Easter homecoming for Iceland’s pelagic flagship
Samherji’s new pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson EA-11 has completed its delivery trip from Skagen. Skipper Guðmundur Jónsson and his crew are scheduled to dock at Akureyri’s Trawler Dock at 1000…
Kaldbakur EA-1
Samherji fleet returns strong 2020 results
The fleet of fishing vessels operated by Icelandic fishing company Samherji has made some impressive landings through 2020, with Björg EA-7 at the top of the chart with 9443 tonnes…
Samherji’s fishfarm at Staður near Grindavík. Image: Samherji
Samherji checks out Norðurál’s Helguvík site
Samherji Fish Farming, a division of the Icelandic Samherji fishing and processing group, is taking a careful look at the site at Helguvík in south-western Iceland owned by Norðurál, a…
The new factory is in the northern Icelandic port of Dalvík. Image: Samherji
Production starts at world-leading new groundfish plant
The first fish were processed last week at the new processing plant that is the culmination of a four-year process to design and build one of the most sophisticated facilities…
Samherji-owned trawler has been detained in Namibia
Accusations fly back and forth as Samherji takes on the media
The longstanding enmity between Icelandic fishing company Samherji and Iceland’s state broadcaster RÚV is in no danger of fading away as a new and very public confrontation between the two…
Craning the wheelhouse into position. Image: Samherji
Samherji’s new Vilhelm Thorsteinsson afloat
A new pelagic vessel ordered by Icelandic fishing and processing company Samherji has been successfully launched at Karstensens in Gdynia. According to the company, the hull was ready for launch…
The majority of shares in Samherji have been transferred to the younger generation, while no changes have been made to the ownership of Samherji Holding which owns overseas activities. Image: Samherji
Generational shift at Samherji
The largest shareholders in Icelandic fishing and processing group Samherji have transferred the ownership of more than 85% of the company to their children. CEO Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson and his…
Samherji’s trawler Kaldbakur. Image: Samherji
Drastic changes – in just two weeks
Markets for fresh seafood have changed dramatically, with fresh fish exports dropping significantly compared to their pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, according to Kristján Vilhelmsson, director of vessel operations at Icelandic fishing…
Samherji’s trawler Björgúlfur EA-312. Image: Thorgeir Baldursson
Better catches – despite tough winter
In spite of wild weather and poor working conditions, Samherji’s four fresher trawlers have landed more fish for the first two months of 2020 than they did in the same…
Factory trawler Heinaste is reported to have been impounded a second time
Samherji pledges to honour commitments in Namibia
Icelandic fishing company Samherji, embroiled in a controversy over alleged bribery in Namibia, has pledged to honour its commitments as it disengages from its activities there. Of its three trawlers…