This October we saw each other in 🇵🇹 Portugal with the main experts of International Nauticals to celebrate the International Council of Marine Industry Associations, ICOMIA, in order to address the great challenges and current opportunities of recreational ports and shipyards.

ICOMIA has been held biennially since it was formed in 1966 and in this edition they make their stop 9 al 11 of October in the Algarbe to bring together more than 400 participants, including operators, owners and sellers of major marinas and yacht clubs, as well as representatives of government agencies.

As part of the fabric of the marine industry and members of ANEN, the National Association of Nautical Companies in Spain, from Marina System Ibérica, MSI (SF Group) We are going to visit the Conference with the aim of being up to date and consistent with all the advances, the opportunities and challenges of our times.

At MSI we are specialized in the design and manufacture of floating concrete pontoons and breakwaters for ports., The topics on which we are interested in being updated are:

– Innovations in marine infrastructure around the world.

– Boat Storage Facilities.

– Access to navigation and associated infrastructure.
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– Risk mitigation.

– Environmental leadership.

– Future leisure trends, social and economic and how they affect marinas.

Also in this edition of ICOMA, the CEO of our Swedish partners, Michael Sigvarsson, will be one of the speakers.

Michael S. he will speak 9 of October on "Maintenance tools – avoiding fast degradation», presentation in which he will show that an initial investment in quality infrastructure in the port leads to a long useful life for the installation and the reduction of its maintenance costs.

SF Marina has enormous authority in this field having delivered some 1500 marinas in near 60 countries around the world and continue to develop as a leader in the industry, being a pioneer:

– In the construction of the largest floating breakwater in the world.

– In the use of non-corrosive basalt fiber as reinforcement.

– As well as innovative solutions for the connection and anchoring of pontoons..

I am sure that ICOMIA will be a success and that we will return to Spain with information, ideas and new relationships that will serve as a basis for us to continue growing in the most efficient and safe way possible worldwide..