Longliner Veidar back at sea after major refit
Norwegian longliner Veidar, which suffered a devastating fire on board last winter, is back at sea following a major refit carried out at Vard Søviknes. Now it’s heading for the…
Hull-integrated cooling for new trawler
A contract with Hydroniq Coolers has been placed to deliver marine seawater cooling to a new trawler under construction for Nergård Havfiske. Vard’s newbuild 930 will be the third highly…
New Akraberg delivered to Framherji
Faroese fishing company Framherji has taken delivery of new factory trawler Akraberg, built at Vard. One of the most advanced factory vessels afloat, the new 84 metre, 16.70 metre breadth…
Vard to build DFFU factory trawler
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has signed a contract worth over NoK500 million to build an 84 metre LOA, 16.60 metre beam freezer trawler for Deutsche Fischfang-Union. The Vard 8 03 vessel’s…
The new trawler for Framherji subsidiary Akraberg will be delivered in 2022. Image: Vard
Framherji’s new trawler to have Hydroniq seawater coolers
Hydroniq Coolers have been contracted to deliver the marine seawater cooling system to a trawler the Vard group is building for P/F Akraberg, a subsidiary of Faroese fishing company Framherji. …
Faroese company Akraberg’s new trawler will be built at Vard. Image Vard
New factory trawler for Faroese fleet
Scheduled to be delivered in 2022, a new trawler for Faroese fishing company P/F Akraberg has been ordered from Vard in Norway in a contract worth over NoK500 million. The…
Vard will deliver the new trawler to Nergård Havfiske in early 2022. Image: Vard
Second Nergård trawler order for Vard
Vard has announced an order for a new trawler for Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske, before the latest newbuilding for the company has been delivered. According to the yard, the…
Harðbakur EA-3 is one of a series of seven trawlers built in Norway this year for Icelandic companies. Image: Samherji
Latest in Vard series delivered to Icelandic owners
The latest in the series of trawlers built for Icelandic companies has been delivered to its owners by the Vard shipyard at Aukra in Norway. Harðbakur EA-3 has been built…
The VARD 8 02 design trawler for Luntos has an 80.40 metre overall length. Image: Vard
Vard secures trawler contract for Russian Far East
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has concluded an agreement with Russian fishing company Luntos Co. Ltd for a VARD 8 02 design trawler to be built at Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam.…
Harðbakur EA-3 is the latest to carry the name that has been associated with many Útgerðarfélag Akureyringa trawlers over the years. Image: Samherji
New Harðbakur floated off at Vard
The new trawler for Samherji’s subsidiary Útgerðarfélag Akureyringa has been floated at the Vard shipyard at Aukra in Norway. Harðbakur EA-3 is one of a series of new vessels for…