Work on all three of HB Grandi’s new trawlers is proceeding at full speed at the Celiktrans yard in Turkey since Ramadan ended. According to marine superintendent Thórarinn Sigurbjörnsson, there is no firm date for delivery of the first of the trio, but the engine and equipment trials will be taking place shortly, and the gensets will be started up for the first time on Monday.
Gerda Maria was the breakthrough to the Norwegian market, Jógvan S Jacobsen at Vónin’s pelagic division said. During the winter of 2014, the Norwegian pelagic vessel was fishing for capelin in Icelandic waters, landing some of its trips in Fuglafjørður.
Macduff Shipyards have recently delivered their latest newbuild to Adam, Adam Junior and Jonathan Tait of Fraserburgh. The new Rebecca is the third vessel of the same for the Tait family in less than ten years form the same yard.
Trawl trials on redfish with a T90 codend supplied by Fjardanet in Akureyri, which is part of the Hampidjan Group, have already produced promising results. The codend appears to filter out small redfish in significant amounts and the results look to be similar to those obtained by the Marine Research Institute to separate out small cod while trawling off western Iceland.
‘Now we are at the point after three years of testing and refinement that the TrawlCamera with a live feed is a commercial product – although the development process never ends,’ said Rúni Petersen of JT electric’s TrawlCamera.
Kaliningrad trawl manufacturer Fishering Service is busy with a steady steam of orders for its pelagic trawl gear.
A pair of fresher trawlers being built for Icelandic operators at the Huanghai yard at Rongcheng in China are expected to be among the most environmentally friendly to date.
The Socarenam yard at Boulogne has completed two new trawlers for French owners, one with conventional looks and another with lines that are more reminiscent of Formula One.
Faroese authorities boarded four French trawlers in a closed area east of the island of Fugløy and the two pair teams have been escorted to Kollafjørður.
A shrimp trawl with a shorter belly filters out smaller shrimp more effectively, according to Norwegian research.