La Houle adds to its fleet
Although French fishing company La Houle had firmly intended to take delivery of a new trawler around the end of next year, it has been forced to change its plans.…
Asbjørn becomes new Hoffell
Icelandic fishing company Loðnuvinnslan (LVF) has acquired Danish pelagic vessel Asbjørn HG-265. Asbjørn replaces the company’s current Hoffell, which has already been sold, in deals brokered by Alasund Shipbrokers. Both…
Tobis to become Vestri for new owners in Iceland
Fishing company Vestri ehf, based in Patreksfjörður in the west of Iceland, has acquired the 39.95 metre LOA, 10 metre breadth twin-rig trawler Tobis from its owners in Norway. Tobis…
Kjeldsen calls it a day
In an emoji-studded announcement on social media, Danish pelagic kingpin Henning Kjeldsen has announced that he’s had enough of the political pressure that he and his family have had to…
Polar Ammasak collected its capelin trawl gear from Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft. Image: Hampiðjan
Familiar sight returns to Neskaupstaður
Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Ammasak is ready to start fishing after calling at Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft to pick up a capelin trawl and codend. Built in 1997 as Eros…
Olympic Prawn has been acquired by Nordic Wildfish
Nordic Wildfish expands fleet
Nordic Wildfish has acquired freezer trawler Olympic Prawn from Fosvanåg company Olympic Seafood, with all its quota entitlements. ‘For Nordic Wildfish, this is an important investment in line with our…
FISK Seafood buys into Steinunn hf
Icelandic fishing and processing FISK Seafood has bought into Ólafsvík company Steinunn hf via a subsidiary company in the west of Iceland. Steinunn hf is a long-stablished company operating seine…
Tasiilaq is now fishing for blue whiting in Faroese waters. Image: Royal Greenland
Tasiilaq handed over to Greenland owners
Pelagic vessel Tasiilaq has been acquired from Faroese owners, replacing an older, smaller vessel which had already been sold this summer. The former Christian í Grótinum (ex-Kvannøy) brings Pelagic Greenland,…
Jupiter was built at Langsten Slip in Norway in 1994
Varðin sells Jupiter
Gøta-based fishing company Varðin has sold pelagic vessel Jupiter to Kollafjörður company Northwest Pelagic in Kollafjørður. Jupiter has been sold without quotas and was expected to be back at sea…
Aja Aalu has been sold to Iceland and renamed Sólborg
Longliner sold to Iceland
Icelandic fishing company fishing company Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur has acquired a netter/longliner from Greenland. The 34 metre, 9 metre breadth Qaqortoq-registered Aja Aalu was built by Karstensens Skibsværft in Denmark in…