{"id":10180,"date":"2016-11-28T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2016\/11\/28\/money-well-spent\/"},"modified":"2016-11-28T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T08:35:00","slug":"money-well-spent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/money-well-spent\/","title":{"rendered":"Money well spent"},"content":{"rendered":"

The results of Agnar Lyng\u2019s efforts are clear to be seen; the major marine resource corporation Lyng Group, head of the M\u00e5l\u00f8y-based Stadyard boat-building and repair yard, and head of the fleet company Torbas AS which includes the flagship pelagic vessel of the same name, two pair demersal trawlers Ringbas<\/em> and Victoria May<\/em>, and Barents Sea shrimp trawler Kvalstein<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Focusing on his fishing enterprises, Agnar Lyng explained that for the demersal pair-trawling and shrimp trawling operations, the availability of such high quality technology is vital but that sometimes it\u2019s a case of judging what equipment you need and where you need it.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, in Norway Scanmar is practically a household name in the fishing industry and there are plenty of Norwegian skippers who just wouldn\u2019t leave the harbour without these systems on board,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then, in places like Scotland where the tradition has been more based on experience, skill and lessons historically learned when working the same grounds, perhaps these fishermen often prefer to rely more heavily on their own knowledge than anything that electronic technology can provide,\u201d Agnar Lyng said, adding that neither over- nor under-reliance on electronics is right or wrong, but just a matter of understanding different cultures and traditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile demersal trawling, in the North Sea, for example, may be more straightforward as the skipper knows the grounds and can re-use the same towing tracks trip after trip and year after year, there can be no doubt that this is still a highly complex operation. But understanding all the fishing gear variants, angles, spread and general behaviour of the trawl while it is fishing on the seabed is surely an impossible task without a high standard of reporting from catch, door and spread sensors and systems such as those provided by Scanmar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of the traditional towing path of maybe four to five hours, the sensors tell you what\u2019s going on, if something has happened, and if you need to make and adjustment to the gear, etc. \u2013 all these things can prevent loss of towing time and save on possibly wasteful fuel consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obvious from my comments that we are extremely satisfied with the Scanmar installations on Ringbas, Victoria May<\/em> and Kvalstein<\/em> but I wouldn\u2019t readily give such a glowing testament if I didn\u2019t believe it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With a career background in banking, Agnar Lyng is, unsurprisingly, a solid believer in the concept of leasing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s a new car, or Scanmar\u2019s top of the range equipment, it\u2019s clear that entering into a lease agreement is a more favourable method to operate in. Technology and electronic equipment changes very fast and by owning the objects you can easily be stuck with old fashioned equipment. I believe everyone has felt the frustration of an \u2018unexpected\u2019 repair invoice for your own medium-aged car,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter paying for the unpleasant maintenance you think your car is more or less like new and keep it another year to justify the spending,\u201d he said, adding that as a fishing-related analogy fishing, this ownership mode might cost a fortune in reduced efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the purse nets and some vital fishing instruments I guarantee you are much better off as a simple user compared to be being an owner. Translating this arrangement to apply to wheelhouse electronics is equally as good a value for money, particularly with the highly attractive rates offered by Scanmar\u2019s offered finance option. Although Scanmar\u2019s technology wouldn\u2019t need to be upgraded to a new full replacement system every three years, it still means that, in the (rare) event of something going wrong, a new replacement system is available immediately \u2013 and you don\u2019t need to bother too much for the second hand value.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is good business for this industry,\u201d Agnar Lyng commented.<\/p>\n

Anyone would be forgiven for thinking that Agnar Lyng already has enough on his plate with so many business interests and commercial involvements, but that doesn\u2019t stop him from being a driving force in his home port of M\u00e5l\u00f8y where he is one of the key players in the MMG Group (M\u00e5l\u00f8y Maritime Group) \u2013 a community-based cluster of fifteen companies, all heavily involved in the marine and fisheries service industry.<\/p>\n

There can be few locations around the world that, sited in such breathtakingly beautiful natural surroundings on Norway\u2019s west coast, lies a four-mile radius of every conceivable commercial service that a fishing, or indeed any marine sector, vessel would require.<\/p>\n

From its three boat yards of varying sizes, marine electronics and electrical depots, two internationally renowned ship design companies, a major player in the global net & rope manufacturing industry, an international oil supply and bunkering company, as well as fish processing and fishmeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a one-stop-shop that has it all.\u201d Agnar Lyng said.<\/p>\n

The M\u00e5l\u00f8y Maritime Group\u2019s fifteen companies (including Stadyard), have been busy throughout 2016 in promoting to the international industry their range of services to the fishing and sea-going fleet, undertaking all relevant operations.<\/p>\n

Together these MMG companies have a turnover of 1.5 billion NOK (GB\u00a3105m\/US$151m)) and have an approximate total of 340 employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agnar Lyng is more than simply a fishing vessel owner. He has built a hard-earned reputation across the Norwegian and international fishing industry as a shrewd businessman who knows what he is talking about. So when he gives an opinion on the products or services of any company, people take notice, reports Cormac Burke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-10180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10180"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=10180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}