2021 November December Marina World

WORLD NEWS
Broadlands extension
ready for new season
UK: A package of pontoons, delivered late last year by Walcon Marine, has
played a big part in transforming Tingdene’s Broadlands Marina in Oulton
Broad near Lowestoft.
The pontoons and their fittings were
installed by Irvins to create two new
43m (141ft) long piers, each with eight
finger pontoons and a hammerhead.
Registration opens for
AMI Conference & Expo
USA: Registration for the Association of Marina Industries (AMI) Conference &
Expo (formerly IMBC) is now open. Entering its 20 th year, the conference will be
held 1 st -3 rd February 2022 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.
AMI is planning a face-to-face event
in 2022. Conference fees include
unlimited access to educational
seminars, regional round tables,
workshops, food and beverages, entry
into the exhibit hall and admission to
all networking and social events. It
also includes entry to the AMI member
meeting, followed by a first-time
attendee reception and the opening
night exhibit hall party.
The conference has five tracks:
• Building your own dream team: what
does the future hold?
• Customer experience: lessons from
the masters
• Leading your organisation for
This created berths for 40 boats of up
to 10m (33ft). A third pier was built with
a 38.5m (126ft) walkway with eight
fingers, and moors eight boats of up to
positive impact
• Marina and boatyard management
and operations
• Marina design and engineering
These sessions will offer training on
hiring top performers and developing
industry leaders, give customer
service lessons from Disney and
NASCAR, explore the future of drystack
architecture and engineering, provide
COVID updates for the industry – and
more.
For an additional conference fee
and pre-registration, delegates can
attend pre-conference workshops:
a Marina 101 session, focusing on
entry-level education, safety protocols
10m (33ft) and six vessels of up to 12m
(39ft).
Walcon also supplied an aluminium
bridge with landing pontoon.
The marina site presented a
challenge as it is inaccessible to heavy
vehicles. The system components
were therefore transported by lorry
to Tingdene’s Brundall Bay Marina,
around 20 miles (32km) to the northwest.
Once delivered, they were moved
down river over the course of five
weeks using motor launches.
The initial stage involved some
testing navigation given the many twists
and turns of the River Yare and an
escort was provided by local rangers to
ensure that their path was unobstructed
and other river users were not
inconvenienced.
“It all went well, despite the
complexity,” said Steve Arber,
operations director at Tingdene
Marinas. “Walcon delivered everything
on time and their service was
exemplary as always. The works
were completed well ahead of the
start of what has so far been a very
busy and successful season. With an
additional 54 berths on brand new,
fully-serviced floating pontoons we are
able to welcome even more leisure boat
owners to join our friendly community.”
and best practices, marina design and
engineering.
The dozens of conference keynotes,
breakout sessions and workshops
offer a broad selection of training
opportunities targeting all levels of
an organisation’s team – from entrylevel
to top-level management. Each
day of intense learning closes with
receptions and socials, providing the
opportunity for continued industry
networking.
“In-person events are back, and we
are excited to be a part of that!” says
AMI chair Chris Petty. “This will be our
first year in our new location and with
our new name, the AMI Conference
& Expo. Although the name has
changed, the conference has not. It
continues to be the place where marina
and boatyard professionals come
for personal and professional growth
and networking that can build lifelong
relationships; it is the annual event for
our industry…[and] we are ready to get
down to business.”
Register at: marinaassociation.org/
conferenceandexpo
www.marinaworld.com – November/December 2021 17