French shipbuilding and repair group Piriou has established itself in Côte d’Ivoire by acquiring a majority stake in Abidjan ship repair facility Marine Industrie Service (MIS), rebranding the company Piriou…
The first in a series of four 70 metre factory trawlers being built by the Leningrad Pella Shipyard has been shifted out of the construction hall ahead of its launch…
A crab catcher-processor vessel for Russian company Arktikservice has been launched at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. Designed to operate on Kamchatka and Opilio crab, the 61.90 metre overall, 15…
The Luyt yard at Den Oever in Holland is building a 26.05 metre LOA, 6.75 metre breadth beam trawler for owners in Ireland, working on a hull constructed at Ibis…
Construction work has begun on the second in the series of new trawlers for Russian fishing group Norebo, with the keel laid at the Severnaya (Northern) Shipyard in St Petersburg.…
Over the last ten years Macduff Ship Design has put much effort into specialising in the design of small workboats and harbour vessels, a move driven partly by a wish to broaden the company’s reach, and also as there had been a relatively quiet period within its original core business of the UK fishing and aquaculture sector. But recent years has seen a resurgence in the interest in newbuilds within the fishing and aquaculture sectors.
After a thorough renovation, the floating dock in the Port of Hirtshals is now again back in use after a difficult few months and some necessary changes having been made.
The first new crabber for a Russian operator has been launched at the Pella Shipyard in Leningrad, and is being built for fishing company Antey, with completion of the 50 metre vessel scheduled for the third quarter of 2019.
With the delivery of a seine netter/trawler or Les Sables d’Olonne completed only a a few days earlier, the Socarenam yard in Boulogne has also handed over identical trawlers for two owners in Port-en-Bessin.
The Concarneau-based Piriou Group has established a repair facility in La Réunion to provide services for its clients based on the island, operating in the Indian and Southern Oceans.