The Leisure Boat Sector

Apulia is characterized by its strategic geographic position, as a bridge between East and West, a gateway to the Balkans, a coastline that stretches for some 865 km, 3 major ports (Bari, Brindisi and Taranto) and 6 minor. The combination of these features, the beauty of the sea, a year-round mild climate and a great many ports, marinas, natural harbours and landing stages, together with a modern and dynamic industrial system, has turned Apulia into the perfect place for leisure boating to flourish.
Companies operating in this sector in Apulia devoted to the building and maintenance of boats, cover the entire productive cycle: design, construction, the manufacture of individual components, assembly, fitting and furnishing.
A particularly skilled manual workforce vies, but also joins forces with modern technology, which results in levels of excellence and top quality designs. It is a blend of innovation and tradition that involves the entire boating network and a full range of services in the nautical supply chain that also include mooring fees, maintenance and dry berthing.

Tradition, innovation and everything in between is the key to Apulia’s leisure boat sector. It is a sector that fosters research and innovation, moving the traditional production network towards increasingly advanced technological procedures that make full use of innovative materials and environmentally sustainable components resulting in lighter but stronger boats that use less fuel.
It is a sector where “axe-wielding” masters coexist with cutting edge companies that export all over the world.