Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam has delivered a new 38-metre beam trawler to Belgian family-owned fishing company Rederij Long Ships. Damen said the trawler, which ha ..
Bay of Biscay
COLUMN | What Solstad tells us about the future of offshore: scrapping and shrinkage, emissions and reactivation [Offshore Accounts]
After last week’s Quick Updates (here) we turn our attention to one of the biggest and most important players in the North Sea and Brazil: Solstad Offshore. Solstad jus ..
French fishing cooperative orders longliner from local yard
Armement Coopératif Artisanal Vendéen (ACAV), a fishing cooperative based on the west coast of France, has placed an order for a new gillnetter/longliner to be built by ..
Rederij Long Ships’ newest trawler floated out
A new beam trawler being built for West Flemish owner Rederij Long Ships has been floated out in Gdansk, Poland. The 38-metre Franson is currently being transported to Da ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Papy Chichi – Specialised sardine and anchovy trawler for western France
Glehen Shipyard located in the Douarnenez commune of Brittany recently handed over a new pelagic trawler to fishing company La Belle Alliance. The newbuild is a near-iden ..
Finnlines’ newest hybrid Ro-Ro floated out
Finnlines’ newest hybrid freight-only Ro-Ro vessel was floated out at China’s Nanjing Jinling Shipyard on Monday, April 26. Finneco I is the first in a planne ..
Drug Peddlers Sink Boat Carrying 3 Tonnes of Cocaine
- 9 Georgian and Turkish crew members were fished out of the sea by police officers.
- The crew attempted to prevent the police by seizing the drugs by sinking their own boat.
Spanish authorities intercepted a merchant tanker carrying 3,000 kilos of cocaine in the Bay of Biscay – and in an unusual twist, they claim that the vessel’s crewmembers sank their own ship in an attempt to avoid prosecution, reports the Maritime Executive.
Smuggling ring investigationThe interdiction was the result of a...
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ICES issues new fishing regulations for protection of deep-sea marine ecosystems
To protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs), such as deep-sea corals and deep-sea sponges, bottom contact fishing at depths of over 400 metres conducted by EU vessels ..
New ferry to serve Yeu Island in Bay of Biscay
The government of the Pays de la Loire region in western France has placed an order for a new Ro-Pax ferry to be built by local shipyard Piriou. Designed by Stirling ..
European Commission must stop France and Spain from killing thousands of dolphins, warn NGOs
European Commission must stop France and Spain from killing thousands of dolphins, warn NGOs
NGOs warn that thousands of common dolphins in the Bay of Biscay face horrific deaths in fishing nets this winter if the EU Commission does not step in with emergency measures to reduce bycatch, the single largest cause of harm and death to these dolphins today. Despite the legal requirement to protect this species and scientific recommendations [1] to close the fisheries responsible for the catches in...