Karstensens Skibsværft

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Norway’s Knester AS has taken delivery of its third newbuild in more than 50 years – a 75.2-metre pelagic vessel from Karstensen Shipyard. Built to the yard’s own design and equipped for both trawl and purse seine operations, the newbuild…

10th November 2025

Karstensen delivers new Knester to long-established pelagic operator

10th November 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built to Karstensen Shipyard’s own 75-metre, 16-metre breadth design, the newbuild is the latest in an ongoing series of new pelagic vessels for operators around the Northeast Atlantic.

18th September 2025

Herøyhav delivered to Norwegian owners

18th September 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest vessel to join the Norwegian pelagic fleet is Havfisk, delivered by the Karstensen yard in Skagen on a hull fabricated by the Karstensen Shipyard Poland in Gdansk.

4th August 2025

New pelagic catcher for Ålesund operator

4th August 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Faroese fishing company Framherji, Høgaberg has joined the long series of pelagic vessels delivered by the Karstensen yard. Skipper Høgni Hansen took the new purser-trawler to start on blue whiting…

28th May 2025

Høgaberg joins Faroese fleet

28th May 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

With its new vessel, Gjögur has followed the trend away from processing at sea – new Hákon is a pelagic trawler/purse seiner with purely RSW capacity. The newbuild is one of a…

6th January 2025

New pelagic catcher joins Icelandic fleet

6th January 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

There had been delays to the newbuild’s delivery, due to the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and delayed deliveries of equipment, but Kjell-Gunnar Hoddevik and business partners Johnny Årvik and Jan-Ove Langeland have…

24th June 2024

Whitefish, shrimp and crab options for new Polarbris

24th June 2024

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norway-headquartered maritime systems supplier Brunvoll AS has signed two contracts with Karstensen Shipyard for the delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring equipment for three vessels. Two of the vessels are for the ship…

26th April 2024

Brunvoll contracted for Karstensens’ trio

26th April 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The lines of new Christina S FR-224 are unmistakeably those of the Karstensen yard in Skagen, which has in recent years delivered a series of highly advanced pelagic vessels to fishing owners…

22nd January 2024

Christina S cuts a dash

22nd January 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Karstensen yard in Skagen has delivered the new pelagic trawler to Sille Marie AS, a relatively young venture between Carl Aamodt and the Salthaug family from Sogne.

21st December 2023

Sille Marie joins Norwegian enterprise

21st December 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

For a relatively new player in the winch business, Norwegian company Evotec has been quickly turning into a leader – and has recently announced a couple of prestigious new contracts.

20th December 2023

Evotec scores fishing newbuild orders

20th December 2023

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Temperature solutions provider PTG has secured contracts for the record delivery of 17 onboard refrigerated sea water (RSW) plants to Karstensens Shipyard in Denmark and three RSW plants to Westcon Yards in Norway. 

30th November 2023

PTG to supply RSW systems for seven new fishing vessels

30th November 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Karstensens Skibsværft and Klondyke Fishing Company have chosen a broad equipment range from Brunvoll AS for the new fishing vessel Chris Andra.

15th November 2023

Another Karstensens fishing newbuild contract for Brunvoll

15th November 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

There’s been a long series of pelagic vessels sailing from Shetland under the Altaire name, with the last few built at Norwegian yards. However, this time around, the Altaire Fishing Company opted…

11th October 2023

New-generation Altaire joins Shetland fleet

11th October 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

More than 12 years have passed since the Fosnavåg-based owners of fishing company Gollenes AS sailed from Skagen with their 62-metre fishing vessel. It performed so well that they’ve been back to…

23rd June 2023

Gollenes – it’s all about versatility

23rd June 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

New Stødig under construction at the Karstensen yard in Skagen for Norwegian owners Asbjørn Selsbane is getting a full set of shrimp trawl gear from Vónin.

1st March 2023

Stødig opts for Vónin

1st March 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built to operate under the Danish flag for its Swedish owners, pelagic vessel Astrid is the latest step in a strategy by the Johansson family to take a long-term view of the…

1st February 2023

New-gen pelagic catcher

1st February 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Scottish pelagic partnership that has  taken delivery of new vessel Artemis started out fishing in 2020 with the former Resolute – the 64-metre pelagic trawler renamed Artemis – while its new…

5th January 2023

Artemis delivered

5th January 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the propulsion machinery for four new fishing vessels being built at Karstensens Shipyard in Denmark.

22nd September 2022

Order quartet for Wärtsilä

22nd September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Rasmussen family from Klaksvík in the Faroe Islands haven’t been shy of making investments in both fishing capacity and activities ashore, and the latest development is the delivery of new pelagic…

18th April 2022

Setting a new standard

18th April 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Denmark’s Karstensens Skibsværft has agreed a new contract with Brunvoll AS for the delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring systems for nine new fishing vessels being built over the next three years for…

31st March 2022

Brunvoll propulsion deal

31st March 2022