2023 May June Marina World

PRODUCTS, SERVICES & PEOPLE
Flovac wins
second
Mallorca
contract
Flovac is to provide the sewerage pipes
and vacuum wells for the buildings at Club
de Mar in Palma de Mallorca (above). The
contract is the second the company has won
for work on the remodelling of the marina.
The remodelling project is being carried out
in two areas and has been awarded to two
different construction companies. Both networks
will be connected to a single vacuum station.
In the marina area, Flovac has been working
since 2021 on pipes, manholes and turrets for
emptying wastewater from yachts up to 150m
(490ft). Water is treated with hydrocarbon
separators also supplied by Flovac.
Both the manholes for the boats and the wells
for the buildings are supported by Flovatronic
software, which allows real-time supervision of
everything that happens in the marina’s vacuum
sanitation network.
www.flovac.es
Valterri Vauramo
Valterri Vauramo (right) has returned to Marinetek Finland as its new director,
central and northern Europe. He has 22 years of experience in the international
marina industry.
Vauramo previously worked with
Marinetek Group and Marinetek
Finland in various roles for over ten
years before deciding to leave Finland
in 2012 for the UAE, where he worked
as a business unit manager for a local
marina construction company.
In 2020, he moved to the Australian
Joint connector enhances
breakwater performance
The design for the Astra semi-flexible rubber joint for connecting
concrete floating breakwater modules has been purchased by Chinese
marina builder Livart Marine. The technical transfer was made in 2022.
Developed by Spanish engineers,
the joint adjusts the strength of
the connection by changing the
number of rubber blocks, allows
for small amplitude movement and
energy absorption, and is easy to
assemble.
Thanks to the Astra connection
design, Livart Marine’s floating
concrete breakwaters are now
designed with a hydrodynamic
approach to provide the best
Gold Coast to become general
manager and senior engineer at a local
marina company.
Santeri Suoranta, CEO of Marinetek
Group, is delighted to have him back.
“We are really happy to have Valterri on
board with us with his wide knowledge
on marina business and technology
attenuation for wind and waves.
All breakwaters are structurally
designed in accordance with Euro
2, and manufacturing quality is
assured under ISO 9001:2015
standards.
Custom manufacturing enables
Livart to design and fabricate
for every configuration and thus
minimise stress on structural joints
even in the roughest conditions.
www.livartmarine.net
and his excellent personal touch. He
will be a vital part of the next steps of
Marinetek,” he said.
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