The Simek yard’s first newbuild fishing vessel since 2008 has been launched and christened last week. In recent years the yard at Flekkefjord in southern Norway has focused on the oil and gas industry, but with the downturn in that sector, Simek has returned to its roots in fishing.
Chinese operator Pingtan Marine Enterprise has two brand new squid jigging vessels and these are set to start fishing in the S-W Atlantic and S-E Pacific.
When R. Bodey was looking for a new salmon tender for the Yukon River, he had a set of plans drawn up by Tullio Celano based on a boat he had owned some years before, and then took the plans to WCT Marine’s shipyard at Tongue Point on the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon.
The 24 metre trawler was built in Nelson by the Aimex Service Group, which has for many years also been the Rapp Marine agent for New Zealand and Australia.
The latest issue of app-based fishing news and technology magazine Hook & Net has been published, containing an extensive review of new Norwegian factory vessel Ramoen.
A new factory stern trawler for Norwegian owners was launched this week at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.
Icelandic fishing gear company Fjarðanet is working on plans to build a new net loft at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland. Land has been reclaimed next to the Síldarvinnslan factory and the area is now ready for construction to start.
A new 25.95 metre netter/seine netter is to be built for a fishing company based on the island of Grímsey off the north coast of Iceland.
New Norwegian factory trawler Ramoen is now in its first trip, having been delivered last month by the Astilleros Armon yard in Spain.
Urk-based Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology has signed new contracts for fishing vessels and a ferry conversion.