Fishing Vessel News Roundup | June 25 – Norwegian and Dutch trawlers, fish farm support workboats and more

Deliveries include a feed barge for the Faroe Islands and a bleeding and service boat for a Norwegian fish harvester. A Norwegian operator christens the newest addition to its trawl fleet as sea trials kick off for a coastal seining vessel and a landing craft workboat to be deployed in Scotland....

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/trawling/fishing-vessel-news-roundup-june-25-norwegian-and-dutch-trawlers-fish-farm-support-workboats-and-more/

Norwegian aquaculture support company awarded funding for hydrogen-powered processing vessels

Rendering of Napier's new hydrogen-fuelled stun and bleed vessel

Norwegian aquaculture support operator Napier has secured NOK123 million (US$11.7 million) in investment support from state-owned financing agency Enova for the development of a new series of stun and bleed vessels that will be powered by hydrogen. The vessels will each have a length of 50 metres,...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/processing/norwegian-aquaculture-support-company-awarded-funding-for-hydrogen-powered-processing-vessels/

Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for March/April 2024

WORK BOAT WORLD: Dennis Tetzlaff will take over as the new Chief Operating Officer Fleet of Stena Line in addition to becoming part of the group’s management team. Tetzlaff worked in various professions within the shipping and cruise industry over the past two decades. Most recently, he comes from...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/whos-who-maritime-movements-for-march-april-2024/

Russian Fishery Company’s newest trawler enters service

Russian Fishery company has taken delivery of a new freezer trawler built by compatriot Admiralty Shipyards. Kapitan Martynov is the fourth in a series being built to a design by Norwegian naval architecture firm Skipsteknisk. It has a length of 108.2 metres, a beam of 21 metres, a total cargo hold...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/trawling/russian-fishery-companys-newest-trawler-enters-service/

Fishing Vessel News Roundup | February 15 – Norwegian fish farm dive boat, UK scalloper and more

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...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/aquaculture-world/fishing-vessel-news-roundup-february-15-norwegian-fish-farm-dive-boat-uk-scalloper-and-more/

VESSEL REVIEW | Arctic Fjord – Alaska pollock trawler to be deployed in Bering Sea

Seattle-based seafood company the Arctic Storm Management Group has taken delivery of a new trawler-processor optimised for catching Alaska pollock in the Bering Sea. The Jones Act-compliant Arctic Fjord was designed by Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime and built at the Houma, Louisiana facilities of Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors. The newbuild, which replaces a similarly named vessel originally […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Sørkapp – New Norwegian stern trawler boasts low environmental impact

Norwegian fishing company Nergard Havfiske has expanded its vessel fleet following the recent acquisition of a hybrid-powered stern trawler designed and built by compatriot company Vard. The final trawler in a series of three built by Vard for the same owner, Sørkapp (“South Cape”) utilises a...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/trawling/vessel-review-sorkapp-new-norwegian-stern-trawler-boasts-low-environmental-impact/

AWARDS 2023 | Best Large Wellboat – Bakkafossur – Knud E Hansen

Best Large Wellboat – Bakkafossur – Knud E Hansen As the global fish farming industry matures it requires larger, more efficient and more seaworthy service vessels to facilitate its inevitable move further offshore. This fine new vessel, from the renowned designers at Denmark’s Knud E.Hansen,...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/processing/awards-2023-best-large-wellboat-bakkafossur-knud-e-hansen/

VESSEL REVIEW | Patagon XI – Large Chilean wellboat with 3,000-cubic-metre transport capacity

Chilean fish transport company Patagonia Wellboat recently added a new live transport vessel to its fleet. Constructed by Chilean shipyard Asenav, Patagon XI is one of the largest wellboats to be built and operated in Latin America, with an LOA of 79.8 metres, a beam of 17.2 metres, a draught of...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/processing/vessel-review-patagon-xi-large-chilean-wellboat-with-3000-cubic-metre-transport-capacity/

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