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ICOMIA CEO Joe Lynch was invited to take part in this year’s Yacht Racing Forum panel discussion at METSTRADE 2024 to talk about how sustainability and performance can work together in the industry. The discussion, moderated by Anne-Cécile Turner, Co-founder of BloomUp, featured a wealth of experience and expertise from within the boating industry including: You can…

The International Council of Marine Industry Associations, ICOMIA, has today announced at METSTRADE 2024 the continuation and extension of the Propelling our Future campaign which started at METSTRADE 2023 with the launch of the Pathways to Propulsion Decarbonisation for the Recreational Marine Industry report. The announcement came on the first day of METSTRADE 2024, in…

Today at METSTRADE, the hosts of the next ICOMIA World Marinas Conference are presenting a project update and the countdown to the event which will be held in Venice on 15 – 17 October 2025. The ICOMIA World Marinas Conference is a specialist marina conference overseen by the ICOMIA Marinas Group and held approximately every two years…

The Superyacht Forum started today for the first time under it’s new METSTRADE ownership and with a full programme of events taking place over two days 18 and 19 November 2024. The programme is specifically designed for the Superyacht professional, with seminars and ideas developed to gain competitive edge, develop actionable strategies, and forge valuable…

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the latest ICOMIA Recreational Boating Industry Statistics report. This annual statistics report from ICOMIA provides a wealth of industry intelligence in one useful reference document and is the industry’s foremost statistical reference report, used extensively within the industry for analysing export markets and externally for investment…

The ICOMIA Diversity Committee has arranged two free Gender Equality Workshops on 25 and 26 November 2024. The workshops, which will be delivered by an external provider, will give a basic introduction to gender equality in the workplace and cover how to plan and implement a gender equality strategy. The workshops take place on: Monday…

Following the extensive Global Workforce Study recently completed by Sounding Trades Only, ICOMIA is further investigating the gender framework of the global recreational marine industry workforce in order to better understand the industry’s current workforce to enable better planning for the future and develop ways to attract and retain future talent. The gender mapping survey…

The BIA has announced the results of an independent economic analysis of the 2024 Sydney International Boat Show, revealing a total economic contribution of $353 million. The event attracted 42,000 attendees and showcased nearly 200 exhibitors across paddle, power, and sail categories. BIA CEO Andrew Scott highlighted that 87% of attendees surveyed agreed the event…

METSTRADE and IBI have just announced the shortlist for the 2024 Boat Builders Awards taking place at this year’s METSTRADE event on 20 November 2024. The Boat Builder Awards recognise excellence and innovation in the global recreational marine industry and awards are judged by a panel of ten international experts, who review up to 100…

It is the tradition of IMEC meetings that each member company takes it in turn to host the bi-annual meeting of this crucial ICOMIA working committee. This meeting was organised by Cummins who welcomed over 25 delegates to the city of Oxford in the UK, from as far East as Japan and as far West…