Macduff Ship Design

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Inverlussa Marine Services has taken delivery of a new 25-metre hybrid aquaculture support vessel, built by Macduff Shipyards and designed by Macduff Ship Design.

7th January 2026

Macduff delivers new aquaculture services vessel Naomi Jennifer

7th January 2026

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Macduff Shipyards has delivered its latest newbuild, Gracious PD 103, to local company MV Gracious Ltd, highlighting that it’s a new design of fishing vessel, arranged for twin rig trawling. It is expected to fish in the North Sea, primarily…

2nd April 2025

Macduff delivers new design twin-rigger

2nd April 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With the net-zero commitments of 2045 for Scotland and 2050 for England on the horizon, alternative fuel sources for the UK fishing fleet are explored in a new report from Fisheries Innovation…

9th May 2024

Hydrogen power – the future of UK fishing?

9th May 2024

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

To better understand how alternative fuels, power systems and drivetrains could offer a fresh blueprint for fishing vessels and greener fishing operations, six new vessel designs have been created to identify critical…

14th December 2023

Key milestone reached in transition to net-zero fishing

14th December 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Bakkafrost Scotland, the 24-metre Turas A ’Bhradain is the first of a tailor-made pair of vessels designed to carry out a range of tasks from carrying general cargo to conducting…

10th October 2023

Macduff delivers aquaculture workboat

10th October 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Macduff Shipyards Limited recently signed over its latest newbuild fishing vessel Excel BF 110 to owner/skipper Derek Watt and his son Philip. This new fishing vessel replaces the owner’s previous vessel of the same…

8th June 2023

Macduff delivers new Excel to Scotland

8th June 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The design of new trawler Venture IV for skipper and owner Mark Lovie led Macduff Shipyards and partner company Macduff Ship Design to some fresh thinking, with their new ideas backed by…

6th March 2023

New bow designs for better performance

6th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmer Mowi Scotland Ltd has selected Skagen Ship Consulting and Macduff Ship Design as the main contractor and designer for two new 18.5-metre landing craft service vessels for aquaculture support services.

20th October 2022

Mowi orders newbuilds

20th October 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian aquaculture workboat operator AQS has selected Skagen Ship Consulting and Macduff Ship Design as main contractor and designer for a new 18.5-metre hybrid service vessel for fish farming support services.

3rd August 2022

AQS orders hybrid cat

3rd August 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

This latest newbuild designed to fish Scottish waters replaces the Fruitful Vine the same yard delivered in 2010, and it also closely follows the design and propulsion patterns of recent new trawlers…

9th February 2022

New Fruitful Vine delivered

9th February 2022