Projects

After the boom years prior to 2009 the last couple of years have been a mixture of feast and famine as clients Europe wide became affected by global events and in particular the bale out of the banks.  What will the remainder of  2011 bring?  Who knows, but we are ready to provide the best quality services to those clients that proceed with imports.

2010 has seen a broadening of our services to clients with an increasing number of BoatSource projects where we found and then imported craft on behalf of clients.  In some case we utilised our partner yard in Lantana, FL to undertake works prior to shipping whilst in other we just shipped straight from the vendor.  For 2011 we've had to remove ourselves from the purchase transaction but we continue to provide advice both before and after purchase.

For 2011 we've also continued this 'full-service' trend, starting with some special offer packages, which as well as the CE assessment include the rectification of non-conformities as well as the conversion of AC electrics where appropriate.  These fixed price offers provide further cost assurance for importers wishing to engage Gablemarine once the boats arrive in the UK.

Historically many of our CE Marking projects have been in Norway, considered to be one of the most difficult countries due to the strict emissions regulations and somewhat unpredictable interpretation of the Directive/RSG guidelines.  Fortunately for 2011 it would appear that Norway has been forced into line with the rest of Europe and now accepts engines without a CE mark which however comply with RSG guidelines on emissions.  In 2010 we extended our Scandinavian business to include Finland, working with one of the largest Finnish importers with bases in Finland and the US. 

In addition to US sports boats we also cover boat compliance for sports fish boats, sports cruisers, motor yachts, trawler yachts and sailing yachts, as well as RCD noise emissions testing and issuing RCD exemption certificates, several of which have been issued this year to yachts previously based in EEA territories in the Caribbean.

To the right you will find menus links to two pages.  The first has pictures of craft that we have assessed for CE compliance and in many cases also arranged the shipping too.  The second provides some case studies for our (previous) one-stop BoatSource projects.  Enjoy.