Author: MARINETEK PRESS

Kotor is one of the most beautiful cities in Montenegro, protected by UNESCO. Medieval old town is located in the very end of Boka Bay, surrounded with thousand meter high mountains Lovćen and Orjen. Bay of Kotor is well protected, Venetian Republic established their port in 15th century. Today, Port of Kotor is favour touristic destination for visitors on cruisers and yachts.

At the beginning of 2019, the state agency Atarim Tel Aviv Yafo coastline has announced a tender for the new phase of reconstruction of one of the oldest city ports in the Mediterranean, the old Jaffa port. After long-term negotiations, the project for reconstruction was awarded to Marinetek and Mer Terre, an Israeli contractor specialised for maritime works. As part of the work, Mer Terre will perform the removal of the old fixed and floating pier, refurbish the shoreline and deepening the sea bottom, and Marinetek will for this project manufacture and deliver floating pontoons and equipment to form a new pier at the port.

Through a special analysis, during the evaluation of the offers, the investor decided on the most appropriate technical solution, where the final price was not crucial. For this project, Marinetek will deliver standard Heavy Duty pontoons, 2.7m wide and 15m long, fitted with rubber bumpers and stainless steel cleats, and the bottom of the pontoons will be additionally protected by polyurethane coatings.

Delivery and transportation of pontoons for Israel began in February, and final installation is expected in April and May 2020.

The Maltese archipelago, in the very center of Mediterranean, more precisely south of Sicily and north of Africa, consists of several islands and islets, three of which are inhabited – Malta, Gozo and Comino. The island of Malta is of course the largest of them and considering its geografical postion in heart of Mediterranean, it is not surprising that it has become a destination with highly developed nautical tourism. Over time, Malta has become destination for all who move through Suez canal and is permanent destination for all cruises in the Mediterranean waters. 

In 2003 Marinetek has built the largest marina in the capital city Valetta – Grand Harbour Marina, and recently also a marina in service center Kalkara which makes great references for all future projects of building and reconstruction of marinas in that area. Despite the new situation with the pandemic of coronavirus, in April this year Marinetek has successfully built and delivered pontoons with additional equipment for a completely new marina, Gardens Yacht marina Malta.

This project includes building a new marina on the site of the old piers along the coast. So far, the mooring method has been for only ten vessels up to 25 m long and thirty vessels smaller than 20 m. Following the requirements of investors Gardens Marina ltd, with the proposed expansion of the marina has achieved a better organization of the reception of vessels and the placement of berths on pontoons in order to increase capacity. Accordingly, now marina has total of 97 berths, of which 18 for vesels of 30m, 20 berths for vessels of 25 m, 40 berths for vessels of 15 m, 18 berths for vessels of 12 m and one berth for vessel of 45-50 m long.

Around 275 homes, One&Only’s highest category hotel, a yacht club created by famed designer Andrew Winch and a 238-berth Marinetek marina are among first-class ingredients that combine to create the unrivalled menu for Portonovi Resort Village. Marinetek delivered this superbly crafted Mediterranean marina by meeting complex schedules and, according to the client, exceeding high expectations in terms of quality products and intelligent design input.
Set amidst a landscape of scenic mountains and clean blue waters yet less than an hour’s drive from international airports in Dubrovnik and Tivat, Montenegro’s new luxury tourist destination has risen up from disused reclaimed land over the past two years to become a new icon for picturesque Boka Bay. The new Marina Portonovi – designed by UK-based Marina Projects and built by Marinetek in just one year from contract to completion – also makes it one of the largest nautical destinations in the Mediterranean and a seasonal hot-spot for superyachts.

Professionally designed by experienced engineers to give the best attenuation performance in their category and offer extreme strength and long maintenance-free service life, the all-new Marinetek KH-series breakwater units are industry giants. Top of the range 6300-series units weighing 86 tons apiece and with 2 x 116 ton flexible connection capacity have recently been manufactured by Marinetek in Croatia and shipped to Saguenay, Quebec to create the biggest Marinetek breakwater in Canada.

The KH-series is the result of nearly 12 months’ R&D including extensive research, design and engineering, and tank tests conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland, one of the leading companies of its kind in Europe. VTT operates under a mandate from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and has been offering top-level research and science-based results to private and public sector companies for 75 years. Marinetek, with 35 years’ experience of its founders in the design and production of floating breakwaters, is no stranger in the field but the VTT tested KH-series takes its portfolio to new levels of excellence.