LATEST NEWS: MARINE

Garmin ActiveCaptain is a free all-in-one mobile app for mariners that delivers a seamless content management system with unlimited access to cartography, automatic delivery of the latest software available, off-vessel planning capabilities, connected services and so much more in one simple, yet powerful application. (Photo: Business Wire)

Garmin® announces the ultimate connected boating experience with the introduction of the ActiveCaptain mobile app

October 31, 2017
Featured Releases, Marine
Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced ActiveCaptain™, a free all-in-one mobile app for mariners that delivers a seamless content management system with unlimited access to cartography, automatic delivery of the latest software…
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The new Garmin STRIKER Plus series features proven fishfinders with industry-leading sonar that are packed with new features to help anglers find and catch more fish, yet easy as ever to use. (Photo: Business Wire)

Introducing the Garmin® STRIKER Plus series, bringing new features to its popular line of fishfinders

October 31, 2017
Featured Releases, Marine
Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced the STRIKERTM Plus series – proven fishfinders with industry-leading sonar that are packed with new features to help anglers find and catch more fish, yet easy as ever to use…
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Garmin® acquires Navionics®

October 27, 2017
Featured Releases, Marine, Corporate
Premier supplier of electronic navigational charts for mariners
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) today announced that it has acquired Navionics S.p.A., a privately-held worldwide provider of electronic navigational charts and mobile applications for the marine industry. “Navionics has long been known as a leading supplier…
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Garmin® selected as Official Supplier for the Volvo Ocean Race

October 10, 2017
Marine
Garmin International, Inc. today announced that it has been selected as an official supplier for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. As an official supplier, Garmin’s flagship waterproof1 action cameras, the VIRB® 360 and VIRB Ultra 30, will be used by all seven teams…
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Garmin® earns top NMEA honors and eight product awards

October 3, 2017
Featured Releases, Marine
Named Manufacturer of the Year for the third consecutive year
Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced that it was named Manufacturer of the Year for the third consecutive year, an honor given to the most recognized company in the marine electronics field for its support of products in the…
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Garmin® introduces Panoptix Ice Bundle with new ice fishing transducer, a hard water solution with revolutionary sonar capabilities

September 12, 2017
Marine
Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced its first chartplotter and transducer bundle with Panoptix all-seeing sonar technology designed specifically for ice fishing. Anglers can now benefit from the game-changing Garmin Panoptix…
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Garmin announces verdict in another Navico patent lawsuit

September 8, 2017
Marine, Corporate
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), announced today that a jury verdict was reached in a patent lawsuit brought by Navico against Garmin in the Eastern District of Texas. The jury found that Garmin had willfully infringed two Navico “downscan…
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Garmin® expands revolutionary Panoptix sonar capabilities

July 10, 2017
Featured Releases, Marine
PS22-TR trolling motor transducer provides two LiveVü modes
Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced the Panoptix™ PS22-TR, its newest Panoptix transducer with LiveVü Forward and LiveVü Down that offers a narrow 20-degree beam angle for crisp, improved resolution and clear images of what’s…
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Garmin® prevails in Navico patent dispute

June 13, 2017
Featured Releases, Marine, Corporate
Navico’s patent claims determined to be invalid by the Federal Circuit
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), announced today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) reversed a December 2015 finding by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that Garmin had infringed Navico patents…
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Garmin® to appeal ITC initial determination

May 26, 2017
Marine, Corporate
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), announced today that an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) at the International Trade Commission (ITC) made an initial determination in the enforcement proceeding brought by Navico, Inc. against Garmin. The…
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