Poralu Marine, a France-based company specialising in marina design and construction, has introduced a new floating dock finish called “Harmony” following years of research and development. The product is designed to lower the environmental impact through the use of recycled and bio-based materials.
The Harmony finish aims to reduce the carbon footprint of floating docks by up to 50 percent compared with traditional designs. The docks are made using about 80 percent recycled and bio-based materials, including recycled aluminium, polyethylene, expanded polystyrene foam and composite decking produced from recycled PVC and rice husks.
The new finish completes Poralu Marine’s aluminium floating dock offering, with the company now providing three options: Nautic as the standard, Harmony as the lower-carbon alternative and Premium, which also uses lower-impact materials with a distinct design.
Christophe Sauné, director of business development at Wearth Group, said: “We now offer our customers products that retain their mechanical characteristics and properties while reducing their carbon impact. After more than five years of work, we’ve finally been able to fulfill the conditions needed to produce docks that meet our customers’ expectations, with a process built around the challenges of recycled materials.”
Production of the Harmony finish will be in Port, Ain, France, and Saint-Eustache, Canada. The group plans to make the product available across its international operations, which span more than 30 countries and include over 15,000 installations.
Sauné added: “As part of our philosophy, we believe that a premium positioning must be environmentally friendly. We’re proud to take this bold stance to contribute in our own way to changing habits. More and more customers are being required to lower their environmental impact, especially on the coast: we are now able to offer them products like no other on the market that take these challenges into account, in line with our group’s environmental DNA.”
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