Newsletter January 2023

blue innovation dock The first edition of blue innovation dock (bid) at boot Düsseldorf could not have been better received by industry, politics and visitors. Sessions were livestreamed allowing B2B and B2C visitors of boot Düsseldorf, as well as a sizeable online audience to follow the discussions. The event brought together more than 110 high-level speakers from all corners of Europe, including not only the different sectors of the industry, but also journalists, innovators, as…
A new EU project will install some 400 charging stations for electric boats along the coast from Gothenburg (Sweden) to Kristiansand (Sørlandet, Norway). The initiative is part of an EU-funded Swedish-Norwegian cooperation project. The project will create the conditions for establishing an electric boat charging route in the marinas between Gothenburg and Strömstad. Sweden and Norway together have one million recreational motorboats, the vast majority of which run on fossil fuels. The project is expected…

The European Commission has developed a new tool taking the digitisation of the tourism sector a step further. Thanks to a survey that was conducted last year, the European Commission has collected information from stakeholders on which digital tools and practices are being implemented across in the tourism sector of the European Union. The result is an inventory of good practices, which offer tangible benefits to users and service providers and promotes cooperation between European…
European Boating Industry has been accepted as member of the European Committee for drawing up Standards in the field of inland Navigation (CESNI), during its meeting held on 13 October 2022 in Strasbourg. The official confirmation was delivered to EBI in early 2023. With the achievement of this new benchmark, EBI joins the group of experts from EU Member States and the CCNR for the development and simplification of procedures in the field of inland…

The International EPD System is developing a first international standard for Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), the so-called Product Category Rules (PCR), for the boating industry. It will cover all recreational boats, from small craft to large yachts, as well as certain types of commercial vessels. LCA is a method used to evaluate the environmental impact of a product through its life cycle encompassing extraction and processing of the raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, use, recycling, and…
4 April, 14:00 – 16:00 CET                                            2nd Council meeting (Online – Zoom) 20 – 21 June                                                                    General Assembly (Jeanneau - Les…

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