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ConferenceBUILDING FOR HOME AND EXPORT MARKETS
GRP boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered new fishing vessels to both local and export markets this year, and is also making an appearance at the 2022 Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.
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NewsCustomised propulsion technology
Over the last year the company has provided sophisticated systems to new fishing vessls such as pelagic trawler/purse seiner Odd Lundberg, built at Karstensen in Denmark for its Norwegian owners. Odd Lundberg was fitted with an innovative two-step reduction gear, allowing operating patterns to be optimised and resulting in significant fuel savings.
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NewsNew 2022 dates for 13th Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition and Awards
Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, Events Director of Mercator Media Ltd, explained, “As it has become necessary for the Government to extend the COVID restrictions, we recognise this creates uncertainties and makes planning for our exhibitors and visitors extremely difficult. We would all prefer that this was not the case, and we were anticipating that the exhibition would be able to go ahead. Following consultation with our advisory board and stakeholders, we believe rescheduling to 2022 is the best decision for exhibitors, visitors, and for people’s safety in general.
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NewsFolla builds on Loppa’s success
A year of intensive development and testing has gone into preparing the prototype Folla, and this has worked so well that Havfront’s partner, Husøy company Br. Karlsen, who were instrumental in initiating the Folla’s development, has already taken it into regular use – and Havfront will be at this year’s Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition to showcase both Loppa and Folla machines.
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NewsStaying safe with Ultraguard
According to the company’s Gavin Fisher, Ultraguard is fast becoming the preferred choice for vessel owners who want to combat marine growth such as mussels, barnacles and weed in their sea chests, box coolers, seawater cooling systems or on their hulls.
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NewsDistinctive design
Nautic’s St Petersburg-based partner company Nautic Rus has already designed a series of ten 82 metre factory trawlers for Russian fishing and seafood giant Norebo, and the first of these, Kapitan Sokolov, is approaching completion at the Severnaya Shipyard.
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NewsThe President of Iceland to visit Icefish
Taking the tour of the exhibition on the morning of Thursday 16th September, the Icelandic President will be visiting a number of stands to meet exhibitors and to view some of the latest and most innovative products on show.
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NewsRegistration for Icefish 2021 now OPEN
By registering in advance, visitors can beat the queues. Go to the website to register and be at the front of the queue as the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition opens.
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NewsBusy Klaksvík yard - set to get busier
“We are looking forward to the exhibition in September and we want to show what we can do,” said KSS’s head of sales Jógvan S Jacobsen.
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NewsShowcasing shipbuilding at IceFish
Cemre’s track record includes a series of four innovative Skipatækni-designed trawlers that were built for Icelandic owners. Björg, Drangey, Björgúlfur and Kaldbakur were all delivered in 2017 and have fished very successfully since, confirming that the distinctive inverted bow arrangement provides a highly stable working platform.
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NewsBringing Danish expertise to IceFish
Danish Export-Fish Tech is your access point to more than 100 Danish suppliers of equipment, solutions, technology, know-how and consultancy services. Danish Export-Fish Tech is organising the Pavilion of Denmark at Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2021, where participating Danish companies on Pavilion of Denmark will showcase their expertise, high quality and innovative equipment, solutions and technology to the fishing, aquaculture and fish/seafood processing industry.
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NewsA year of big changes for Morgère
This year Morgère is leaving the location at the quayside in Saint Malo that it has occupied for a almost a century, and on 1 September production starts at a new production facility a few kilometres away. The move also provides opportunities for manufacturing systems to be updated, with new CNC machinery currently being installed.
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NewsThe meeting point of the year
Torfinn Torp manages the fisheries and marine refrigeration side of the company’s activities, and these encompass everything from plate and blast freezers to brine freezing systems and RSW installations for pelagic vessels.
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NewsExciting times ahead for Naust Marine
With so many new fishing vessels under construction, Naust’s design, production and testing divisions are working flat-out for a variety of customers
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NewsTransforming the Blue Economy to 100% Green
This year’s gathering of seafood industry expertise aims to examine how the industry is working towards full utilisation of fish by-products and taking steps forward in the use of green technology.
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NewsVaki Provides Smart Monitoring Equipment and Technology to Customers Globally
The company delivers a range of equipment, products and technology for fish counting and size estimation from freshwater to saltwater rearing, while collecting key data and analytics for each stage of fish production. Vaki is a recent addition to the MSD Animal Health portfolio of aquaculture solutions.
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NewsTersan delivers Live Fish Carriers to Nordlaks
The 85 metre, 19 metre breadth Bjørg Pauline and sister vessel Harald Martin, due for delivery in September, are equipped with innovative LNG hybrid propulsion systems and technologically advanced fish handling, including lice treatment systems.
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NewsIceFish looking positive
“IceFish is looking really good, even with the problems of the pandemic,” she said, commenting that with four months to go, roughly 80% of space at the exhibition is reserved or confirmed.
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NewsIcefish 2021 - much more than an exhibition
Held only once every three years the 13th Icefish will return, 15-17 September 2021, with 80% of the exhibition space already booked and still over four months to go.
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NewsFamiliar name - new designs
However, the current Viking designs are a long way from the original boats built back in the 1980s that established a reputation for strength and reliability. Today’s inshore fishing vessels are packed with sophisticated systems and have a carrying capacity far greater than the previous generation, as boatbuilders have responded to requirements for greater comfort and safety, more speed and higher fishing capacity.
