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Business Meetings on Water? We Have the Perfect Corporate Boat!

Can the location of a corporate meeting make a difference to its outcome? At Smart Own, we believe that being in direct physical contact with your products is essential to understanding the dynamics of your business and making sound, well-informed business decisions.In that spirit, we built the Sea Lounge 40 our luxury corporate boat.

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5 Ways to Turn Senegal’s Capital Dakar into the Venice of West Africa — with Smart Own’s Passenger Boats

This is the first of two posts about opportunities for the water transport industry in the West African paradise of Senegal. This post focuses on Dakar, its islands, and surrounding areas. In a later post, we will address the many possibilities to operate passenger boats on the rivers, deltas, and coastal areas in the rest of the country.

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Smart Own bringing the water transport business to Nairobi Kenya

Smart Own and Gulf Craft spent 3 days in Kenya’s capital Nairobi to introduce their range of passenger boats, fishing boats and patrol boats to the Kenyan community and businessmen. Our visitors are convinced about the potential of the water transport business and many of them are planning to embark on this highly lucrative venture in the short to medium term. The superstar boat that attracted most attention was again the Gulf Craft Touring 36. The World’s best selling passenger boat is the boat of choice for the water transport entrepreneur.

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Smart Own awarded the supply of a Gulf Craft Waveshuttle 56 for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project in Bangladesh

Smart Own secured a deal with China Major Bridge Engineering Company Limited (MBEC) to supply a Gulf Craft Waveshuttle 56 Lounge Version for the Padma Multipurpose Project in Bangladesh. The Waveshuttle 56, a high speed luxury water bus will serve as a transport boat for the high rank government officials of Bangladesh during site inspection visits. MBEC is the main contractor in charge of the p

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Waveshuttle 56: A high speed luxury water bus is not a ferry

So what is the difference between a ferry and a marine shuttle bus?

A ferry is usually a large-size commercial boat with a large seating capacity. It is normally equipped with economical diesel engines that are fuel efficient but very slow. A typical ferry would cruise between 14 to 16 knots fully loaded. Unless it is a cruise ship, luxury is considered secondary in ferries.

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