Norwegian family-owned pelagic fishing company Havsnurp has expanded its fleet with the recent acquisition of a new trawler built by Karstensens Skibsværft of Denmark. The third vessel to be acquired by the company has also been named Havsnurp, and it replaces a similarly named Karstensens-built...
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11 missing after trawler sinks off Cape Town, South Africa
Eleven people are reported missing after a fishing vessel sank off the South African city of Cape Town on Friday, May 17. Local volunteer marine search and rescue (SAR) organisation the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said its duty boat crews at Hout Bay and Table Bay were activated at around...
UK firm proposes hydrogen as fuel for fishing vessels
UK-based fisheries technology company Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS) has released a report on the possibility of utilising hydrogen as fuel for fishing vessels in the UK. Developed in partnership with local naval architecture firm Macduff Ship Design, and with support from Marine...
World’s First Battery & LNG-fueled Vessel Delivered
Developed by Libas, Norway’s Salt Ship Design, the world’s first hybrid purse seiner trawler, has been delivered to the pelagic fishing company Liegruppen Fiskeri on March 11, reports Creme Shipyard.
Eco-friendly vesselLibas is the first of her kind on an environment-friendly scale. She is the World’s first hybrid Purse Seiner Trawler driven by LNG and Batteries. DNV-GL classed Libas carries the Norwegian Flag.
- The 86,5 m long vessel has a 350 cum MAN Cyro LNG tank, 2.830 cum RSW tank capacity,...
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