{"id":270,"date":"2025-02-06T10:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desarrollo.portview.app\/mercado-nautico-2024-correccion-natural-o-cambio-de-ciclo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:35:49","slug":"mercado-nautico-2024-correccion-natural-o-cambio-de-ciclo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/mercado-nautico-2024-correccion-natural-o-cambio-de-ciclo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nautical Market 2024: Natural correction or change of cycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"\">According to data published by <strong id=\"\">ANEN (National Association of Nautical Companies)<\/strong>in 2024, in 2024, the following were enrolled <strong id=\"\">5,027 recreational vessels<\/strong>which represents a <strong id=\"\">15.9% decrease compared to 2023<\/strong>Does this mean that the market is in decline or are we simply seeing an adjustment after years of atypical growth?<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Post-pandemic trend: boom and normalization<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p id=\"\">Since 2020, recreational boating experienced accelerated growth driven by:<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u2705 Pandemic, which led many new users to seek outdoor recreational alternatives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u2705 Increased interest in proximity tourism and private experiences.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u2705 An increase in demand for smaller boats, accessible to new sailors.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">This <strong id=\"\">extraordinary growth between 2020 and 2022<\/strong> led to record figures, with a significant increase in registrations and charter demand. However, in 2023 and 2024, the market has started to stabilize, which explains the drop in registrations. <strong id=\"\">without this signifying a crisis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">What does the ANEN data tell us?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">1\ufe0f\u20e3 Small yachts segment in decline (-18.3%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">- Boats up to 6 meters<\/strong>which represent the <strong id=\"\">70.3% of the market<\/strong>have been the most affected by the fall.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- This could be due to the fact that <strong id=\"\">the bulk of new post-pandemic yachtsmen have already acquired boats in previous years<\/strong>The company has been able to reduce the demand for purchases in this segment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- It may also indicate a transition to <strong id=\"\">rental models<\/strong> instead of ownership.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">2\ufe0f\u20e3 Growth in luxury yachts (+8.2%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- The <strong id=\"\">vessels over 16 meters<\/strong> are the only segment with growth.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- This confirms that <strong id=\"\">the premium customer continues to bet on the nautical sector<\/strong>This suggests that investment in larger vessels remains stable.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- It also reflects that <strong id=\"\">demand has not disappeared, but is concentrating in more exclusive segments.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">3\ufe0f\u20e3 Adjustment in the charter market (-15.3%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- In recent years, rental companies have grown rapidly, expanding their fleet with new registrations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- This drop may mean that the supply of charter boats is already sufficient for the current demand.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">- However, <strong id=\"\">charter remains a mainstay of the yachting market<\/strong>with jet skis (42%) and motor boats (35%) as protagonists.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Crisis or market adjustment?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p id=\"\">If we analyze these data from the perspective of <strong id=\"\">market cycle<\/strong>what is happening in 2024 looks like <strong id=\"\">a natural correction after a period of exceptional growth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">  It is not a crisis, but a return to more normal values after the post-pandemic explosion in demand.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">  The premium and rental segments continue to show strength, indicating that interest in yachting is still alive and well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">  The decline in registrations suggests that the digitization and optimization of port management will be key to maintaining the sector's competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">How can ports adapt to this new reality?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p id=\"\">The key for the coming years will be in:<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u2705 Improve the management of <strong id=\"\">rental boats<\/strong>offering more personalized experiences.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u2705 Betting on the <strong id=\"\">digitization and process optimization<\/strong>facilitating access to port services.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u2705 Adapt to new consumer trends, with tools such as. <strong id=\"\">Portview and Pandora<\/strong>The new system is designed to improve the relationship between ports and navigators.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">In summary, we could say that the nautical market is <strong id=\"\">maturing and adjusting to its new reality<\/strong>. The future of the sector will depend on how key players adapt to this transformation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Source: ANEN - Nautical Market Balance 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anen.es\/balance-del-mercado-nautico-2024-5027-matriculaciones-de-embarcaciones-de-recreo-registradas\/\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong id=\"\">Read the full report here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The marine industry has recorded a fall of 15.9% in recreational boat registrations, according to the latest data from ANEN. At first glance, it might seem like a slowdown, but are we really facing a problem or just an adjustment after the exceptional post-pandemic growth? We explore the keys behind this evolution, which segments have been most affected, which are still growing and what opportunities emerge for ports and the marine industry in this new scenario.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nautico"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portview.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}