Three newbuilds for Boulogne
The order for three new combination trawler/seine netters for owners in Boulogne has finally been announced following a long tendering process.
The order for three new combination trawler/seine netters for owners in Boulogne has finally been announced following a long tendering process.
Korean fishing company Dongwon Industries has added the new Hanara to its fleet of vessels as part of a modernisation programme that has already seen three other new tuna vessels acquired since 2014.
The latest purse seiner in the French tuna fleet, the 77 metre, 1400 cubic metre capacity Gevred, sailed from Concarneau on Wednesday to start fishing off West Africa.
Le Havre fisherman Mickaël Devarieux has taken delivery of a new trawler designed to alternate scalloping and bottom trawling, his third boat and his first newbuild.
A new factory trawler for Norwegian company Prestfjord is taking shape at the Freire yard at Vigo in Spain and is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
The new tuna purse seiner built in Spain for French operator Compagnie Française Thon Océanique (CFTO) has been delivered to Concarneau.
A contract to build three new pelagic fishing vessels has been placed with the Yantar Shipyard at Kaliningrad in Russia, the first time for more than twenty years newbuilds of this type have been ordered from a Russian yard for a customer in Russia.
Canadian company Osprey is building its third factory trawler to a design from Norwegian naval architect Skipsteknisk. The ST-118 design is tailored for activities in areas of sea ice off eastern Canada.
Sølvtrans AS has placed an order with the Kleven yard for a new live fish carrier to be built to a Rolls-Royce NVC 387 design.
The ageing Vietnamese fishing fleet is gradually being rebuilt and a government programme of soft loans, designated Decree 67/ND-CP, fishermen are building boats along 28 coastal provinces from the north to the south of Vietnam, is contributing to fleet renewal.