Icelandic longliner order for Polish yard
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.
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.
New Caledonia fishing company Navimon has placed an order with the Piriou yard for eight new longliners for delivery over the coming two years.
One of the leading Danish yards specialising in GRP vessels has delivered a new longliner to owners in southern Greenland.
A new crabber/autoliner delivered to Jens Kristian Friis-Salling is the third newbuild for Greenland to be delivered by Vestværft this year.
Stadyard at Måløy I Norway has signed a contract with Kenfish II AS in Averøy for a new combined gillnetter/autoliner. The new vessel is a 20.99m overall, 10m beam Seacon design, the yard’s newbuild no 40, and is due for delivery in June next year.
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra Fisherman to owners fishing from Noirmoutier in western France.
A Code of Conduct signed by the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) and the South African Hake Longline Association (SAHLLA) is expected to dramatically reduce conflicts between trawlers and longline fishing vessels that target hake on the same fishing grounds.