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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Extensive operational testing has confirmed that the M/V ‘Dina Star’, the world’s first vessel equipped with ABB’s DC Onboard Grid system and powered by Caterpillar engines, has achieved significant fuel and noise…

29th July 2014

Significant fuel savings for DC Onboard Grid

29th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Steve Yung has been appointed the new CEO of Sealord Group Ltd.

29th July 2014

New Sealord CEO

29th July 2014

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

According to trawl equipment manufacturer Morgère, kite systems offer some advantages over using floats on the headline of trawls.

29th July 2014

Kite system advantage

29th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Captain Keith Colburn, one of the stars of the hit television series Deadliest Catch, has become an Ambassador for the Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP).

29th July 2014

Deadliest Catch Ambassador

29th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Pact has announced its third Request for Grant Proposals.

29th July 2014

Sea Pact request for grant proposals

29th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Swiss retail company Migros is the first to offer customers Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified trout, produced by certified Danforel Christiansminde Farm in Denmark.

28th July 2014

First ASC-certified trout on offer

28th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)-certified products are proving popular in the Dutch market and are gaining ground in Germany, according to a new report.

25th July 2014

ASC products in demand

25th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is concerned over Chatham Rock Phosphate’s (CRP) mining application and says alarm bells should be ringing.

24th July 2014

New Zealand mining application questioned

24th July 2014

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at whether trawling really is the worst villain of the sea.

23rd July 2014

To kill the Golden Goose

23rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Commonwealth fishing industry has expressed its dismay at learning that the Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) is considering a motion to lobby major political parties to oppose large processing vessels…

23rd July 2014

Commercial fishers fight back

23rd July 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Scania Engines is now offering a greater range for marine workboats with its new IMO Tier II-certified 13- and 16-litre engines.

23rd July 2014

Scania broadens engine offer

23rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has given Curaçao, Ghana and Korea an extra six months to improve the illegal fishing situation in their countries.

23rd July 2014

EC extends IUU deadline for Curaçao, Ghana and Korea

23rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish fishermen are to meet with the UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice this week to voice their concerns over catching opportunities for 2015.

23rd July 2014

Scots voice issues of concern

23rd July 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

International researchers at the Small Pelagic Fisheries Technical Workshop and Stakeholder Forum held last week in Adelaide have concluded that Australian fisheries science and management was on a par with the rest…

23rd July 2014

Australian fisheries science on par with world’s best

23rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) has express its concern that the Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) is considering a motion from the Break ODay & Northern Midlands councils…

23rd July 2014

Call for Australian fishing vessel ban

23rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has expressed its disappointment with the outcomes of the 87th Annual meeting of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), which finished on 18 July in Lima, Peru.

23rd July 2014

European Commission worried about IATTC failure

23rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

To combat illegal fishing in the European Union (EU), Oceans 5 has announced the formation of a coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with a grant of over $1 million per year for…

23rd July 2014

Coalition formed to combat illegal fishing

23rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its proposed determination in the Clean Water Act 404(c) process, issuing draft protections for the Bristol Bay watershed related to the proposed Pebble Mine.

23rd July 2014

Bristol Bay commends EPA proposal

23rd July 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for manufacturing medium and large bore medium speed diesel and dual-fuel engines.

22nd July 2014

Wärtsilä expands range of engines manufactured in China

22nd July 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Seattle-based Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc. has recently delivered a multi-mission 66’ all-aluminum Shallow Draft Crab and Salmon Tender to the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC).

22nd July 2014

‘Paul C. Johnson’ delivered

22nd July 2014