KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has announced that it has acquired Headland Media Limited, a media and entertainment services company.  Headland Media is a leading provider of commercially licensed news, sports, movies, and music content that they sell in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets.  

“The acquisition of Headland Media supports our strategic vision of extending our maritime broadband service to also include delivering premium content to vessels,” said Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH’s chief executive officer.  “We’ve captured a leading market share in the maritime VSAT market for one-to-one connectivity, and are now rolling out a new, highly efficient, low-cost multicasting capability that we believe will create

Toronto Port Authority is seeking expressions of interest from qualified Boat Dealers to facilitate Sales and Service Operations at Outer Harbour Marina.
 
Full details can be found on MERX at www.merx.com/torontoport
 
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The Honourable Peter Kent, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced that recreational lockage fees along Canada's historic canals will remain frozen for the next three years at 2008 levels.

"Since the beginning of our consultation process on canal fees, we have been committed to listening and acting in the best interests of the residents who live, work and visit our canals," said Minister Kent. "We recognize the importance of canals to Canada's heritage, the tourism industry and the thousands of people who use them each year.

The Marlow Marine Cruising Club 18th Annual Spring Rendezvous was held on April 25 thru 28 at the Ocean Reef Club, a private resort in Key Largo, Florida. Members and guests arrived by boat, plane and car to attend this highly anticipated event. Guests were treated royally and everyone’s expectations were exceeded. The first of many surprises planned over the 4 day event was the exterior washing of their boat. Our detailers were ready to hop on board as soon as the vessel docked.

After members received their welcome bag, filled with all sorts of useful items, at registration, everyone’s attention turned to the evening’s Welcome Reception. A beautiful setting on the upstairs terrace lent itself to a gorgeous sunset and later a full moon with its light rays dancing on the water.

The Reinell Brand will continue to be built with Campion Marine's commitment to building boats with the highest degree of quality craftsmanship, attention to detail and performance. Campion Marine will market Reinell as a separate brand.
 
For forty years, Campion Marine, a family owned boat manufacturer, has built boats with the highest degree of craftsmanship and innovation under the brand names of Allante sport boats and cruisers, Chase high performance, Explorer sport utility, SVFARA wake and surf tow boats and Infinyte alternate power. Campion is committed to building strength into the Reinell brand and building on its long successful history.

Fusion, a worldwide leader in marine and car audio, has announced that, effective immediately, Premium Imports Limited (PiL) is the exclusive Canadian distributor for both its automotive and marine audio electronics. Previously, PiL held exclusive distribution rights in Canada for the automotive brand and shared the marine category with other marine channel distributors.

“Our exclusive relationship with Fusion is incredibly exciting for us,” said Mike Brawley, president, PiL. “It gives us the opportunity to position the brand with Canada’s best 12 volt retailers and draw on the attractiveness of a full car and marine product offering. Fusion’s commanding presence in

MarineMax, Inc., has announced the appointment of Josie Tucci to the role of Vice President of Marketing.  Tucci joined MarineMax in August 2012, and quickly built a talented team to deliver marketing support for MarineMax’s national retail network of 50 plus stores and diverse business units.

Tucci started her marketing career in the marine industry over 15 years ago, working for a well-known European boat builder in France. Moving to the USA in 2001, Tucci established a global yacht sales marketing network and went on to expand and develop distribution channels across North and South America for the leading yacht charter brands in the world.

Volvo Penta today announced two key appointments to solidify its marine leisure sales team. The company has appointed Tony Kelleher as director, marine leisure sales, Region Americas and Rick Richert as regional sales manager.
 
Kelleher, who has been with Volvo Penta since 2006, will be responsible for managing strategic direction and sales of Volvo Penta gas and diesel engines in the leisure marine segment for North America and the Caribbean, with emphasis on day-to-day operations including programs, plans, budgets and overseeing the growing sales team.