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WF24: One-stop-shop
Transas says its new World Chart Folio Collection WF24 provides one-stop-shop solutions with a wide range of electronic charts with the emphasis on a high level of data accuracy. It says it updates the collection every three months from Notices to Mariners issued by authorities in different countries.
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ABP PLYMOUTH LANDS A BIG CATCH
Associated British Ports (ABP), owner and operator of Millbay Docks at Plymouth, has caught a new cargo in the form of 1,100 tonnes of frozen fish. The fish is being loaded at Millbay Docks today (Monday, 17, January) for local company Interfish.
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Kiwis help seabirds through French connection
Money has been put up for New Zealander Malcolm McNeill and Jakob Hals from Norway to go to La Réunion in the Indian Ocean to work with French longline fishermen on techniques to reduce the number of seabirds killed by hooks in the Southern Ocean.
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NZ's new value-added research strategy
New Zealand''s Seafood Industry Council (Seafic) and the Crown Crop & Food Research agency have set up Seafood Innovations Ltd to develop the seafood industry''s value-added strategy.
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NZ - changing vessels changing minds
Stark Bros Ltd and Ocean Fisheries Ltd have launched their new FV Frontier and they say the build period which took 19 months has been an exciting time for them. More important, they say they believe the FV Frontier will revolutionise the mindset for small-boat fishing in New Zealand. It ...
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VMK upgrade its processing machines
Two Norwegian pelagic factory ships have installed monitor system to speed up the entry of fish into their filleting machine.
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SAAB TransponderTech introduces GPS option with R4 AIS transponder
Saab TransponderTech has introduced a new, type-approved GPS as an integrated part of the R4 ship AIS transponder system.
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Trio and FTC Sweden join forces
Trio from Norway has bought 60 per cent of the shares in FTC Sweden AB. The two companies see a major potential for synergy by combining technologies and offering new and more efficient solutions to the fish processing industry.
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NZ boat chooses Swedish system
Pacific Explorer is a commercial trawler owned by Forty South Ltd in Napier NZ.
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Volvo Penta engines in high-speed fishing boats
The fishing industry in Iceland is changing and the demand for high speed fishing boats is growing. Volvo Penta''s D12-650 engine provides these boats with ideal features for small-scale fishing: rapid acceleration, high top speed and high fuel efficiency.
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FT announces new services
France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications has presented its new services developed for its free maritime software package, SkyFile.
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French Government to help fishermen as oil price rise
The Spanish Government has followed the French example and will be helping fishermen to face the rise in oil prices.
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MaxSea 3D is reported to be working well
Combined with its ability to show not only hardness, but also roughness of the bottom in relation to the contour, MaxSea has become an indispensable tool to many types of fishermen.
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The evolution of Slurry Ice
Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has introduced Deepchillâ„¢ Variable-State Iceâ„¢: a Deepchillâ„¢ System that can deliver slurry ice in a complete range of ice-states: from very liquid ice, to a very thick paste, and even dry (liquid free) ice crystals; from salt-free slurry to salt water slurry; and from small ...
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New bed freezer from Germany
Heinen launched its new product, the freezelite, at the intercool show in Dusseldorf, Germany, last September. The freezelite is a small fluidized bed freezer/cooler with a large capacity. It is especially designed for freezing and cooling bulk-flow products such as shrimp, mussels and other seafood.
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Flo-ice gives longer life
Research on the advantages of flo-ice, presented at a Vigo conference has shown a number of advantages from the first comparative study with traditional ice methods.
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New trawler for Shetlands
The Norwegian shipyard Solstrand completed and delivered its latest building, the MFV Altaire, to her Scottish owner Altaire Fishing Company, from the Shetland Islands, last month. The ownership of Altaire is shared by seven people but only two of them, John Peter Duncan and Jerry Ramsay, will be going ...
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Good reports for Sapphire
Garware Wall Ropes has had some impressive feedback from customers using its new Sapphire rope. "I pull a four barrel (two trawls from each side of the boat). We rigged the Port side with Sapphire and the Star board with traditional nylon. The auto-pilot tacked 2-3 degrees correction, constantly for ...
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Safety for the mob
Martek Marine (UK) has launched its Crewtrack® man overboard (MOB) alarm/locator system saying it is the most effective on the market with a mechanism to prevent false alarms.
