100-tow Barents Sea trip
Síldarvinnslan’s factory trawler Blængur is alongside in Neskaupstaður after a 40-day trip for a green weight catch of 928 tonnes and a catch value of ISK413 million. Of the 40…
2024 starts well for Blængur
Síldarvinnslan’s factory trawler Blængur had a successful 2023, with a green weight catch of 7570 tonnes, which puts it ahead of any other trawler operating from the eastern region of…
Big trip for freezer trawler
Síldarvinnslan’s freezer trawler Blængur docked last week and is already back at sea. The catch was a green weight of 830 tonnes of mainly saithe and redfish, making 20,500 cartons…
Good trip on mixed fishing
Síldarvinnslan’s factory trawler Blængur has sailed after a short stopover in Neskaupstaður to land its catch after a 27-day trip. This was a trip on mixed fishing, with a green…
Skipper’s successful first trip
Síldarvinnslan’s factory trawler Blængur docked in Neskaupstaður this week to discharge frozen production valued at ISK274 million after roughly a month at sea. The catch is a green weight of…
Keeping up with the twin-riggers
Síldarvinnslan’s freezer trawler Blængur has recently completed a trip in the Norwegian zone of the Barents Sea, and what attracted interest was that Blængur’s catch rates with its single trawl…
Icelandic trawler’s record Barents Sea trip
Síldarvinnlan’s freezer trawler Blængur is alongside after completing a record 40-day trip to the Barents Sea, docked in Neskaupstaður where the catch valued at ISK635 million in being discharged –…
Icelandic factory trawler Blængur NK-125 and Greenlandic longliner Masilik at the Slippurin yard’s quayside in Akureyri. Image: Slippurinn
Traffic at Akureyri shipyard
Longliner Masilik, owned by Royal Greenland, has sailed from the Slippurinn yard in Akureyri, one of a series of major repair and maintenance jobs at the yard over recent months.…