News

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

OceanLED has been granted a US patent for its unique LED underwater lighting products.

1st October 2008

US patent awarded to OceanLED

1st October 2008

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The marine distress signals company is calling for standardised rules for replacing dated safety products to enhance marine safety.

1st October 2008

Chemring Marine calls for change in worldwide marine safety practices

1st October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The countries - the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mauritius and Madagascar - signed a Statement of Commitment to Stop Illegal Fishing at a July meeting…

1st October 2008

SADC countries to tighten up on illegal fishing

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The latest completion by Macduff Shipyards Limited is the steel hulled trawler Amethyst BF19, built for Ralston Johnston and partners, Gardenstown, Scotland.

1st October 2008

Amethyst completed

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

On Friday 22 August, Peter Forsythes wife Fiona named the Boys Pride N174 at a ceremony at Banff Marina, Scotland watched by family and friends before the vessel set sail home to…

1st October 2008

Boys Pride launched

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Icelandic ship owner Isfelag has ordered two purse seiners/pelagic trawlers of Rolls-Royce design type NVC 352.

1st October 2008

NVC352 sisters to Iceland

1st October 2008

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

The new NVC 349 purse seiner from Rolls-Royce has been designed to have the optimal hull.

1st October 2008

Optimal hull shape – the NVC 349

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Voyager Fishing Company Ltd of Northern Ireland has signed a building contract with Danish shipyard Karstensen Skibsverft for construction of Voyager, a combined purse seiner/trawler.

1st October 2008

Vik-Sandvik designs new Voyager

1st October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After two years of preparation and negotiation, FAO Members have adopted international guidelines aimed at limiting the impact of fishing on fragile deep-sea fish species and habitats.

1st October 2008

Better management for fishings last frontier

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

IceBits from Iceland is currently developing a total fish plant for a company in the Sultanate of Oman.

1st October 2008

Integrated processing plant for pelagic harvests

1st October 2008