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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

On 19 April, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson presented 3X with the President of Iceland’s Award for Export Achievement at a ceremony at Bessastaðir, his official residence, Company owners Albert Marzelíus Högnason…

29th May 2006

3X receives prestigious export award

29th May 2006

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Iceland’s Eimskip, a subsidiary of the Avion Group, has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two highly sophisticated reefer vessels for a total purchase price of approximately NOK 258 million…

29th May 2006

Two new reefer vessels for Eimskip

29th May 2006

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The importance of fisheries and of the politics of fisheries in Iceland makes the breeding of skilled ministers of fisheries a necessity. Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (51) is one of the most obvious…

29th May 2006

Iceland upholds a healthy economy

29th May 2006

NEWS

NEWS

Long-line fishing is gaining ground - Long-line fishing has in recent years greatly increased its share of the total catch of bottom fish in Icelandic waters, reports Gudjón Einarsson.

29th May 2006

Iceland

29th May 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

DSM Dyneema is part of the DSM Performance Materials activities of the DSM group and is the inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, said to be the world’s strongest fibre.

29th May 2006

DSM Dyneema in the Aquaculture sector

29th May 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Two new designs of Polar pelagic doors are showing promising results, greater spreading force and, equally important, reduced resitance. The new design is similar to the Jupiter and Mars pelagic doors but…

29th May 2006

Booming Polar pelagic doors

29th May 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A stoppage in the winch unit onboard can be expensive if it happens while hauling. Now Rapp Hydema AS has launched a new Service Partnership which detects faults in winches while the…

29th May 2006

Saving costs by discovering faults before they happen

29th May 2006

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Overall seafood consumption in 2004 was up 1.8% over the previous year (and up 9% since 2001) and stood at 7.5kg per person. This figure is made up as follows:• Shrimp: 1.90kg•…

29th May 2006

US seafood industry shows growth

29th May 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport Wireless, a leading marine technology company, has announced a new global data network for the Automatic Identification System (AIS). - The new offering combines the power of the Internet with Marport’s…

29th May 2006

Marport launches global AIS data network

29th May 2006

NEWS

NEWS

The economic role of France’s fisheries - Following on from last month’s Part One analysis of France’s fishing fleets, we now look at the economic impact of the industry.

29th May 2006

France – Part 2

29th May 2006