Steel cutting ceremony starts construction
Construction is now in progress of six new multi-purpose fishing vessels at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad for a customer in the Russian Far East.
Serene a milestone for Danish yard
The order for Serene Fishing Co, placed at the Skipper Expo Aberdeen, marks a milestone for Karstensen Shipyard, as this represents the yard’s first newbuilding for Shetland owners.
Seiner to fish in Angola
The Nautiber yard at Vila Real de San Antonio in Portugal has completed the latest of a group of purse seiners for Vimar & Filhos, Lda.
New Serene ordered
Bobby Polson and the owners of the Shetland pelagic vessel Serene have placed an order for a new vessel.
Buzzing Skipper Show
The Skipper Expo in Aberdeen got off to a flying start yesterday, the largest Skipper exhibition in Aberdeen to date. The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre buzzed with activity, buoyed up by a vocal Fishing for Leave and a meeting attended by Fisheries Minister George Eustice.
Downsizing due to diktats
After selling his industrial vessel recently, Hanstholm skipper Kim Johansen is going to have to adjust to a new way of working now that he has ordered a new boat from Polish yard Stcznia Parseta.
Newbuild for Cherbourg
Cherbourg’s first new trawler for more than twenty years has been ordered by David and Sophie Leroy of Armement Cherbourgois.
Denmark’s largest GRP fishing boat
There’s no shortage of activity at the Bredgaard Bådeværft yard at Sakskøbing in Denmark, which yesterday craned its latest newbuilding into the water.
Bopp expands in Ireland and Scotland
A flow of second-hand French trawlers to Ireland has boosted business for French winch manufacturer Bopp as it finds itself with a new market on its doorstep.
Newbuildings from MEST for Bakkafrost
The MEST Shipyard in the Faroe Islands has contracted to build catamarans for aquaculture company Bakkafrost, with the first to be delivered in January 2017.