Oran hosts SIPA 2017
The Algerian port city of Oran is this year hosting SIPA’2017, the 7th International Exhibition of Fishing and Aquaculture.
The Algerian port city of Oran is this year hosting SIPA’2017, the 7th International Exhibition of Fishing and Aquaculture.
The sale of Icelandic Group subsidiary Gadus has been concluded, with the company now in the hands of new owners Steinsalir ehf.
Bulgarian fisherman Emil Milev’s passion for fishing started with a trip out of curiosity back in 1993. Now he runs three trawlers fishing in Black Sea waters.
The organiser of Skipper Expo in Bristol are delighted with the high number of stand bookings so far for the event, with many more companies anticipated to sign up over the coming weeks.
The new trawler for Clogherhead owner Niall Connolly has been launched at the PTS yard at Szczecin in Poland.
While HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels have already made an early start on this year’s mackerel season after fishing well on blue whiting in the spring and early summer, the Síldarvinnslan vessels are still on blue whiting.
The Luyt Groep yard at Den Oever in Holland has two new shrimpers under construction for local owners in Wieringen, with delivery scheduled for early 2018. The keel-laying ceremony for the two newbuilds took place last week.
The European Commission (EC) has launched its annual consultation on setting fishing opportunities for 2018. As a novelty, this year it is accompanied by a communication which, besides setting the traditional principles underpinning the EC's proposal for Atlantic and North Sea fish quotas (TACs) in 2018, provides an overview on progress made towards achieving of CFP objectives.
Newbuilding Division of Nauta Shiprepair Yard has begun construction of a partly outfitted fishing vessel B-131 with a steel cutting ceremony held on July 4th. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the client, the shipowner and classification society.
Shipbroker BP Shipping has been busy this year, both in Iceland and overseas, and Björgvin Ólafsson said that they have been sold several vessels from Iceland this year as the arrival of a number of newbuildings means older vessels are leaving the fleet.