Deliveries include a gillnetter and a fish farm workboat to operators in Norway and a factory trawler to a German seafood company. Sea trials have meanwhile been completed on a scallop boat for use in UK waters. Gillnetter delivered to Austevoll owner Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Inter-Nos – Sardine ring netter delivered to UK fishing family
The Lambourn family based in the UK seaside town of Newlyn recently took delivery of a new catamaran ring net fishing vessel built by compatriot G Smyth Boats. Inter-Nos will be used primarily to catch sardines. The design work that went into the vessel included the incorporation of features aimed...
VESSEL REVIEW | Dønning – Compact netting boat for Norway’s Hellnes Fisk
A new all-aluminium net fishing boat has been delivered to Hellnes Fisk, a fishing company based at the western Norwegian town of Elnesvågen. Named Dønning, the compact boat was built by Kewatec Aluboat of Finland. The 10.66- by 4.7-metre hull provides adequate space for a spacious wheelhouse with...
Fishing Vessel News Roundup | January 5 – Norwegian netting boat delivery, Southern Ocean scampi vessel order and more
An Iceland-based builder hands over a new netting boat to an owner in Norway and a crab boat for a Russian Far East operator hits the water. Orders have meanwhile been pl ..
VESSEL REFIT | Arctic Pearl – Seismic survey vessel converted for seabed scallop harvesting
Norwegian seafood company Ava Ocean will soon deploy a refurbished vessel to harvest scallops from the bottom of the Barents Sea. Arctic Pearl was originally built in 201 ..
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Fishing Vessel News Roundup | October 4 – Chinese offshore farm, Icelandic netting boat, trawlers for Spain, Scotland and Denmark
A Chinese aquaculture company will soon take delivery of a new deep-sea harvesting and tourism facility, a pelagic trawler has entered service in Scotland, and a new nett ..
UK accident investigators release report on creel boat capsizing incident off Scotland
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report detailing a fishing vessel capsizing incident that occurred off Cairnbulg in nort ..
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MAIB publishes report on deadly scallop dredger capsizing in 2020
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report on a deadly capsizing incident involving a fishing vessel south of Newhaven, Engl ..
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Report on fatal man overboard incident off Scotland highlights risks of single-handed creel fishing
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) recently published its report on the investigation into a man overboard incident that had resulted in loss of life off ..
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New net fisher delivered to owner in Lofoten, Norway
Iceland-based Trefjar has delivered a new net fishing boat to owner Otto Harold Williassen of Lofoten, Norway. Karin has a length of 10.99 metres long, an FPT C13 484kW m ..
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