2018/19 Suppliers & Services

product highlights 2017
Seabin – a 2017 DAME
design award winner
The first commercial version of the V5 Seabin – an innovative marina-based collector of floating
rubbish – was displayed by Poralu Marine in the Marina & Yard Pavilion at Metstrade in November
2017. The product secured a much coveted DAME design award in the Marina Equipment category.
Poralu Marine has a worldwide agreement to manufacture, sell and distribute the product.
Seabin, not surprisingly, is a bin
that sits in the sea. It is fixed to a
floating pontoon, submerged, and
connected to a low power electric
pump which creates a continuous
current to attract floating waste to the
collector. The waste is recovered in a
bag, which is emptied and replaced
by maintenance personnel as
required. Each bag has a maximum
sensible lifting load of 20kg (44lb).
As can be seen in any Seabin
video, the product is a magnet for
all kinds of floating debris. What is
less obvious is that, in the midst of
the daily rubbish, Seabin captures
micro plastics; tiny 2mm fragments
of pollutants that are likely to escape
most other systems.
Designed for sheltered waters in
marinas, clubs and ports, the product
should be strategically positioned in
specific debris problem areas where
wind and currents will push the flow of
rubbish towards the bin. It should be
checked twice a day. A percentage of
oil can also be captured
with simple oil absorption
technology if the catch
bag is customised for
Lift for inland market
this purpose. As the
technology develops, the
amount of oil each Seabin
can capture will increase.
The Tornado, the first freestanding hydraulic boat lift from Golden Boat Lifts, marks the company’s
entry into the inland market. The Tornado has standard capacities up to 18,000lbs (8,165kg) –
larger upon request – and is completely adjustable to accommodate deep-V and stepped hulls,
deck boats, pontoon boats and PWC. It features Golden’s new Multi Bunk system - a patentpending
design that provides cushioned support irrespective of the vessel’s hull configuration
and protects paint and gelcoat – and Air Bellows, a sleeve-like enclosure that protects the lift’s
underwater elements.
Boat
launch app
Marina managers
and customers can
now manage and
control a range of
marina tasks using
SpeedyDock, a boat
launch scheduling
app with bundled
asset tracking and
dock management
capabilities. Boat
launches can be
scheduled and
updates and requests
sent straight to
the field; drystack
customers can
request racking;
a drystack can be
modelled using
flexible grids to easily
assign boats to racks;
and maps of slip
layouts can quickly
be built using satellite
and aerial dock
imagery.
Smart
pedestals
for smart
marinas
Plus Marine boosted
its references for
dockside pedestal
contracts with
prestigious names,
including Glossy Bay
Marina in St Vincent
and the Grenadines,
Marina di Valletta
in Malta and Capo
d’Orlando Marina in
Sicily. Glossy Bay,
a new megayacht
facility, purchased
XXL pedestals for its
125 berths and the
Maltese and Sicilian
marinas invested
in logo-enhanced
stainless steel
electricity and water
pedestals, fire-fighting
pedestals, remote
control and new
Smart Cloud software.
Plus also designed
custom pedestals with
Smart Cloud remote
metering for the
upmarket Marasi Bay
project in Dubai.
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