Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries yesterday launched Knarr Russia. Earlier this year six specialist companies in Iceland established a platform, Knarr Maritime, to provide options for new fishing vessels, combining decades of experience. The new venture, Knarr Russia, is aimed squarely at the Russian market for new fishing vessels by setting up a subsidiary company in co-operation with Russian partner Raduga.
The Tersan yard in Turkey has delivered Norway’s latest factory trawler, which has been christened by its godmother Kari Halstensen at a ceremony in Bekkjarvik, after which the new ship left for Ålesund.
Plans are in progress to establish a new shipyard in Russia’s Far East Primorsky Krai region, specifically to build fishing vessels.
The Moen Marin yard is to build a new fishing vessel for Lofoten fishing company Hans Angelsen og Sønner. The 21m Marin Design BN200 is expected to be the largest fishing vessel to date to rely on battery power, backed up by a pair of diesel gensets.
A new Gunnar Langva will join the Norwegian fleet in 2019. This is a replacement for the 2003-built vessel of the same name and the owners have gone back to the same yard and designer for their new purse seiner/pelagic trawler.
The Lerwick-based Zephyr Fishing Company has signed a contract with Larsnes Mekansiske Verksted for a new pelagic vessel to be built to a Skipsteknisk ST-125 design.
There’s an addition to the Thyborøn fleet, the latest in a series of fishing vessels designed by Vestværft and with construction contracted elsewhere. This time the Kynde & Toft yard is where the new trawler/seine netter has been completed.
The first new trawler for German fishing company Deutsche Fischfang Union has been delivered by the Myklebust shipyard in Germany and sailed from Ålesund for its first trip.
HB Grandi’s new trawler Engey docked in Reykjavík at midday yesterday, ending its first trip with 140 tonnes in the fishroom. According to skipper Friðleifur Einarsson, everything went well and the ship’s performance exceeded expectations.
The Karstensens yard’s latest delivery is a 70m pelagic vessel for Fraserburgh owners with a history going back more than a century. Grateful FR-249 replaces the 64 metre Forever Grateful, which was sold in 2016 and is now fishing as Trygvason for its Norwegian owners.