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• New Navtex receiver from McMurdo stable

  McMurdo has launched a new Navtex receiver, the Smartfind GMDSS Navtex. 01 Sep 2010

• Ore supplies fish tracking project

  Ore Offshore recently completed a shipment of 100 long-life acoustic releases. 31 Aug 2010

• Iridium’s Openport proves popular with Spanish fleet

  US-based Iridium Communications has received orders for more than 100 Iridium OpenPort broadband satellite terminals for installation on Spanish commercial fishing vessels. 31 Aug 2010

• Stark’s 16.8m steel trawler project

  Stark Bros Ltd of Lyttelton, New Zealand, is well into the construction of its latest design and build project, a 16.8-metre steel fishing trawler. 30 Aug 2010

• Alnet’s new polyethylene nets

  South African net manufacturing specialist Alnet has added to its range of nylon, knotless Kapenta nets with polyethylene knotless Kapenta nets. 29 Aug 2010

• Large order book for Taiwan winch manufacturer

  Funz San Industry is currently working on a project that includes two slipway winches with a capability of 150T@5m/min and two slipway winches with capability of 60T@5m/min. These winches are for a shipyard in the Philippines. 24 Aug 2010

• New live lobster terminal up and running at Urk

  The new ‘aquaport’ in Urk in the Netherlands is now regularly receiving commercial shipments of live lobsters from Halifax in Nova Scotia. The first consignment arrived on 21 May, and they have been coming in weekly ever since. 24 Aug 2010

• Wesmar trawl increases Vladivostok catch by 70%

  The installation of the Wesmar TCS780 trawl system on board the 105m catcher/processor Vladivostok has been hailed a big success. 20 Aug 2010

• Dyrkorn opens Båtsfjord depot

  Dyrkorn has opened a new depot in the north Norway port of Båtsfjord to bring its services closer to the area where most of the country’s longlining activity takes place. 19 Aug 2010

• American Seafoods, Murmansk contracts for Naust

  This year has been another good year for orders of Naust Marine’s (NM) Automatic Trawl Winch System (ATW) and its AutoGen system for automatic power management of generators, said the company. 18 Aug 2010

• New senior project manager for Mustad Longline

  After a period of organisational changes and downsizing Mustad Longline has hired a new senior project manager. The appointee, Arne Tennøy will join the company’s sales office in Aalesund, Norway. 17 Aug 2010

• Cornish boat builder sells up

  Hot on the heels of Cygnus Marine’s recent demise, Ronnie and Mary Coote’s Kingfisher Boats, established in 1986, finally closed for business at the end of June, ending half a century of commercial fishing boat building in GRP at Penryn and Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. 16 Aug 2010

• Fuel savings with Perkins Sabre M300C engine

  Finning Power Systems has added the new Perkins Sabre M300C to its range of diesel marine engines to help operators reduce emissions and save up to 10% on fuel costs. 15 Aug 2010

• Rolls Royce’s new hybrid shaft generator

  The new Hybrid Shaft Generator (HSG), developed by Rolls Royce, is an advanced power electric system that will allow for flexible use of speed, enabling better efficiency of both propeller and engines. 13 Aug 2010

• Optimised propulsion from MAN Diesel

  Following a refit of its propulsion system, the trawler Jette Kristine has increased its bollard pull. The refit, carried out in Frederikshavn, Denmark, replaced the propulsion gear with a new propeller and nozzle. 11 Aug 2010