Skagen shipyard Karstensens Skibsværft has established its own construction base for producing hulls in Poland, and in addition to setting up its own company, it has acquired production facilities from Vistal Offshore in Gdynia, a modern facility built in 2013.
The partly-outfitted trawler Ora et Labora has been launched by Szczecin yard PTS for delivery to Vestvaerftet in Denmark.
Leading French trawl door manufacturer Morgère has expanded its service portfolio for the fishing fleet by opening two new boat repair and maintenance facilities at St Brieuc and Perros-Guirec in Brittany.
The Nerpa shipyard, a branch of JSC ZS Zvezdochka, part of Russian shipbuilding conglomerate United Shipbuilding Corporation, is gearing up to expand its activities in the fishing sector.
Following the establishment of its shipyard in Nigeria in 2004, in Vietnam in 2006 and in Algeria in 2013, Concarneau-based shipbuilding group Piriou has extended its international development by establishing itself in Senegal.
The Nauta Shipyard’s newbuilding division in Gdańsk has launched the latest in a series of new fishing vessels for completion at Karstensens in Skagen.
Karstensens Skibsværft at Skagen on the northern tip of Jutland has always been a busy place, but for the last few years activity at the shipyard has been breaking its own records.
The Vyborg Shipyard, located north of St Petersburg, has contracted to build four ST-116XL trawlers for Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet.
With a growing demand for fishing capacity as quotas for plaice in particular are strong and fishing is better than has been seen for years, the Hoekman yard in Urk is developing newbuild options.
Wärtsilä is participating in a new maintenance hub in the Canary Islands. The facility, operated by one of Spain's biggest shipbuilding and ship repair groups, Zamakona Yards, will provide Wärtsilä's high quality service expertise to satisfy the growing needs of marine and power plant operators.