Grindavík companies lay off staff
Processors in the disaster-hit Icelandic port of Grindavík have announced staff redundancies. First it was Stakkavík that was left with no option other than to lay off much of its…
New trawler’s robot palletiser completes testing
As the new trawler for Baffin Fisheries was being floated off in Turkey, its shrimp and Greenland halibut processing system was being completed, and the robot palletising system, designed by…
Optimar to outfit NZ trawler’s factory deck
The new factory trawler to be built to a Skipsteknisk design for New Zealand company Aurora Fisheries is to be outfitted with an Optimar factory deck. The 80-metre, 15.40-metre breadth…
Brim invests in Vélfag UNO processing system
Fishing and processing group Brim has signed an agreement with Vélfag to buy the first UNO integrated system to be supplied to an Icelandic processor, and this will be installed…
Big week for Grindavík processor – as earthquakes rumble
As earthquakes rattle the windows and volcanic activity threatens to erupt close by, Grinadvík processor Vísir has seen a fantastic week’s throughput as more than 500 tonnes were processed at…
The aspiration is to utilise every single kilo of seafood that crosses the dock
Making the most of every kilo
Achieving complete utilisation of every morsel of seafood that comes out of the ocean is a dream for Thór Sigfússon, founder of the Iceland Ocean Cluster which occupies a place…
PP Faroe Pelagic took over the troubled Kollafjørður factory in 2009 and turned it around to pave the way for other onshore processors in the Faroe Islands
Pelagos acquires Kollafjørður pelagic factory
Fishing and processing company Pelagos is set to acquire the PP Faroe Pelagic Factory in Kollafjørður, making the company the Faroe Islands’ largest freezing plants operator. The shareholders of PP…
The overall turnover of the Dutch fish cluster in 2021 was €6.6 billion, with 13,550 employees
Shrinkage in fisheries has far-reaching effects
The consequences of the shrinkage of the North Sea fishery, due to the accumulated challenges of the pulse ban, high fuel prices, Brexit and the construction of offshore wind farms,…
Processor shuts down as quotas get tighter
Hafnarfjörður processing company Fiskvinnslan Kambur is closing down production as of the end of October this year, with its owners blaming reductions in cod quotas making the business no longer…
Weak krone buoys up Norway’s seafood exports
Norwegian producers exported seafood worth NoK13.1 billion in May, a 7% increase over the same month in 2022. ‘As in April, we also see a significant currency effect in May.…