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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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Dakar Senegal Boat

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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The emergence of the Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV)

An Unmanned surface vessel or vehicle (USV) is a boat that operates on the surface of the water without a crew. It is controlled remotely via radio or satellite connectivity. USVs come in different sizes, shape, and built materials, but they all provide the same purpose: to accomplish missions for us but without us. USVs are a better alternative to traditional manned boats in several situations.

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Waveshuttle 56

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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Transporter 32 becomes one of the most sold passenger boats in Angola

It’s a love story between the Angolans and the Transporter 32.  Our entry level passenger boat has seen a strong rise in demand over the last 2 years to become one of the most sold small size passenger boats in Angola . Offered at a very competitive price, this high quality basic passenger boat is meeting the

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