Category: Press Releases

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Boat Fix Introduces Industry-Breaking App

Boat Fix, a recreational boating telematics company that provides customized solutions for the boating industry through a combination of remote monitoring, GPS tracking, and sophisticated geofencing – uniquely backed by 24/7 live customer support — announced today its upgraded, easy to use Boat Fix Pro mobile application. Already enjoyed by thousands of users, the Boat Fix Pro app is uniquely designed to give users a safer, more secure and stress-free boating experience…

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Tocaro Blue acquires Moxie IoT to accelerate development of PROTEUS navigation assistance

Tocaro Blue has acquired Birmingham, AL based Moxie IoT for an undisclosed amount in order to accelerate the development of navigation assistance systems and autonomous boating technology for the recreational marine industry. …including PROTEUS: a hardware device that combines sensor information from the vessel’s RADAR, depth transducer, and various data sets with advanced machine learning models. This information appears as an intuitive display, enabling confidence and enhanced awareness…

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Scania Showcases New Marine Hybrid Solution

A new innovation in alternative propulsion, the E-Machine is a compact, modular, yet powerful solution with propulsion, inverter and power control unit integrated into a single system. Depending on the application, the E-Machine can be mated to a Scania combustion engine for hybrid propulsion or directly to a gearbox for a fully electric system. The modular design allows for Scania to supply the necessary system components to meet the needs of almost any sized vessel…

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Jury Announces Nominated Products for DAME Design Award 2023

METSTRADE is pleased to announce that 53 products from 19 countries across four continents have been nominated to enter the final rounds of judgement for the 32nd edition of the DAME Design Awards. An international jury of eight leading design and user experts assembled in the DAME Award’s specially created assessment room at RAI Amsterdam to spend two intensive hands-on days examining 100 submissions…

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ePropulsion Launches X40 Outboard Engine

ePropulsion, a global leader and market challenger in marine electric propulsion systems and services, announced today the launch of their all-new X40 Electric Outboard, the future of clean, quiet and powerful marine propulsion, at this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show from October 25th – 29th, 2023. Weighing 20% less than traditional motors, the X40 offers 40 kW of power with 88.2% total powertrain efficiency. Using a proprietary algorithm, ePropulsion has also optimized over 20 key variables to achieve…

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Take sportfishing to extreme depths with the new GSD 28 from Garmin

Garmin, the world’s most innovative and recognized marine electronics manufacturer, today announced the GSD 28, a high-powered sonar module engineered for serious sportfishing. Featuring Garmin RapidReturn sonar, the GSD 28 provides more sonar data on the multi-function display with up to 6 times the transmit rate of its predecessor so anglers can see more detail than ever before. And thanks to Garmin’s new xCHIRP sonar technology, the GSD 28 provides higher resolution with excellent target separation and bottom discrimination to help anglers easily distinguish bottom features from bait or sport fish…

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Actisense launch ultimate dual NMEA gateway to market

Marine electronics specialists, Actisense, have unveiled an industry leading NMEA gateway, bringing together key technology from two of their previous award-winning gateway devices. The NGX-1 helps boaters and boating installers convert NMEA 0183 data to NMEA 2000, bidirectionally, with the industry’s most comprehensive conversion library which was developed as part of their NGW-1 NMEA 2000 Gateway. The NGX also brings the power of the Actisense NGT-1 NMEA 2000 PC Interface, making it safe and simple to connect a PC to…

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IBEX Announces Winners Of The 2023 Innovation Awards

The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) announced today the winners of the 2023 IBEX Innovation Awards Program. The program is managed by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and judged by Boating Writers International (BWI). The judges selected 13 Innovation Award winners and four honorable mentions from nearly 100 entries submitted by exhibiting marine industry companies…

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IMTRA Introduces Zipwake Integrator Module

IMTRA, the leading manufacturer and importer of quality solutions and products for the marine, energy and transportation markets, is pleased to announce the Zipwake Integrator Module, designed to improve system integration and increase flexibility for boaters and boatbuilders. As styles for new boats trend toward clean dashboards and large displays, the Integrator Module seamlessly connects the Zipwake system to eight different multi-functional display brands, keeping dashboards free of clutter…

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Harman Releases First Fully Digital Marine Head Unit Using A2B Technology

HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies and solutions for marine, automotive, consumer, professional and enterprise markets, announced today the release of the world’s first fully digital marine head unit using its Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology – the Harman Kardon R7100HU. Capable of providing better than CD quality audio, the Harman Kardon R7100HU gives boat builders the ability to offer their customers a superior on the water listening experience, while simplifying installation and maintenance for exceptional value…