Pioneering recycled plastics in seafood packaging
The Nueva Pescanova Group aims to become the first company in its sector to use plastic waste collected from beaches and coastal areas, to produce packaging through an advanced recycling…
Eco-packaging for seafood
A funding boost by the New Zealand government has been provided to help commercial production of bio-based polystyrene alternative for seafood industry. The venture aims to accelerate the production of…
Searching out best practice in the circular economy
A couple of years ago Thór Sigfússon’s book The New Fish Wave attracted interest around the world as he described how the Iceland Ocean Cluster came into being, bringing together…
Taking to the road and going the extra mile
Moving into the third year of cancelled trade fairs and exhibitions, one of Marel’s sales people took it upon himself to go to his customers. Dennis Vos covers areas of…
Arctic Fish to set up in Bolungarvík
Arctic Oddi, a subsidiary of Icelandic salmon operator Arctic Fish, has acquired a new building at the quayside of Westfjords fishing port Bolungarvík with the intention of converting it into…
Carsoe wins giant Russian order
Danish processing systems specialist Carsoe had previously won a DKK800 million order to equip seven trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company (RFC), and has now strengthened its position on the…
Norebo acquires stake in processing systems company Vélfag
A 54.5% share in Icelandic processing equipment supplier Vélfag has been acquired by Murmansk-based Norebo, one of Russia’s largest fishing and processing companies. Vélfag’s founders, Ólöf Ýr Lárusdóttir and Bjarmi…
Dobroflot’s almost completed cold store will have capacity for 15,000 tonnes of frozen production. Images: Dobroflot
Russian Far East’s largest cold store close to completion
A large-scale cold store built by fishing and processing company Dobroflot is now 90% complete and scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2022. Located in Bolshoi Kamen…
Optimar seals major Chilean contract
Optimar recently signed a significant contract with Chilean sustainable seafood producer of Orizon to deliver a factory with a high level of automation. ‘It’s great to land such a momentous…
Iceland’s seafood exports jump in value
While the Norwegian seafood industry is celebrating record sales this year, Icelandic exporters also have every reason to be cheerful. The export value of Icelandic seafood production last month is…