Over the last ten years Macduff Ship Design has put much effort into specialising in the design of small workboats and harbour vessels, a move driven partly by a wish to broaden the company’s reach, and also as there had been a relatively quiet period within its original core business of the UK fishing and aquaculture sector. But recent years has seen a resurgence in the interest in newbuilds within the fishing and aquaculture sectors.
The Nodosa Shipyard at Marín has signed a contract with the Perscuerta Group to build a new freezer stern trawler to fish in the South Atlantic – ready for the spring 2021 season.
The Icelandic Marine Research Institute has recommended a nephrops quota of only 235 tonnes for 2019, just enough to allow the stock’s condition and distribution to be monitored.
As the aquaculture sector in Iceland has grown in recent years, Icelandic Aquaculture (Landssamband Fiskeldisstöðva - LF), the association representing Iceland’s fish farmers, is merging with Fisheries Iceland (Samtök Fyrirtækja í Sjávarútvegi - SFS) which has traditionally represented the fishing vessel owners.
After a thorough renovation, the floating dock in the Port of Hirtshals is now again back in use after a difficult few months and some necessary changes having been made.
Construction of a second in a series of longliners is in progress at the Northern Shipyard (Severnaya Verf) in St Petersburg, with the keel-laying ceremony held yesterday for an MT1112XL processor-longliner to be delivered at the end of 2020.
A grouping of northern European mackerel fishing organisations has expressed disappointment that Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the North East Atlantic mackerel fishery will be suspended at the beginning of March but is hopeful that certification will soon be reinstated once a more detailed scientific evaluation of the stock is completed.
Síldarvinnslan’s trawler Bergey docked yesterday with 70 tonnes of fish on board, mostly haddock caught off the east of Iceland. What makes this landing remarkable is that these tonnes saw the trawler’s total catch value tick past the ISK10 billion milestone.
Scottish wellboat, harvest and service vessel company Johnson Marine Ltd has placed an order to purchase two Racemaster net cleaning robot systems from Norwegian technology company MPI (Multi Pump Innovation).
With the first of the series of multi-purpose fishing vessels for the Russian Far East 90% complete, the initial trials are already in progress.