Newbuild

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

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian-based maritime system supplier Brunvoll has secured a contract with Fitjar Mekaniske Verksted AS (FMV) for the delivery of a propulsion and manoeuvring package for a new stun and bleed vessel, being built…

22nd August 2023

Brunvoll scoops aqua newbuild propulsion contract

22nd August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) has added newbuild Acila to the fleet of its subsidiary Oman Pelagic.

21st August 2023

New, greener tuna catcher for Oman

21st 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

Macduff Shipyards Ltd has signed over its latest newbuild fishing vessel, Zenith BF 106, to owner Mark Robertson and his sons Paul and Adam.

9th August 2023

New prawn catcher joins Scottish fleet

9th August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Parlevliet & van der Plas’ new pelagic freezer trawler already under construction at the Tersan yard in Turkey is going to be significantly more modest in size than the vessel it replaces.

7th August 2023

Downscaling for new P&P pelagic catcher

7th August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar built its reputation supplying its robust Cleopatra fast fishing vessels to its home market, but these days a substantial part of its activity is in exports – notably in…

2nd August 2023

Cleopatras gain popularity with Norwegian fleet

2nd August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has signed a contract with the French national institute for ocean science IFREMER for the construction of a new vessel for the French Oceanographic Fleet. It will be operated by…

20th July 2023

Freire to build French research vessel

20th July 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Enterprise III is the latest new groundfish trawler to join the Scottish fleet and owners James Lovie and partners went to the Vestværftet yard in Hvide Sande for their new trawler.

28th June 2023

Danish build for Scottish owners

28th June 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sweeping sanctions from the West have blocked the way for many critical technologies to enter Russia, thereby making the construction of new onshore fish processing plants a tall order. On the other…

28th June 2023

Russia remains defiant

28th June 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

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

New treatment vessel Eloise Eslea has entered into service for Scotland’s second biggest salmon farmer, Scottish Sea Farms, following final fit-out and successful sea trials in Shetland.

21st June 2023

Next-gen farming vessel gets to work

21st June 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

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

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Tersan Shipyard has confirmed it has a contract in place with Parlevliet & Van der Plas to build a new state-of-the-art pelagic freezer trawler.

30th May 2023

Turkish shipyard wins P&P newbuild contract

30th May 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The 100th mTrack unit is going to Kaharoa II, the new research vessel being built for New Zealand research institute NIWA.

25th May 2023

100th mTrack goes to NIWA research vessel

25th May 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Vesterålen company Kystdrift went to Seacon for the design of its new 50.3-metre vessel, subsequently placing the build order at the nearby Larsnes Mek Verksted yard. The SC-51 design has a 499-cubic-metre…

11th May 2023

Newbuild to combine fishing and farming

11th May 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

It’s only a few years since the owners of Kvitholmen took delivery of a new seiner – and now that vessel has been replaced with a new one from the same builder.

5th April 2023

Kvitholmen scales up

5th April 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

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

A new 30-metre mussel harvesting vessel purpose-built by McMullen & Wing to withstand the most challenging sea conditions encountered in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty has entered service.

27th March 2023

New mussel harvester for NZ’s Whakatōhea

27th March 2023