Admiral Gordon hits the water
The first new beam trawler of this size to be designed and built in the UK for decades, the new Admiral Gordon PH-330 for Plymouth fishing company Interfish has been…
Versatile Green Isle
Parkol Marine Engineering in Whitby has delivered multi-purpose trawler Green Isle to Greencastle skipper/owner Michael Cavanagh. This new trawler, like the older vessel it replaces, is intended to alternate seasonal…
Export finance unlocks new opportunities
The family-owned Parkol Marine Engineering has launched new trawler Green Isle at its Middlesbrough yard, the company’s second delivery to a customer in Ireland. Green Isle is the second vessel…
Taking crabbing to a new level
Built by Parkol Marine Engineering to an Ian Paton design for English fishing company Waterdance, new crabber Winter of Ladram has started fishing from Salcombe. The steel hull is topped…
New generation crabber ready for launch
The covers have come off the new crabber under construction at the Parkol yard in Whitby for Waterdance, and Winter of Ladram is immediately attracting attention. Winter of Ladram is…
Rapid progress is on the construction of crabber Winter of Ladram. Images: Waterdance
Waterdance builds new crabber
Construction has started on a new crabber for English fishing company Waterdance. Scheduled for completion by May 2022, the new 21 metre crabber will become Winter of Ladram and will…
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UK industry needs tax incentives to invest
A group of UK fishing industry bodies and businesses have written to the Treasury to point out the shortcomings of current tax legislation that result in disincentives to investment in…
Amanda of Ladram is taking shape at the Parkol yard in Whitby
New netter for Waterdance
A new 20 metre netter for South-West fishing company Waterdance is taking shape at Parkol Marine Engineering in Whitby. Due to be delivered in April, this will be the first…
Parkol has an order for a trawler for owners in Ireland, and another export deal is in the works. Image: Parkol Marine Engineering
Parkol secures export deal with UKEF backing
Parkol Marine Engineering has been a centre of building and repairs for fishing and other vessels for almost fifty years, initially at its Whitby site and more recently at a…
Osprey WK-4 has been built by Parkol and is now fishing from Scrabster. Image: Parkol Marine Engineering
New Parkol crabber for Scrabster
A new 19 metre LOA, 7 metre breadth vivier crabber has been completed by Parkol Marine Engineering for the Holborn Fishing Company, and has begun fishing from Scrabster. The fully…