Ögurvík acquired by Brim
Icelandic fishing company Ögurvík, based in Reykjavík and operating one freezer trawler, has been acquired by Brim hf.
New Crystal Sea comes to Newlyn
It’s red and it’s steel, breaking with the Stevens family tradition of wooden boats and black paint. But David Stevens senior agreed that times are changing and steel is the way to go now that the skills needed to maintain a wooden boat are becoming increasingly rare, and they decided to stick with the boat’s original red.
Reyktal buys Steffen C
Fishing company Reyktal has bought freezer trawler Steffen C from its owners in Greenland.
Longliner joins Faroese fleet
Faroese company Framherji continues to renew tonnage, having replaced a longliner owned by a partner company with a newer vessel.
Purser to become crabber
A Scottish pelagic vessel is now on its way to Korea to be refitted for crabbing, while retaining its pelagic trawl and purse seine capacity.
Jón Vídalin sold to Iran
Westmann Islands company Vinnslustödinn has agreed to sell fresher trawler Jón Vídalin to Iran.
Pelagic stalwart sails south
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Birtingur has been sold and this week sailed from its home port of Neskaupstaður for the last time, heading for its new owners in Las Palmas. Birtingur has been bought by Polish company Atlantex and is expected to be renamed Janus once the formal handover has taken place.
Pernille-Kim sold
Danish fishing company Hametner in Thyborøn has sold its trawler Pernille-Kim R-500 to another Thyborøn company, according to owner John-Anker Hametner.
Mark Amay II sold to Iceland
Irish trawler Mark Amay II has been sold to new owners in Iceland. The purchasers are shrimp processing company Dögun hf in Sauðárkrókur who took delivery of the boat last week and it docked in Iceland at the weekend.