New doors from old nets
Trials with Pluto doors on board a coastal boat in Iceland look promising, putting to work the first pairs of doors engineered for small-scale trawlers, while also being made using…
Morgère has moved into a new custom-built facility that offers new opportunities. Image: Morgère
New Morgère facility operational
Trawl door manufacturer Morgère has successfully completed the move from its historic base at the quayside at the port of Saint Malo in Brittany, relocating to a new purpose-built manufacturing…
Trawl door control – coming soon
Thyborøn Trawldoor has begun the rollout of its Type 32 Bluestream pelagic trawl doors, a major development in efficiency and a big step towards full control of the doors during…
Investing in engineering
Vónin has acquired Danish engineering and design company Volu Ventis. Based in Silkeborg, Volu Ventis and its managing director Søren Hjørt have a long background in the energy and green…
Current Morgère director Michel Dagorn (left) with Pascal Reverseau. Image: Ouest-France
New factory, new director for Morgère
As Michel Dagorn, who has managed Saint Malo fishing gear company Morgère for the last decade is set to retire last this year, the company is set for some big…
Venture III is fishing with a 4.50 square metre pair of Vónin’s Storm trawl doors
Storm doors stay steady under extreme conditions
Scottish trawler Venture III BF-326 has been fishing with a pair of 4.50 square metre Storm trawl doors from Vónin, and both of the trawler’s skippers are delighted with the…
Sigurbjörn Svavarsson has joined Ekkó. Image: Ekkó Toghlerar
New blood at Ekkó
Former fleet manager Sigurbjörn Svavarsson has joined Icelandic trawl door producer Ekkó and steps in as the chairman of the company’s board. ‘I’m joining the company to support this revolutionary…
Amaury Hervé is joining Morgère as its new sales manager for both French and international markets. Image: Morgère
New sales manager for Morgère
French trawl door manufacturer Morgère, has taken on a new sales manager as the company seeks to develop new business on both French and international markets. Amaury Hervé brings a depth…
The Type 22 controllable doors being lifted into place on board Themis
The future is controllable
Thyborøn Trawldoor is in the final stages of testing control technology for its Type 22 Bluestream doors, with successful initial trials carried out on board Themis S-144 earlier this year…
Zephyr and Zenith have both reduced fuel consumption since switching to Type 14VF doors
More spread and less drag with Type 14VF doors
Mark Robertson doesn’t make a habit of believing everything he hears until he’s seen the evidence with his own eyes, but he’s satisfied that his Thyborøn Type 14VF doors do…