At 61.80 metres overall and with a 13.50 metre beam, the new longliner ordered by Norwegian operator HP Holmeset will be the one of the biggest and most modern vessels of its kind in the world, replacing the company’s present 51 metre vessel.
2017 has been an eventful year for Icelandic fishing company Vísir, based at Grindavík on the south coast, from where it operates its fleet of longliners.
Norwegian naval architect Marin Teknikk has broken into the Russian market with contracts with three Russian companies for four modern longline vessels to be built at Severnaya Verf (Northern Shipyard) in St Petersburg, with deliveries taking place over a three-year period.
Aukra fishing company Orten Fiskeriselskap is planning to take delivery of a new longliner/netter, designed by Måløy naval architect Seacon and ordered from the Vard shipyard, close to the fishing company’s base near Molde on the Norwegian west coast.
The Trefjar yard at Hafnarfjörður in Iceland has delivered a new Cleopatra fast fishing boat to Norwegian fisherman Terje Moltubakk, who has already started fishing with the new boat.
Norwegian design company Marin Teknikk has contracted with Frøyanes AS to supply design and engineering packages for a pair of new longliners.
Icelandic fishing company Vísir is reported to have placed an order for a new 45 metre longliner to be delivered in mid-2019, the first newbuild of this size in the company’s history.
A new longliner/gill netter completed at the Alkor Shipyard in Poland is on its way home to Iceland, bringing to an end one chapter of the new vessel’s long story – just as another opens.
A pair of longliners for Norwegian operator Ervik Havfiske for fishing toothfish are taking shape at the Tersan yard in Turkey.
The Severnaya Verf yard in St Petersburg has signed contracts to build four factory longliners for three Russian fishing companies. Two are to be built for LLC Virma and one each for LLC Globus and LLC ArktikrybFlot, with the series to be complete by 2022.