Zephyr heads for Norway
A partly outfitted, Skipsteknisk-designed pelagic trawler for Shetland owners has set off from Gdansk for the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard in western Norway which will fit out and complete the 75 metre vessel.
A partly outfitted, Skipsteknisk-designed pelagic trawler for Shetland owners has set off from Gdansk for the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard in western Norway which will fit out and complete the 75 metre vessel.
Spain has become the latest country to accede to the International Maritime Organization’s Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety, significantly boosting the number of vessels needed for entry into force.
Icelandic company Slippurinn, based in Akureyri, has signed a contract to design, manufacture and install a processing deck for both whitefish and shrimps on board the new trawler being built for Nergård Havfiske, with the hull constructed at Vard Braila in Romania and taken to Vard Brattvaag for completion by early 2020.
Argentina’s Coastguard has arrested a South Korean fishing vessel in its waters, after which it was escorted to the port of Comodoro Rivadavia.
Fishermen’s leaders are urging Shetland Islands Council to acknowledge the importance of the Sullom Voe harbour area to inshore fishermen as they devise a plan for the area’s future use now that oil tanker movements have declined significantly.
Three one-day workshops held in Southampton’s Grand Harbour are set to run back-to-back, combining key subjects with international maritime experts in dynamic panel discussions.
Crashing out of the European Union without a deal could decimate the Welsh farming and fishing industries, warns Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths.
Norwegian company Havfront AS has revolutionised the gutting and deheading of fish on board fishing vessels with the world's smallest gutting and heading machine, the Loppa. Now the company has secured its first international contract in Greenland.
A formal complaint about the activities of a group of Italian-owned trawlers in West African waters has been lodged with the European Union, requesting that the European Commission should launch infringement procedures against the flag state which has failed to meet its obligations.
Thyborøn fisherman Martin Kynde is taking a step into the future, replacing an elderly wooden fishing vessel dating back to 1973 with a new trawler/fly-shooter expected to be delivered in the summer of 2020.