A TV crew for ‘Middle East Business Report’ visited marinas, boatbuilders, boatyards and refit centres in Gocek and Bodrum.

There they filmed in a number of locations including Orion Yachting and MarinTurk Marinas in Gocek as well as Aegean Yacht, Cobra Yachts and Aganlar Boatyard and Superyacht refit centre in Bodrum.

The report will focus on the development of the Turkish boat building industry from traditional wooden building over the last few centuries to the high tech superyachts under construction today. Industry leaders are interviewed to discuss how they are surviving in the current global economic climate.

‘Middle East Business Report’ is a weekly programme aired globally on BBC World reaching millions of viewers around the globe and is broadcast in seven different time zones: Asia Pacific, Europe, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia and Americas.

Speaking at the Monaco Yacht Show Erdem Agan, one of the owners of Ağanlar, commented: “We have been building and re-fitting wooden and now aluminium yachts for almost 50 years so we have a tremendous pool of talented boat builders, designers and engineers here in Bodrum.  We are investing €5 million in these facilities to enable us to compete with the best yards in Europe but with the distinct advantage of a lower labour cost base.  We are delighted to be working with Marine Trade Centre who will help us to get this message out to superyacht owners, managers, captains and designers.”

Speaking for Marine Trade Centre Jonathan Bowker said: “Ağanlar is a first rate boatyard with an excellent reputation and I am sure that the market will soon discover it to be a credible and cost-effective centre for the refit and new build of yachts up to 55 metres.  We are very pleased to be helping Erdem and his team to spread the message.”

Ağanlar boatyard will shortly take delivery of its third travel lift, the largest in the Eastern Mediterranean with a capacity of 11.5 metre beam, approximately 52 metre length and 450 tonnes displacement.

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About Ağanlar www.aganlar.com

Aganlar was founded in 1961 by Erol Agan, a master Gulet builder and is now run by his two sons Mazlum and Erdem.  When the extension is completed in October 2010 the boatyard will boast three travel lifts with a maximum capacity of 450 tonnes and 34,000 square metres of hard standing.  Ağanlar is a full service yard for new builds as well as refits, has recently completed a 45 metre wooden ketch and is currently building a 32 metre Ron Holland designed aluminium ketch

About Marine Trade Centre www.marinetradecentre.com

Marine Trade Centre specialises in international business development, using a wide range of on- and off-line PR, social media and marketing channels to develop its clients’ routes to market, brand awareness and market position

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Jonathan Bowker       jonathan@marinetradecentre.com +90 252 645 2313

Announcing the appointment Erdem Agan, one of the owners of Aganlar, commented: “We have been building and re-fitting wooden and now aluminium yachts for almost 50 years so we have a fantastic pool of talented boat builders, designers and engineers here in Bodrum.  We are investing €5 million in our new facilities to enable us to compete with the best yards in Europe but with the distinct advantage of a lower labour cost base.  We are delighted to be working with Marine Trade Centre who will help us to get this message out to superyacht owners, managers, captains and designers.”

Speaking for Marine Trade Centre Jonathan Bowker said: “Aganlar is a first rate boatyard with an excellent reputation and I am sure that the market will soon discover it to be a credible and cost-effective centre for the refit and new build of yachts up to 55 metres.  We are very pleased to be helping Erdem and his team to spread the message.”

Aganlar boatyard will shortly take delivery of the largest travel lift in the Eastern Mediterranean with a capacity of 11.5 metre beam, approximately 52 metre length and 450 tonnes displacement.

About Ağanlar www.aganlar.com

Aganlar was founded in 1961 by Erol Agan, a master Gulet builder and is now run by his two sons Mazlum and Erdem.  When the extension is completed in October 2010 the boatyard will boast three travel lifts with a maximum capacity of 450 tonnes and 34,000 square metres of hard standing.  Ağanlar is a full service yard for new builds as well as refits, has recently completed a 45 metre wooden ketch and is currently building a 32 metre Ron Holland designed aluminium ketch.

About Marine Trade Centre www.marinetradcentre.com

Marine Trade Centre specialises in international business development, using a wide range of on- and off-line PR, social media and marketing channels to develop its clients’ routes to market, brand awareness and market position

Download supporting images:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maritimemedia/sets/72157624902068814/

For Further Information

Robert Corden Robert@marinetradecentre.com +44 7914 398368

Jonathan Bowker       jonathan@marinetradecentre.com +90 252 645 2313

EXCEL in 2011 will offer the London International Boat Show a number of new benefits as the Phase II extension (being built at the East End of the venue) will open in May 2010.

Over the past few months, National Boat Shows has been consulting with current and new exhibitors and visitors to gather feedback on potential development plans. More details will be announced in March.

This £160m investment offers unique features such as exhibition space with a dropped floor, flexible 5,000 seated auditorium, dedicated DLR station and a new entrance at the East, conferencing facilities, views into the halls, a mezzanine level in the boulevard with break out catering options and a stunning design using a greater degree of natural daylight. This extra space will make the existing venue 40% larger.

This brief film looks at the extension works up Jan 2009

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Traditionally the largest consumer-oriented shows have been beyond the financial and organisational means of the many smaller businesses which are taking their first steps to develop their export sales, or simply trying to reach a wider audience in their home market.

The Marine Trade Centre has been developed to address this problem by bringing together a group of like-minded companies onto a single stand, thereby sharing the costs of exhibition space, transport, stand building and manpower. Each exhibitor within the stand has their own branded display area featuring graphics, video and physical product. Marine Trade Centre staff will build and man the stand throughout each show, providing local language support and handling sales enquiries if individual exhibitors are not present. Exhibitors can choose to be present themselves, have their local distributor or sales agent on the stand or even let Marine Trade Centre represent them for the duration of the show.

The Marine Trade Centre will be present at Cannes, Barcelona, Paris, London and Düsseldorf Boat Shows and participating exhibitors can pick and choose which shows they wish to attend with discounts available for attendance at multiple shows.

Launching the concept Robert Corden, one of the founders, commented “I believe that boat shows are a unique opportunity for marine businesses to present their products and services face-to-face to a large audience of potential buyers, both consumer and trade, and to hear first hand, immediate feedback from those buyers. The difficulty for potential exhibitors is that boat shows are really expensive and time-consuming to attend, particularly if you are a UK business faced with having to build a stand in Cannes or Barcelona. By taking on the effort of transporting and building the stand ourselves and sharing all the costs across a number of exhibitors we can provide a really cost-effective show solution for smaller companies.”

Exhibitors within the Marine Trade Centre will be supported by intensive online, SEO driven PR campaigns for up to eight weeks before each show targeted and designed to highlight the product portfolio of each exhibiting company. These campaigns will seek to drive traffic to each exhibitor’s online presence as well as their display at each show.

The relative weakness of Sterling makes this a good time for UK companies to focus on building their export business and they may be eligible for funding via UK Trade and Investment. As part of the exhibitor package Marine Trade Centre will help to assess and present claims to UKTI.

For Further Information

www.marinetradecentre.com
info@marinetradecentre.com

Or call Robert Corden on +44 1799 529977 or +44 7914 398368