Marine research vessel for Northern Ireland
A new Skipsteknisk-designed fisheries and oceangraphic research vessel for the Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Belfast will be built at the Astilleros Armón yard in Spain. The new AFBI…
Multi-purpose Polarbris
Built for Ålesund company Atlantic Seafish, there’s a lot of technology packed into the 43.50-metre, 11.50-metre breadth Polarbris, rigged for trawling, seine netting and crabbing. The company was set up…
Kapitan Martynov has been delivered to RFC by the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg
Latest factory trawler delivered to RFC
In a ceremony attended by a ministers and officials, the Russian Fishery Company has taken delivery of the fourth in a series of new factory trawlers built in Russia and…
The 26-metre Apacha is the first in a series of six seine netters
Seine netter for Russian Far East
The first in a series of small seine netters designed to fish for Pacific cod and Alaska pollock has been delivered to the VI Lenin Collective Farm in Russia’s Far…
Naust deck layout for Norwegian trawler/seiner
The owners of Norwegian fishing company Båragutt Havfiske went to Vetsværftet for the construction of their new trawler/seine netter, and the choice of deck equipment has gone to Naust Marine.…
Freezer trawler to be built at Faroese yard
The MEST Shipyard in Tórshavn has contracted to build a new freezer trawler for Faroese fishing company Varðin, with a delivery date in mid-2026. The new trawler for Varðin will…
Second processor vessel for Russian Crab
The Okskaya Shipyard has launched Kapitan Dudnik, the second of three crabbers with onboard processing for the Russian Crab Group. Designed to operate in the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering…
Scalloper on trials
A new scalloper for Whitelink Seafoods is completing engine trials at Macduff Shipyards ahead of delivery to its owners later this month. The 19.98-metre, 7.40-metre breadth Eternal Promise is powered…
Wave Crest has been built by Mooney Boats to a Vestværft design. Images: Mooney Boats
Versatile newbuild for Ireland
Built for the Sheehy and McHugh families, Wave Crest is the latest delivery from Mooney Boats in Killybegs. Skippered by Anthony Sheehy, the new vessel is a Vestværft design measuring…
Glaður’s owners went back to Trefjar for a new Cleopatra to replace the one they have fished with since 1999. Images: Trefjar
Cleopatra 33 delivered to Ólafsvík
Fishing company Sverrisútgerðin, based in the west of Iceland, has taken delivery of a new Cleopatra 33 built by Trefjar. The new Glaður SH-226 replaces an Cleopatra 31 that has…