Wave International appoints distributor for Turkey
Wavestream, a UK firm specialising in environmental protection filter technology, has appointed Navantec as its Turkish distributor.
Founded in 2017, Navantec services the growing workboat, leisure boats and yachts, superyacht and commercial boatbuilding sectors in Turkey. The company employs over 15 staff and is headquartered in Istanbul with offices and a warehouse in Antalya.
“We chose Navantec to become our distributor in Turkey because the company has an outstanding reputation for the brands it already represents, many of which are complimentary to Wave’s filter products,” says Paul Gullett, Wave International managing director.
Wave’s products include Wavestream bilge filters, suitable for leisure yachts and workboats, through to the fully integrated Wavebrite SMART and IMO-approved Wave MiniBOSS. The firm specialises in filter products that are designed to fit all sizes of vessels.
“Environmental awareness and innovation are among the most important topics of our day,” says Okan Kuzu, general manager at Navantec. “At Navantec, we are very excited to cooperate with Wave International on these issues.”
Navantec recently exhibited at the Bosphorus Boat Show displaying the full range of Wave products on the stand. “There was a lot of interest in the Waveshine system because most of the visitors were boat owners and captains,” says Ege Bal, sales engineer at Navantec. “One of the main complaints in marinas is the quality of tap water, and Waveshine is the best solution to ensure clean, filtered, non-streaky water.”
In June last year, Gullett called for legislation for the unregulated marine leisure sector about overboard discharge, especially with grey water. He believes one of the biggest challenges the oceans are facing is that the speed of legislation doesn’t match the speed of the pollution. Boat owners are often inadvertently pumping tiny particles into the sea on a daily basis. Gullett wants to see environmental protection systems built into all types of vessels, not just the large commercial ones.
