Vessels & Shipyards

The CNP Freire shipyard in Vigo has completed the first of a pair of Rolls-Royce factory trawlers designed to catch and process shrimp for owners in Greenland.

Ian Duthie brought the new Parkol-built Uberous FR-50 home to Fraserburgh following fishing trials carried out off Whitby, reports Dave Moore.

Macduff Shipyards have delivered the new Audacious BF-83, to Whitehills owners David Gatt and Barry Reid.

The Marine Institute has announced that the design process of Irelands new state of the art marine research vessel is now under way. Following an extensive EU tender process, ship design consultants…

Construction has begun on the first of a series of new supertrawlers for the Russian Fishing Company, with the keel-laying of the lead vessel celebrated at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg.…

Technology group Wärtsilä is to provide the ship design, main engine and other propulsion equipment for a new state-of-the-art fishing vessel.

Norwegian company Aker BioMarine has launched its flagship purpose-built krill catching and processing vessel, Antarctic Endurance, which was christened at a ceremony in the port of Ålesund last week after being delivered…

Karstensens Skibsværft have delivered the second of a pair of almost identical pelagic vessels for Irish owners that have the capacity to work either singly or as a pair team.

The Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has launched the world’s largest wellboat for owners Sølvtrans, which will on completion head for Tasmania for a ten-year lease to Huon Aquaculture.

French operator Saupiquet has placed an order with Piriou for a new 67 metre tuna purse seiner. The new Via Alizé is to be built at Piriou’s yard in Vietnam with a…