Bringing world-class marinas to Greece and beyond A career anchored in marine construction Nikolas Aslanidis has long been drawn to the sea. His background in civil engineering, specialising in marine works at the University of Thrace in Xanthi, Greece, led him naturally into the family business, Plokat S.A. There, he built [...]
A bright future for marina projects in Poland “Initially, I had no intention of working with pontoons. As a trained mechanic, I enjoyed travelling and working worldwide. My father, a well-known hydro technician, spent 45 years in canal and reservoir embankments and harbour construction. Later, he started his own small business, [...]
Fun and challenging Having grown up in a quiet suburb south of Gothenburg in Sweden, Peter Santesson gives the impression that his early life was much the same as that of any other child. However, his neighbour just happened to be Pelle Pettersson, a world champion sailor (winner of two Olympic medals) [...]
To be or not to be SF Pontona ApS was founded in 2012. However, SF Marina’s presence in Denmark dates back to 1972, when its first concrete pontoons were delivered to Rungsted Havn, 30 kilometres north of Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, on the western shores of the Öresund strait. “My sister was living [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Made in Sweden by SF Marina In the early 1980s Kristján Óli Hjaltason, nicknamed Króli by his friends, was a keen club sailor, competing in many local events with his 27-foot Hunter. Without a local marina, Króli and his friends kept their boats on swing moorings. After a couple of years rowing [...]
When Mother Nature throws us a winter storm Stig Jansson is a marina developer many times over. As a project manager his most recent and one of his most notable floating marinas include the exposed port of Skärhamn, located on the west coast of Sweden and protected by the widest floating breakwater [...]
Mason Sears - We’re selling marina protection Mason Sears grew up on the coast of Maine in New England, and prior to joining SF Marina in the USA, where he is now Vice President, Sales and Marketing, he was pursuing everyone’s dream – building a complete marina in the role of Project [...]
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