ANNONCER
The first meeting since talks broke up two weeks ago was held yesterday between Icelandic seamen’s unions and vessel owners. This is now easily the longest-running seamen’s strike ever to take place in Iceland and has been in progress since mid-December when unions’ memberships voted down an agreement that had previously been reached.
The capelin season in Icelandic waters is in progress, although there are currently no Icelandic vessels taking part in the fishery due to the ongoing seamen’s strike.
Icelandic high-tech equipment suppliers Skaginn and 3X Technologies will from now on jointly be known as Skaginn 3X.
Results of the research surveys carried out by research vessels and one commercial fishing vessel have been digested and Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has decided on a 57,000 tonne capelin quota.
After a year’s preparation between the two companies, Marport Scala and Scantrol iSYM equipment can now be integrated to control winch systems.
The seamen’s strike that has kept the Icelandic fleet tied up since last year shows no signs of being resolved soon and the strike is now into an unprecedented second month after seamen’s unions voted down the terms of the last negotiated agreements.
One of the Icelandic seamen’s unions, Sjómanasamband Íslands (SSÍ), has announced that negotiations with the vessel owners have come to an end without resolution.
Reykjavík police are continuing their investigation into the disappearance on Saturday of Birna Brjánsdóttir and three of the crew of a Greenlandic trawler that was docked in Hafnarfjörður at the time remain in custody.
HB Grandi’s new trawler is now halfway home from Turkey on its delivery trip to Iceland.
Icelandic police yesterday arrested two of the crew of a Greenlandic trawler, and according to subsequent reports, a third crewman has also been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a young woman in Reykjavík at the weekend.