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SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

Skipsteknisk AS has entered into contract with Asmar Shipbuilding,Chile, for the design of a 71.3m advanced Fishery and Oceanographic Research Vessel of ST-367 design for the Chilean Navy.

29th May 2008

Skipsteknisk designs advanced research vessel for Chilean Navy

29th May 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

HB Grandis freezer trawler Örfirisey is expected to be able to operate more economically following its recent extensive refit. A major part of the refit is the third trawl winch, allowing two…

29th May 2008

Örfirisey refit expected to reduce fuel costs

29th May 2008

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A new Launch and Recovery System (L&RS) developed by Supacat for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) new class of all-weather lifeboat (ALB) has successfully undergone a two year trial programme, culminating…

29th May 2008

Prototype lifeboat L&RS completes successful trials

29th May 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Fighting to save the albatross from extinction, the RSPB and BirdLife International are to double the number of countries in which they work.

29th May 2008

Albatross Task Force doubles

29th May 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Transas looks at the AIS Class B issue debate - can a compromise be found?

29th May 2008

To equip or not to equip?

29th May 2008

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Tulsa Winch Group has announced the acquisition of Canadian-based LANTEC Winch & Gear, Inc.

29th May 2008

Tulsa Winch Group buys LANTEC Winch & Gear Inc.

29th May 2008

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Triplex AS has been selected as supplier of deck equipment for the new Multipurpose Research Vessel that will be built by ASMAR for the Chilean Navy (for more information see http://www.worldfishing.net/product_library/product_library.ehtml?o=2158).

29th May 2008

Deck equipment package for Chilean oceanographic vessel

29th May 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Sea trials to test a low impact ‘hydrodredge’ which uses a cup arrangement instead of scallop teeth to extract shellfish from the sea bed were completed last year by researchers at School…

29th May 2008

Isle of Man hydrodredge sea trials complete

29th May 2008

NEWS

NEWS

Drastic quota cuts shake Icelandic fishing industry - It came as a shock to the Icelandic fishing community when the Minister of Fisheries announced last summer that the cod quota would be…

28th May 2008

Iceland

28th May 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The difficult relationship between fishermen and politicians and bureaucrats is well documented. At its heart has been the disagreement over the value and validity of the data on which so many political…

28th May 2008

Secret Albania

28th May 2008