World’s largest live fish carrier delivered
With a massive 8000 cubic metre capacity, the world’s largest live fish carrier has been delivered by the Cemre shipyard in Turkey to its Norwegian owners. The 110-metre, 24.60-metre breadth…
New crab catcher takes Northern sea route to the Far East
A new vivier crabber built for Russian Far East fishing company Aqua-Invest is taking the Northern sea route for its delivery trip to Vladivostok from the outfitting yard at Rybinsk…
Gillnetter/longliner for Lofoten family
New netter/longliner Ingeborg Arntsen, built by Vestværft for Lofoten brothers Jack-Allan and Hans-Michael Arntsen, represents a serious step up over their older vessel in terms of both operational efficiency and…
Shetland’s latest pelagic catcher
Whalsay pelagic operator Fiskebas Fishing Company stayed with the same designer for their new vessel as for the older pelagic catcher it replaces, which was built at Flekkefjord in 2004.…
Furuno package for new seiner
The owners of new seiner Jarle Berg, Trond and Børrge Berg, which has been built at the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard, went for a package of electronics from Furuno Norge,…
New Sæbjørn ordered from Skagen yard
Norwegian fishing company Sæbjørn AS has placed an order for a new 69.99-metre combined purse seiner/ pelagic trawler to be built at the Karstensen yard in Skagen, with a September…
Østerbris places pelagic vessel order with Skagen yard
Norwegian fishing company Østerbris is the latest to go to the Karstensen yard in Skagen for a new purse seiner/pelagic trawler, due to be delivered in January 2027 – the…
Ready for scallop season
A new trawler/scalloper for fishing company Cap Fagnet has been launched at the Manche Industrie Marine yard in Dieppe for Fécamp owners Yvon Neveu and Panel Matthieu. The new Le…
New coastal seiner on sea trials
Sea trials are in progress for the new coastal seiner netter/purse seiner Jarle Berg, about to be delivered by Larsnes Mek Verksted to fishing company Jarle Bergs Sønner. Designed by…
First of longliner trio ready to start fishing
The first of a series of Norwegian-designed longliners for fishing company Virma has been delivered by the Northern Shipyard in St Petersburg. These Marin Teknikk MT1112XL longliners were ordered almost…