Marina Installs SF Marina Floating Concrete Dock Spring Point Marina is located on picturesque Casco Bay, a popular boating destination in Maine. Once a shipyard for Liberty Ships, the South Portland, Maine, USA recreational harbor recently upgraded its facility with the addition of a state-of-the-art SF Marina floating concrete dock and walkway. [...]
Good hunting Fredrikstad, about 20 kilometres north of the Swedish border, was once voted the most attractive city in Norway. As the city straddles the Glomma river, where it meets the outer Oslo Fjord and Skagerrak, it is not only beautiful but also a very conducive environment for boating and boasts a large [...]
Floating Structure Offers Paddlers Easy Access to Fjord With 300,000 members, the Norwegian Tourist Association (NTA) promotes an active outdoor lifestyle. Located 26km south of Oslo, its Breivoll Gård (Breivoll Farm) location is a mecca for local paddlers. And with its new floating launching and storage structure from SF Marina, it’s now easy [...]
Moroccan port Tanger med 2 gets new SF Marina tug dock Handling over nine million containers a year, the Port of Tanger Med in Morocco is the largest port in Africa and the Mediterranean. A recent expansion of the facility—Tanger Med 2—brought in Svitzer to provide terminal towage and line-handling services. To support [...]
Three generations in the making Francisco Sarrias joined Marina System Ibérica S.L. (MSI) in 1994. The company had been founded a few years prior to that by two industrial engineers, one of whom was Francisco’s father. The two partners had for some time been nurturing the idea of building offshore structures for [...]
New Zealand Harbor Repurposed With SF Marina Once the site of a working commercial harbor, Port Nikau is a planned urban waterfront community located 160km north of Auckland, New Zealand, on picturesque Whangãrei Harbor. The dockage is being completely transformed by Heron Marinas, an official SF Marina agent in New Zealand and the [...]
Swedish Archipelago Gets New SF Marina harbor With over 24,000 islands to explore, the Stockholm Archipelago is a Swedish boating paradise. To accommodate the growing demand for a recreational guest marina in an area that had been without, the Värmdö Municipality built one at Stavsnäs Vinterhamn. Featuring an SF Marina floating concrete breakwater [...]
