Diverse Marine has announced that it has completed the purchase of the freehold of Medina Yard and Medina Village from the Peter Harrison Trust.
This site represents 12 acres of waterfront at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, part of which is the current base of the UK’s leading workboat builder.
Diverse Marine specialises in the construction of a varied fleet of workboats, primarily offshore wind crew transfer vessels, but in recent months also amphibious watercraft, search and rescue craft, crew boats for the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier and a number of small workboats and RIBs.
A recent notable delivery was ’Seacat Columbia’, the first of class BARTech30 for Seacat Services.
Ben Colman, Director of Diverse Marine Ltd:
“The acquisition of the Medina Yard and Medina Village not only protects the future of Diverse Marine, its staff and contractors but also gives security to other tenants on the site that support us in our day-to-day activities. We look forward to engaging with all stakeholders to consider how to collectively and collaboratively improve the site to meet the needs of all tenants and stakeholders and look to development plans and opportunities on the site for the greater good of Cowes and the Isle of Wight”.
here we go, no properties for the youngsters of Cowes, it’ll be gated seafront overner apartments, chelsea tractor parking, soya lattes & alfresco dinning for those on their motor boats over from Hamble!
You and your (currently) two upvoters clearly didn’t bother to read the actual article before commenting. Diverse Marine build boats, not houses.
We’ll see!
It’s a construction company. They have no interest in housing. Did you even bother to read the article before your knee jerk reaction?
Do you even know Ben Colman ? he’s no boat builder he’s a salesman buying through diverse marine 😉
Embed holdings look it up.
Diverse are working alongside SeaCat Services to provide boats for the border force in the English Channel helping immigrants get to UK shores, I don’t wish this company well.
TRAITORS!!
Got any links to provide evidence of your claims?
Seacat defender has been seen many times on news channels. Plus I know the companies very well.
If only you knew?! I’m more worried about the ever increasing burden being put on us Taxpayers to fund the immigrants. Funny we can folk out boats, hotels, NHS treatment yet someone living on the street, or an elderly person not being able to heat one’s home is brushed under the carpet.
If you get this I’m trying to respond but Islandecho are playing Judge, Jury & executioner.
Personally,I thought we live in country of free speech!! Clearly not.
Yes I have seen this companies boats on the news, those big aluminium catamarans bringing in boat loads of illegal immigrants, as far as I see it they are as bad as the people trafficking the other side making lots of money, probably how they funded this buy. More boats being built means more coming over
Yes I have seen this companies boats on the news, big aluminium catamarans bringing in illegal immigrants, I expect this is what funded the buy! Makes them just as bad as the people trafficking the other side. More boats means more coming over.
Sounds like good news, as long as its not even more ‘homes’ in any development, ie. even more incomers taking up what little healthcare we have left. Hopefully it will be even more expansion of boatbuilding or, who knows, perhaps even ships again
Couldn’t agree more keeping a lot of people employed, That site will never be used for housing the ground is too contaminated and unstable it would cost to much, Well done Diverse Marine.
Yes well done Diverse marine! sorry how did you get that business again…not sure how some people sleep at night!