Greymouth, New Zealand-based fishing company Westfleet Seafoods recently took delivery of a new longline fishing vessel built by compatriot shipyard the AIMEX Service Group. Designed by Australian naval architecture firm Oceantech, the vessel has been named Te Runanga after a town in New Zealand’s...
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Nichols-built aquaculture vessel will feature Cat battery hybrid propulsion
Caterpillar Marine reports that it has entered into an agreement with California-based Pacific6 Enterprises to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel.
Designed by Kirk Mullen at Oceantech Ltd., a South Island, New Zealand-based naval architecture firm, the aquaculture vessel will be constructed at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland, Wash. Caterpillar Marine dealer N C Power Systems (Seattle, Wash.) will sell and oversee...
Keel laid for 26m longliner for New Zealand’s Westfleet
The Aimex Service Group of Nelson, New Zealand, has laid the keel for a new steel-aluminium longliner ordered by Westfleet Seafoods of Greymouth. The Oceantech-designed T ..
Construction starts on new mussel harvester for California owner
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) has begun construction of a new mussel harvesting vessel for an unnamed customer in California. The aluminium vessel will measure 78 ..