Earlier this week the New Zealand Government announced escalation measures to counter the spread of Coronavirus and protect our position as an island nation. There is a strict stay-at-home mandate for all non-essential businesses and their staff. Vesper Marine is in full support of this necessary action to stop the highly contagious threat to our society. We are working to ensure all staff are supported and have the capability to work remotely from the safety of their own homes.
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March 25, 2020
Vesper Marine’s Cortex is nominated for the coveted DAME Award
October 23, 2019
Cortex has been nominated for the highly prestigious DAME Design Award, in the marine electronics and marine related software category. The DAME Design Award is a fiercely contested marine equipment accolade, judged by a panel of leading boat, interior and industrial designers, as well as user experts.
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Cortex wins 2019 International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition (IBEX) Innovation Award for safety equipment. IBEX has been rewarding ingenuity and honoring excellence with the Innovation Awards since 2003 and is one of the marine industry’s most prestigious honors.
Read MoreVesper Marine's Cortex Wins NMEA Best New Product Award
September 29, 2019
Vesper Marine Cortex has been awarded the Best New Product Award at the 2019 National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Conference and Expo in Norfolk, Virginia. NMEA created the Best New Product Award to celebrate a product deemed best in the areas of innovation, benefit to boaters, practicality and value, that was introduced to the market at the combined NMEA/RTCM event.
Read MoreVHF-Reimagined – Vesper Marine Announces Cortex
September 17, 2019
Vesper Marine announced today a revolution in marine VHF with the release of Cortex. Completely redefining the VHF experience, Cortex is the world’s first radio with wireless touchscreen handsets, built-in Class B SOTDMA smartAIS transponder and remote vessel monitoring.
Jeff Robbins, CEO, Vesper Marine said, “Cortex fundamentally changes how you will interact with safety communication systems.”
Read MoreVesper Marine smartAIS is now on the Navionics App
July 9, 2019
Navionics announced this week that AIS from Vesper Marine smartAIS transponders is now available for all active subscribers on their app for Android and IOS devices. With this feature, the world’s No 1 charting app enables boaters to view Class A and Class B vessels and Aids to Navigation (AtoN) directly on the app’s nautical charts for enhanced situational awareness. Vesper Marine smartAIS transponders include WatchMate Vision2 and XB-8000.
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Vesper Marine announced today that Atlantic Marketing Company has been appointed as their sales representative for the US Mid Atlantic and North East as well as Central and Eastern Canada. Vesper Marine is experiencing strong growth as increasing numbers of sail and power boaters choose the superior safety benefits of Vesper Marine’s smartAIS transponders. Atlantic Marketing Company is one of the largest and most effective marine manufacturer’s representative firms.
Read MoreVesper Marine Announces New Sales Director For EMEA
April 10, 2019
Vesper Marine announced today that Matthew Forbes has been appointed Sales Director for Vesper Marine - Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Matthew is a seasoned marine electronics professional with previous experience in technical sales, business development and general management roles with Navman, Fusion, Garmin and Dometic. "With Matthew driving the European sales efforts we will certainly widen our exposure and demand throughout Europe for current and future products.”
Read MoreVesper Marine appoints Marathon Leisure as their UK distributor
February 27, 2019
Vesper Marine has appointed Marathon Leisure as its sole UK distributor for the company's range of commercial and recreational AIS products.
“We are pleased to have been chosen to represent Vesper, it is an ambitious company with some truly great products,” said Tim Millinder, Marathon Leisure MD. “Vesper’s business is AIS focused with a great depth of knowledge channeled into its unique software and hardware”
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