One of Iceland’s consistently successful groundfish trawlers is changing hands, acquired by Fáskrúðsfjörður fishing company Loðnuvinnslan, which has interests in both demersal and pelagic fisheries. Fresher trawler Thórunn Sveinsdóttir VE-401…
Icelandic fishing company Ísfélag Vestmannaeyja has sold its pelagic vessel Heimaey VE-1 to Norwegian company Andrea L, replacing the pelagic vessel (also Andrea L) recently sold to Denmark to become…
Things are moving among the smaller-scale trawlers working from Lorient, with the return of an experienced skipper and other changes. Their main business is centered on langoustines, the season for…
Icelandic fish farmer Háafell went to the other side of the world to add a well boat to its fleet. The company’s older boat has served Háafell well but no…
There’s movement within the pelagic fleet as Norwegian purser-trawler Andrea L has been sold to Danish fishing company Themis Fiskeri. The Swedish-owned, Danish-based Themis Fiskeri recently sold its pelagic trawler…
With the arrival of new research vessel Thórunn Thórðardóttir in Iceland, the vessel it replaces has become surplus to requirements. However, the 55-year old research veteran Bjarni Sæmundsson isn’t on…
Spanish tuna company Ablacora has celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by adding to its fleet. The 2200 cubic metre tuna seiner Beti Aurerra will operate in the Indian Ocean under the…
It’s been a few years since Henning Kjeldsen decided he’d had enough and that it was time to get out of the fishing business. Now he’s back, announcing on social…
Norwegian carrier Rostein has acquired wellboat Orca Yka from Chilean operator Naviera Orca Chile, renamed Ro Sunrise. Built to a Skipskompetanse design at Larsnes Mek Verksted in 2022 for its…
Concarneau tuna operator CFTO has parted with three of its vessels, sold to Omani company Rawanq Al Salam. The sale of the three Piriou-built sister vessels Drennec, Glenan and Trevignon…
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