Factory Trawlers

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

Norwegian fishing company Bluewild’s new trawler Ecofive has been handed over by the Westcon yard and this innovative new vessel has steamed to Ålesund for the last stages of outfitting before it leaves for a trip to test the array…

4th March 2025

Ambitious thinking behind new factory trawler

4th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Factory trawler Centurión del Atlántico – the largest in the South American country – has made a strong start after a complete refit.

15th November 2024

Argentinian reconversion leading the way

15th November 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest in a series of factory trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company has been delivered by Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg.

3rd April 2024

Kapitan Martynov delivered to Russian Fishery Company

3rd April 2024

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has launched NB1117, soon to be named Inuksuk II, a factory freezer stern trawler built for Niqitaq Fisheries in Canada.

1st November 2023

Tersan Shipyard launches Canada’s largest trawler

1st November 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard Inc has confirmed the delivery of NB1102 Gadus, the Arctic freezer trawler it has built for P/F JFK from the Faroe Islands.

17th October 2023

Tersan Shipyard delivers Gadus

17th October 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Tuugaalik, the latest newbuild in the series of factory trawlers built by Astilleros de Murueta, continues a process of fleet renewal that began with Sisimiut, and is set to continue with a…

29th August 2023

Latest delivery as Royal Greenland renews fleet

29th August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Wanchese Argentina, a subsidiary of Wanchese Fish Company, has named its new Argentine scallop vessel Erin Bruce II at a ceremony in Vigo, Spain. 

10th August 2023

New scalloper for Argentina

10th August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Bluewild AS, Ulstein Design & Solutions AS and Westcon Yards have been awarded Ship of the Year 2023 for the environmentally-friendly factory trawler Ecofive. 

7th June 2023

Groundbreaking fishing vessel wins Ship of the Year

7th June 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Mekhanik Maslak sailed from the yard in February for the long delivery trip, taking the southern sea route via the Suez Canal and calling at Busan in Korea before its scheduled first…

29th March 2023

Latest in RFC series heads for Far East

29th March 2023

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

Alongside its land-based processing and freezing solutions, Aalborg, Denmark-headquartered Carsoe has become a leader in the provision of onboard fish and shellfish processing equipment. It’s a sector that it became fully-invested in…

23rd March 2023

‘A people business’

23rd March 2023

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

Three years ago, Starbound’s owner, Aleutian Spray Fisheries Inc, decided to cut the then 240-foot vessel in half to expand its processing operations and to add a meal plant, oil plant and…

23rd March 2023

Case study: Separating meat and oil onboard

23rd March 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has confirmed the launch of Arctic factory freezer trawler NB1107, which has been built for Denmark-based Ocean Prawns A/S.

4th October 2022

Atlantic Enterprise launched

4th October 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkish shipyard confirms it is building a new factory freezer trawler for Nordbank Hochseefischerei GMBH from Germany, a subsidiary of Parlevliet & Van der Plas

26th September 2022

Tersan trawler order

26th September 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard Inc has launched NB1102 – soon to be named Gadus; an arctic freezer trawler built for P/F JFK Trol from the Faroe Islands.

7th July 2022

Factory trawler launched

7th July 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Factory trawler Blængur, operated by Icelandic company Síldarvinnslan, has recently completed a trip in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, landing a catch worth a record ISK 635 million 

1st June 2022

Twin-riggers record trip

1st June 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Turkish shipbuilding company Tersan Shipyard Inc has launched a new NB1105 Arctic freezer trawler, with the vessel to be named Emerald by its owner P/F Havborg of the Faroe Islands.

11th May 2022

Faroese trawler launched

11th May 2022