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…
Engey RE-1 has been sold to Murmansk Trawl Fleet
HB Grandi sells innovative trawler
Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi took delivery of three new groundfish trawlers, with the first of the series, Engey RE-1, delivered in 2017. The company has been going through numerous…
Royal Greenland’s trawler Qaqqatsiaq is going to new owners in the Baltic region in May. Image: Royal Greenland
Generational shift at Royal Greenland’s fleet
Two of Royal Greenland’s trawlers are about to leave the company’s fleet as they are due to be replaced shortly with new fishing capacity. The 27-year-old Sisimiut and 17-year-old Qaqqatsiaq…