The annual barrage of facts and figures begins

After 18 years service, Luc Pettavino is to stand down as managing director of the Monaco Yacht Show

At the 40th edition of the South’s largest boat show there was a fairly good turnout of exhibitors with some debuts and some good deals for the public

He relaunched Nauticsud, bringing it back onto the list of the most heralded shows. He wants to combat the decline of the port, offering it instead as a tourist stop. And he has even founded a ten-point political movement. That’s Lino Ferrara, a Neapolitan champion of creativity

A new shipyard has been founded in Torre Annunziata, one of Campania’s most economically challenged areas. With a name that has long been associated with luxury gozzi, this yard now boasts 125 sq. m. of seafront space to deal with increased production and to create employment in this region. Cataldo and Giovanni Aprea explain.