Three rescued, two missing
Three crew members were rescued from a liferaft off the UK coast last night, while a search is in progress for the remaining two crew.
Three crew members were rescued from a liferaft off the UK coast last night, while a search is in progress for the remaining two crew.
The Machinefabriek Luyt yard at Den Oever has been contracted to deliver a new 35.25 metre beam trawler for UK company Waterdance. The keel of the new trawler is due to be laid at the Ibis yard in Holland at the beginning of September and the completed hull is scheduled to be delivered next spring to Den Oever for fitting out.
Researchers from Norway and Russia have carried out surveys of the Barents Sea for many years, but a new report provides a summary of marine garbage identified 2010-2016, according to the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR).
Working with fishing company Nordic Wildfish, Ulstein Group has developed a new series of fishing vessel designs with the aim of providing more gentle fish handling possibilities and to be more environmentally friendly. The design incorporates Ulstein’s X-Bow concept, contributing to reduced vibration and pitching, providing a better working platform at sea, with reduced noise levels.
The Icelandic pelagic fleet has been busy on mackerel after a quiet spell, and landings are now coming thick and fast to ports in the east of the country.
This year Rapp Marine has introduced its new electric fish pump and is holding live demonstrations on the final day of Nor-Fishing.
US patent authorities have decided that patents related to krill oil and its production held by Aker Biomarine are unpatentable. This finding by the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on August 10th this year, follows petitions from Norwegian biotechnology company Rimfrost AS, which produces krill oil.
The Vympel Shipyard in Russia has laid the keel of its first new trawler, being built for Murmansk fishing company Karelriba.
Liegruppen and Salt Ship Design have won the Nor-Fishing Innovation Award for 2018 for their innovative high-tech, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly fishing vessel.
A new Typhoon 38 completed for Donald and Catriona Maclennan in Stornoway has already been steamed home after being completed at the G Smyth yard in Kilkeel. With the crab season still underway, the owners hope to make the most of it with this fast new crabber.