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...
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...
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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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...
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,...
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...
Wanchese Argentina, a subsidiary of Cooke Seafood USA’s Wanchese Fish Company, took delivery of a new scallop trawler built by Armon Shipyard of Spain at its recently acquired Astilleros Ria de Vigo facilities. Erin Bruce II will be used for year-round trawling and processing of Patagonian scallops...
Norwegian salmon farming company Rostein has taken delivery of the tenth wellboat in a series ordered from local shipbuilder Larsnes Mek Verksted. Ro Spirit was built jointly by Larsnes Mek Verksted and Polish shipyard Marine Projects to a design developed by Skipskompetanse in compliance to DNV...
Norwegian shipbuilder Eqva (formerly the Havyard Group) has entered into an agreement to divest its Havyard Leirvik yard in Norway’s Vestland county. Even Matre Ellingsen, chairman of the board of Eqva, said the sale of Havyard Leirvik will free up resources, both human and financial, enabling a...
Clearwater Ocean Prawns Venture (COPV), a joint venture formed by Danish fishing company Ocean Prawns and Canada’s Clearwater Seafoods, has expanded its fleet with the recent acquisition of a new deep-sea-capable factory trawler designed by Norwegian naval architecture firm Skipsteknisk. The DNV-classed, Polar Coded trawler Atlantic Enterprise measures 83.2 by 18 metres and is equipped […]
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