Research vessel to be launched in December
A date has been set for the launch of Iceland’s new marine research vessel at the Armón yard in Vigo, when the new vessel will also be formally christened to…
A date has been set for the launch of Iceland’s new marine research vessel at the Armón yard in Vigo, when the new vessel will also be formally christened to…
The new research vessel for the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in Iceland, currently under construction at Astilleros Armón in Spain and scheduled to arrive in Iceland in late…
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armón will build the new research vessel for the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), scheduled to be delivered in mid-2025. Anna Weber-van Bosse will replace…
Astilleros Armon has delivered the first of three freezer trawlers for Spanish owners designed to operate in west Africa to fish for shrimp and other demersal species. The 29.50 metre,…
The troubled Barreras shipyard in Vigo is set to become part of Spanish shipbuilding group Astilleros Armón following a legal ruling in favour of the acquisition. ‘Barreras is our neighbour…
After a three-year design process followed by tendering, decisions have been made on the yard to build the new Icelandic research vessel that will replace the 60-year-old Bjarni Sæmundsson. The…
Grindavík fishing company Thorbjörn hf has placed an order with the Armón shipyard for a 58 metre, 13.60 metre fresher trawler, with a scheduled delivery date in early 2024. The…
Astilleros Armón has delivered the latest new trawler to join the Argentinian fleet fishing for red shrimp. Wanchese Fish Company, a division of Cooke Seafood USA, went to the Spanish…
New factory trawler Baldvin Njálsson GK-400 has been delivered by Astilleros Armón to Nesfiskur, based at Garður in the south of Iceland. Nesfiskur went to Icelandic naval architect Skipasýn for…
Less than a month after Ponta Macalonga began its voyage to Beira, Nueva Pescanova Group has celebrated the delivery ceremony of its new vessel for its Mozambique subsidiary Pescamar. The…