Samherji sells trawler to Russia
Samherji’s factory trawler Kristina has been sold to Russia and will be delivered to its new owners next week. The trawler has been in Samherji’s ownership for more than ten years.
HB Grandi sells freezer trawler
Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi has sold one of its freezer trawlers, which will be delivered to new owners Sea Harvest Corporation in South Africa on 15th November.
VSV buys out Glófaxi
Westmann Islands fishing and processing company Vinnslustöðin (VSV) has acquired all of the shares in another island company, Glófaxi ehf, and takes over the company on the 1st of September.
Páll Pálsson sold to VSV
After forty-four years of fishing from Ísafjörður in north-western Iceland, a veteran trawler has been sold to new owners in the Westmann Islands.
Busy fishing vessel market
Shipbroker BP Shipping has been busy this year, both in Iceland and overseas, and Björgvin Ólafsson said that they have been sold several vessels from Iceland this year as the arrival of a number of newbuildings means older vessels are leaving the fleet.
Juvel sold to Aker BioMarine
Krill catching and processor vessel Juvel has been delivered in Skagen to its new owners, Norwegian company Aker BioMarine Antarctic.
Charisma sold to Iceland
Icelandic fishing company Eskja, based at Eskifjörður in eastern Iceland, has agreed to buy a pelagic vessel from Shetland to replace one of its older vessels.
Pelagic vessels change hands
Icelandic fishing company Eskja has sold its pelagic factory vessel to new owners in Greenland as part of its restructuring towards shore-based processing.
Kap sold to Russia
Westmann Islands fishing company Vinnslustöðin has sold one of its vessels to owners in Vladivostok.
Demand for squid drives Pingtan expansion
Chinese fishing company Pingtan Marine Enterprise has expanded its fleet with the acquisition of one reefer and four squid jigging vessels from Fuzhou Honglong Ocean Fishery Co with an investment of approximately RMB 265.3 million (or USD 38.5 million).