Hundredth Rack system ordered for newbuild
Larsnes Mek Verksted AS has awarded a contract to Ålesund-based Hydroniq Coolers, who will deliver a hull-integrated seawater cooling system to a newbuild wellboat that will be built at the…
Green trawler built in Sweden
It’s only eight years since Swedish fishing company Carmona AB launched the eighth vessel to carry the name, but the company’s ambition for sustainability and energy efficiency has resulted in…
Taking crabbing to a new level
Built by Parkol Marine Engineering to an Ian Paton design for English fishing company Waterdance, new crabber Winter of Ladram has started fishing from Salcombe. The steel hull is topped…
First crab processor vessel from Russian yard
The Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard has launched crab catcher-processor Vaigach, the first of five vessels being built for the North-Western Fishing Consortium, and the first fishing vessel to be completed by…
New beamer ordered for Zeebrugge owners
After a long search for a suitable second-hand vessel to replace Zeebrugge beam trawler van Eyck Z-53, the Savels family have decided to build a new vessel and have signed…
P&P subsidiary orders new Jan Maria
Nordbank Hochseefischerei, the Bremerhaven subsidiary of Parlevliet en van der Plas, has placed an order for an 88.10 metre, 18.30 metre breadth factory trawler to replace the current Gerda Maria…
New Akraberg delivered to Framherji
Faroese fishing company Framherji has taken delivery of new factory trawler Akraberg, built at Vard. One of the most advanced factory vessels afloat, the new 84 metre, 16.70 metre breadth…
Gaspé yard delivers versatile crabber/trawler
Crabber/trawler Ugjit Mijua’ji’jg, designed by Navanex and built by Chantier Naval Forillon, has been handed over to its owners, the Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government, an indigenous Canadian community on Quebec’s Gaspé…
New concept design provides comfort and economy
There’s nothing like a returning customer – and this isn’t the first time that George Hepburn and his partners have been to Macduff for a new trawler, as the previous…
JFK newbuild Gadus floated off
The Tersan shipyard has floated off the partially outfitted hull of freezer trawler Gadus. The Skipsteknisk-designed factory trawler is being built for Faroese fishing company JFK. This is an 81…