Working with sub-suppliers Velfag, Marel and Afak, Skaginn 3X has been chosen by HB Grandi as the main contractor to fit out the factory deck of its new vessel now under construction in Spain. The name of the vessel has not yet been revealed, but according to our sources it is codenamed RE1.
Icelandic trawlers Breki and Páll Pálsson are steaming home to Iceland from the yard in China where they were handed over to their owners, and are more than half-way through their long delivery trip – and have left ‘Marlboro Territory’ behind after clearing Suez.
A new 70 metre trawler has been ordered by Fosnavåg company Olympic Seafood, designed by Rolls-Royce and to be delivered by the Cemre shipyard in Turkey, with an option for a second vessel. The new vessel will have an extensive range of Rolls-Royce equipment on board and will be packed with green technology.
New Zealand fishing company Sealord is now ready to take delivery of their new flagship following sea trials carried out at the Simek yard in Flekkefjord.
Norwegian fishing company Hardhaus AS has ordered an environmentally friendly new pelagic vessel with a hybrid battery propulsion system, electrical deck machinery and heat recovery.
A new Seacon-designed netter/longliner has been ordered from the Stadyard shipyard at Raudeberg in western Norway for owners Stormhav AS, based at Søroya in Finnmark. The new vessel is newbuilding no. 43 for the yard and the delivery date is October 2019.
Two new Skipasýn-designed fresher trawlers for Icelandic owners Vinnslustöðin and Gunnvör are about to start the 50-60-day delivery trip home to Iceland from the Huanghai yard at Rongcheng in China, via Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suez and Gibraltar.
The Vard Aukra shipyard in western Norway has finalised an agreement to build a new fishing vessel for Fosnavåg company Remøybuen, with a delivery date in the second quarter of 2019.
Stadyard at Raudeberg in western Norway has signed a contract with Austevoll fishing company Nye Radek AS for the construction of their new fishing vessel. This is the yard’s newbuild no. 44 and is due for delivery in June 2020.
The keel of a new crab catcher for Russian Far East fishing company Antey has been laid at the Pella Shipyard in St Petersburg, following the signing of the contract between the yard and the fishing company for the first of this series of vessels.
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