A wealth of experience joins the Hampiðjan team
Kristinn Gestsson, until recently skipper of HB Grandi’s freezer trawler Therney, has joined Hampiðjan’s fishing gear division in a sales position.
Success with Storm doors
Greenlandic shrimp trawler Akamalik tows a pair of Vónin 2014 shrimp trawls spread with a pair of the new Storm trawl doors from the same company and skipper Jógvan Tróndarson reports that he is satisfied with the way the gear performs.
Knarr member company strikes design deal for Russian newbuilds
Russian fishing company Norebo Group has placed an order for six new freezer trawlers to be built at the Severnaya Verf (Northern shipyard) in St Petersburg in Russia and the company has opted for innovative designs from Icelandic design company Nautic, one of the Knarr Maritime group of companies.
Kirkwall’s new Keila
Skipper Tommy Tulloch and engineer Michael Leslie have taken delivery of the new Keila K-121, designed and completed by Vestværftet in Hvide Sande on a hull built at the Nauta yard in Poland. The trawler carries a Kirkwall registration, although Tommy Tulloch’s home is on Westray, the most north-westerly of the Orkney islands.
New trawler for Le Guilvinec
Le Guilvinec fishing company Armement Bigouden has taken delivery of a new trawler, designed by Coprexma and built at the Chantiers Gléhen yard in Douarnanez. The new trawler was formally christened on Saturday in Le Guilvinec.
Ferarri-style trawler design for French owners
Built by the Socarenam yard at Saint-Mâlo to fish in the Bay of St-Brieuc, a new trawler for the Eouzan-Travadon fishing company has been handed over to its owners at the end of last week.
Fleet of six for Russian Fishery Company
The Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, has signed contracts to build a fleet of six high-capacity factory trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company (RFC), the Far East-based fishing company that is Russia’s largest catcher.
Seven washing machines for two nights’ fishing
Australian trawlermen fishing on what had always been clean ground are facing a new threat; the arrival of home-made artificial reefs dropped by anglers expecting that these will provide a habitat for fish.
Record 2017 for Scantrol
Norwegian company Scantrol is seeing an increasing demand for its autotrawl system this year, with orders for more than thirty systems in the first half of 2017 as the company expects to see a record 2017.
Saithe chasing capelin
‘Fishing has been good all through the autumn and weather conditions have been fine. There were two deep depressions that passed over the Westfjords during the last trip, but we escaped the worst of it,’ said Heimir Guðbjörnsson, skipper of HB Grandi’s fresher trawler Helga María.
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