Astilleros Armon

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The launch of Júlíus Geirmundsson ÍS-270’s partially outfitted hull recently took place at the Astilleros Ría de Vigo facilities, the former Barreras shipyard now part of the Armón Group.

10th February 2026

Newbuild Júlíus Geirmundsson floated at Armón yard

10th February 2026

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The newest addition to Iceland’s fresher trawler fleet has been delivered to its owners in the port of Grindavík. The Skipasýn-designed Hulda Björnsdóttir has been built at Astilleros Armón, originally for fishing company Thorfish.

22nd April 2025

Iceland’s latest fresher trawler arrives from Spanish builder

22nd April 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Armón yard in Vigo has launched freezer trawler Hadassa Bay for South Atlantic Squid Ltd, a joint-venture company owned by Beauchene Fishing Co in the Falkland Islands and Spanish company Copemar.

5th August 2024

Falklands trawler launched at Vigo yard

5th August 2024

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Icelandic fishing, processing and aquaculture company Hraðfrystihúsið-Gunnvör has placed an order for a new factory freezer trawler to be built at Astilleros Ria de Vigo, the former Barreras shipyard which has been…

18th March 2024

Factory trawler order goes to Spanish yard

18th March 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Thousands of visitors – spanning the entire fisheries sector – were warmly welcomed to 13th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition in Kópavogur

13th July 2022

IceFish 2022 – back to business

13th July 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Fishing and processing company Thorbjörn, based at Grindavík in the south of Iceland, has placed an order with Astilleros Armón for a 58-metre long, 13.6-metre breadth fresher trawler with a 2024 delivery…

13th April 2022

Icelandic trawler order

13th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Wanchese Fish Company, a division of Cooke Seafood USA, is launching its newest shrimp trawler, F/V Destiny for operations in southern Argentine waters for the 2022 season.

20th January 2022

New shrimp trawler delivery in time for Argentina’s 2022 season

20th January 2022