MIA announces Clean Tech partnership with Searial Cleaners
by Marina Industries Association 17 May 2022 22:58 PDT
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As it prepares for its premier industry event, Marinas22, the Marina Industries Association (MIA) is proud to announce a new and exciting Clean Tech Partnership with The Searial Cleaners. Owned by Poralu Marine, a company with environmental sustainability firmly entrenched it its company values, The Searial Cleaners is a range of complementary coastal waste management solutions designed to combat marine pollution and restore water quality and pristine shorelines.
In announcing the partnership, Suzanne Davies, MIA CEO explained, "MIA members view their role as local environmental custodians and actively make positive contributions in creating and maintaining a pristine environment. The Searial Cleaner Clean Tech Partnership is an important part of our environmental strategy and will complement our recent Environment Partnership with BMT. Together these partnerships will strengthen the MIA's environmental leadership and positioning of the industry as environmental stewards."
Appropriately marketed as the 'superheros' of waterways, the range includes:
- BeBot a 100% electric, beach screening robot that moves along a beach, sifting sand and collecting waste without damaging the fauna and flora.
- Collect'Thor is easily fixed to a quay or floating pontoon and attracts and engulfs solid and liquid floating waste. Silent and very ergonomic, it can contain up to 100kg of waste.
- InvisiBubble bubble barrier protects sea life by purifying water and deflecting debris and quarantining hydrocarbons for retrieval.
- PixieDrone a remote controlled, or autonomous, on-water drone that collects waste.
Collec'Thor will be presented at during the Innovation Showcase at the Marinas22 Conference & Trade Exhibition next week.
Ekrem Reyhancioglu, Poralu Director, Asia-Pacific commented, "I am very happy and excited to present The Serial Cleaners at the Marina 22 Conference. With these latest innovations, Poralu Marine reinforces its commitment on having positive impact on the environment not only when building marinas, but also in providing eco-friendly solutions to protect our shorelines, harbours and marinas from marine pollution.
With the Clean-Tech Partnership, we are proud to be part of the MIA environmental strategy, sharing our expertise and working together toward increased awareness and leadership in fighting marine pollution issues."
MIA President Andrew Chapman commented, "We are looking forward to the next few years and our role in providing environmental leadership to our industry. Over 60 MIA members have embraced the voluntary Clean Marina accreditation and taken a pledge to eliminate single use plastics by 2025. The industry is committed to the environment, and it is great to have members who step up and want to drive this agenda further with us."
The MIA recently launched the BMT Environmental Best Practices induction course for new marina industry employees to ensure standards are understood by employees as they enter the industry. These new environmental partnerships with BMT and The Searial Cleaners are clear indications of the MIA's broader environmental strategy.
The MIA encourages its members and the broader industry, to support those businesses which provide additional support and commitment to the industry through their support of the MIA, by considering their partner products and services when contemplating supplier and purchasing decisions.