Shipyard News

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new trawler being built for Scotland’s Sunbeam Fishing Ltd is to have a broad range of Brunvoll products incorporated into its design.

17th October 2023

Brunvoll lands contract for Sunbeam’s new trawler

17th October 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

There’s been a long series of pelagic vessels sailing from Shetland under the Altaire name, with the last few built at Norwegian yards. However, this time around, the Altaire Fishing Company opted…

11th October 2023

New-generation Altaire joins Shetland fleet

11th October 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Bakkafrost Scotland, the 24-metre Turas A ’Bhradain is the first of a tailor-made pair of vessels designed to carry out a range of tasks from carrying general cargo to conducting…

10th October 2023

Macduff delivers aquaculture workboat

10th October 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Corvus Energy has been selected by Hvide Sande Shipyard in Denmark to supply a complete hydrogen fuel cell system for the new fishing training vessel MS Skulebas. 

4th October 2023

Corvus fuels world’s first zero-emission fishing vessel

4th October 2023

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has contracted Longitude Engineering for the basic design of a newbuild research vessel that it is building for IFREMER, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea.

12th September 2023

Designer appointed for new French research vessel

12th September 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Tuugaalik, the latest newbuild in the series of factory trawlers built by Astilleros de Murueta, continues a process of fleet renewal that began with Sisimiut, and is set to continue with a…

29th August 2023

Latest delivery as Royal Greenland renews fleet

29th August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) has added newbuild Acila to the fleet of its subsidiary Oman Pelagic.

21st August 2023

New, greener tuna catcher for Oman

21st August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Macduff Shipyards Ltd has signed over its latest newbuild fishing vessel, Zenith BF 106, to owner Mark Robertson and his sons Paul and Adam.

9th August 2023

New prawn catcher joins Scottish fleet

9th August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Parlevliet & van der Plas’ new pelagic freezer trawler already under construction at the Tersan yard in Turkey is going to be significantly more modest in size than the vessel it replaces.

7th August 2023

Downscaling for new P&P pelagic catcher

7th August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar built its reputation supplying its robust Cleopatra fast fishing vessels to its home market, but these days a substantial part of its activity is in exports – notably in…

2nd August 2023

Cleopatras gain popularity with Norwegian fleet

2nd August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has signed a contract with the French national institute for ocean science IFREMER for the construction of a new vessel for the French Oceanographic Fleet. It will be operated by…

20th July 2023

Freire to build French research vessel

20th July 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkish shipbuilder Tersan Shipyard has launched newbuild NB1118 – to be named Froyanes – the 8th vessel it has built for long-term partner Norwegian fishing company Ervik Havfiske AS. 

6th July 2023

Tersan launches 8th vessel for Ervik Havfiske

6th July 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Macduff Shipyards Limited recently signed over its latest newbuild fishing vessel Excel BF 110 to owner/skipper Derek Watt and his son Philip. This new fishing vessel replaces the owner’s previous vessel of the same…

8th June 2023

Macduff delivers new Excel to Scotland

8th June 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Bluewild AS, Ulstein Design & Solutions AS and Westcon Yards have been awarded Ship of the Year 2023 for the environmentally-friendly factory trawler Ecofive. 

7th June 2023

Groundbreaking fishing vessel wins Ship of the Year

7th June 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Tersan Shipyard has confirmed it has a contract in place with Parlevliet & Van der Plas to build a new state-of-the-art pelagic freezer trawler.

30th May 2023

Turkish shipyard wins P&P newbuild contract

30th May 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Vesterålen company Kystdrift went to Seacon for the design of its new 50.3-metre vessel, subsequently placing the build order at the nearby Larsnes Mek Verksted yard. The SC-51 design has a 499-cubic-metre…

11th May 2023

Newbuild to combine fishing and farming

11th May 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian aquaculture technology supplier Fjord Maritime has won a contract to convert an oil platform supply vessel (PSV) to a containerised battery powered live fish carrier (LFC).

17th April 2023

Fjord Maritime lands live carrier contract

17th April 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Mekhanik Maslak sailed from the yard in February for the long delivery trip, taking the southern sea route via the Suez Canal and calling at Busan in Korea before its scheduled first…

29th March 2023

Latest in RFC series heads for Far East

29th March 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has signed a contract with Leinebris AS to build the Norwegian fishing company’s new longliner factory fishing vessel.

3rd February 2023

Longliner order for Tersan

3rd February 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has confirmed the launch of a new freezer stern factory trawler that it has built for Nordbank Hochseefischerei GMBH in Germany, a subsidiary of Parlevliet & Van der Plas. 

24th January 2023

Factory trawler launched

24th January 2023