When longliner Einar Guðnason was wrecked on the rocks just outside the fishing village of Suðureyri in north-west Iceland last month, its loss was a severe blow for local processor…
Longliner Páll Jónsson GK-7, the first new vessel of its size to be delivered to operating company Vísir in its 50-year history, has been christened and handed over by the…
Norwegian longline fishing company Ervik Havfiske has taken delivery of two new sister vessels built at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. The Marin Teknikk-designed Frøyanes Junior and Vestkapp are the…
Sem Solil subsidiary Navimon, New Caledonia’s main fishing company, has placed an order with Piriou for the last three new longliners in a series of eight for fishing in New…
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 36 rigged for year-round longlining to owners in the north of Norway. Ásta B is an 11-metre Cleopatra 36, delivered to Tromsø…
Icelandic fishing and processing group Brim has struck deals to acquire two fishing companies based in Hafnarfjörður, which come with 2850 tonnes of mainly cod quota in the hook-and-line quota…
Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 36 to Båtsfjord skipper/owner Jens-Einar Bjørkås Johnsen. The 11 metre, 14gt Bjørkåsbuen is a Cleopatra Fisherman 36 built at Trefjar’s yard at Hafnarfjörður in…
A new 45 metre longliner under construction for Icelandic company Vísir is approaching completion at the Alkor yard in Gdansk. The Navís-designed Páll Jónsson is the first newbuild of this…
As Norwegian fishing company HP Holmeset prepares to take delivery of its new Skipsteknisk-designed Geir from Vaagland Båtbyggeri at the end of this year, the current Geir II has been…
The Tersan Shipyard in at Yalova in Turkey has signed a contract with Norwegian fishing company Ervik Havfiske to build a new 60 metre longliner, designed by Marin Teknikk. This…