ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove in Singapore has accomplished its S$7 million (about US$5.2 million) marina reconfiguration venture. All new and relocated superyacht berths are actually stern-to in entrance of the clubhouse, offering a spectacular view for members, friends and guests.
Whereas protecting the whole variety of berths at 272, the brand new structure will increase the berths for 80ft-plus superyachts from 15 to 33 and will increase the general linear footage of yachts moored throughout the marina. Moreover, the marina has a brand new channel with a minimal depth of 4.5m and may accommodate yachts as much as 220ft (67m), whereas different adjustments embody the relocation of Boaters’ Bar, Singapore’s solely floating marina bar.
Arthur Tay, Chairman and CEO of SUTL Enterprise, which owns the ONE°15 Marina model, mentioned: “ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove is properly on its option to turning into the area’s primary superyacht pit cease. One of many primary targets of the reconfiguration was to cater for the projected development of accelerating yacht sizes by considerably extending our marina’s berthing flexibility.”
The marina contains brand-new pontoons designed in Singapore and manufactured in France, in addition to state-of-the-art service pedestals product of marine-grade anodised aluminium by Rolec Providers within the UK. Different new options embody a fuel-management cellular software, distant meter studying and automatic billing providers.
ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove has been established amongst Asia’s most interesting because it was inaugurated in 2007, when it secured 5 Gold Anchor certification, and in June 2019 it grew to become Singapore’s first personal marina to have a Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facility. Nevertheless, Tay mentioned the reconfiguration was vital as yacht sizes and wishes had considerably modified.
“Our earlier marina infrastructure had been pushed approach past its authentic design parameters, given the development of accelerating yacht sizes and minimal energy necessities over the previous decade,” Tay mentioned.
“With the marina experiencing near full occupancy all yr spherical, the reconfiguration venture has been a difficult feat to drag off but a mandatory one for us to offer higher comfort to our present clients and sustain with market calls for.”
GROWING THE BRAND
As ONE°15 Marina’s first and flagship property, Sentosa Cove units the benchmark for the model round Asia and even globally, as the corporate operates the ONE°15 Marina Brooklyn in New York.
In Malaysia, throughout the Johor Strait from northwest Singapore, the model operates ONE°15 Marina Puteri Harbour, which presents twin membership with the ONE°15 Estuari Sports activities Centre that opened final October. An ongoing redevelopment of a earlier facility within the Iskandar Puteri waterfront, Puteri Harbour features a public marina with 76 berths together with three for superyachts.
In the meantime, building continues on Puteri Harbour’s personal marina, which can characteristic 207 berths and 11 superyacht berths. The adjoining marina is scheduled to open in 2023 together with a clubhouse, lodge rooms, ballroom, restaurant, floating bar, convention and assembly rooms, a spa and health centre.
Additionally near Singapore, ONE°15 Marina Nirup Island in Indonesia is scheduled to open in 2022. Situated on a personal island simply 8nm south of Sentosa, the marina can have 70 berths together with for superyachts, a clubhouse and sea sports activities centre, plus fuelling and bunkering providers.
The marina can even profit from neighbouring a five-star resort that includes lodge rooms, villas and water villas, managed by Accor’s M Gallery Lodge Assortment.
ONE°15 Marina’s different initiatives in Indonesia embody the Indonesia Navy Membership managed by ONE°15 Marina, which is predicated in Pantai Mutiara, an unique waterfront district in north Jakarta dealing with the Thousand Islands archipelago.
Extra lately, ONE15 Administration & Technical Providers, an SUTL Enterprise subsidiary, started a consultancy venture in Bali, offering a marina-feasibility examine and advisory providers to PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III, a state-owned enterprise working and managing 43 ports in seven provinces. In addition to evaluating the suitability of the realm for creating marinas, the venture will embody assessing Bali as a possible web site for a brand new ONE°15 Marina.
The model additionally operates in China, the place its portfolio contains the 158-berth ONE°15 Marina Logan Cove Zhongshan close to Hong Kong, whereas upcoming developments embody the 140-berth Taihu Worldwide Marina managed by ONE°15 Marina, located on Lake Tai in Suzhou, west of Shanghai.
“We’re very excited in regards to the enlargement of our iconic ONE°15 Marina model,” Tay mentioned. “To develop our community, we’ve adopted a two-pronged technique. The primary is to hunt alternatives to seek the advice of on marinas being developed, with the tip objective of placing our model on them and managing them. On the similar time, we need to purchase established marinas that we are able to rework and rebrand.
“With the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, we count on business situations to stay difficult. Nevertheless, we’re cautiously optimistic in regards to the return of tourism and financial development as Covid-19 restrictions are progressively lifted and vaccination programmes are carried out worldwide.”
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