“We’re excited to be working with Nova Marine as we expand into the African market, they are a very well regarded company who share our core values of providing good service and quality products” said Peter Wallbank, Technical Director at August Race.

Nova Marine (Owned by leading ships agency Sturrock Grindrod Maritime) offers a wide range of products and services including safety equipment, lifeboats, life rafts, chandling and fire services.

“Nova Marine have recently acquired distributorships for a number of premium marine brands in SSA and August Race are pleased to be among those.”

Now headed by Divisional Manager Susan Meldrum Nova Marine was originally founded in 1965 as part of the Pescanova Group until 2018 when it was purchased by Sturrock Grindrod Maritime one of the worlds leading ships agency and provider of logistics and maritime technical and engineering services.

Nova Marine will officially launch the Premium Boat Care Range in May and are currently appointing key outlets in readiness.

For more information on the range or to discuss becoming a stockist of August Race products in Sub Saharan Africa contact the Nova Marine team at nmservice@novamarine.co.za