Ordered back in 2017, and scheduled to be ready ahead of 2019 harvesting season, Aker BioMarine’s flagship vessel is taking shape at the Vard shipyard, built at a cost of NoK 1 billion (€103 million), making the 130 metre vessel one of a kind.
This is the beginning of a unique collaboration bringing together innovative technologies and high-tech competencies from both Norwegian and Chinese companies, said Matts Johansen, CEO of Aker BioMarine.
Three high-tech vessels, all serving very different segments, have been selected as the nominees for this year’s coveted Ship of The Year title. This year the nominees include a fishing vessel, Aker Bio Biomarine’s new krill harvesting vessel under construction at Vard Brattvaag in Norway.
US patent authorities have decided that patents related to krill oil and its production held by Aker Biomarine are unpatentable. This finding by the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on August 10th this year, follows petitions from Norwegian biotechnology company Rimfrost AS, which produces krill oil.
Oscar-winner Javier Bardem, was there for the announcement as a group of krill companies and NGOs made the announcement that the krill harvesting companies will voluntarily cease operations across wide areas around the Antarctic Peninsula, including buffer zones around breeding colonies of penguins, to protect Antarctic wildlife.
A complete processing plant has been ordered for one of the world’s largest krill trawlers and this represents a major breakthrough for Danish company Carsoe into the Chinese market for marine food processing.
There is little love lost between Norwegian krill catching companies Rimfrost and Aker BioMarine, which recently acquired Rimfrost’s fishing vessel at an auction.
Optimar has signed a contract with Aker BioMarine to supply a complete krill factory for Aker BioMarine's new krill vessel. The ship is being built by Vard and is scheduled for delivery by Vard Brattvåg in November of 2018.
Norwegian krill manufacturer Rimfrost is responding to the rising global demand for krill oil for human consumption by setting out plans for a new krill catching vessel.
What promised to be a protracted legal battle between Norway’s krill catchers has been partly averted as AkerBiomarine’s complaint at the International Trade Commission (ITC), has been withdrawn.
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