Samherji

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic seafood company Samherji has acquired a 49% stake in the Norwegian production company Berg LipidTech AS in Ålesund.

12th January 2026

Samherji acquires 49% share in Berg LipidTech

12th January 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Samherji has reported an operating profit of €42.4 million for 2024, marking a year-on-year decrease of €12 million.

11th August 2025

Continued investment at Samherji despite falling profit

11th August 2025

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Alongside delivering deserved downtime to fishers and the communities they come from, these annual, open-to-all country-wide festivities recognise an industry that has supported countless generations, and which continues to be a global…

8th July 2025

Fishermen’s Day – a celebration of Iceland’s past, present and future

8th July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Baldvin Thorsteinsson has officially taken over as chief executive of Samherji, one of Iceland’s leading seafood companies

27th June 2025

Baldvin Thorsteinsson named Samherji CEO

27th June 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, CEO of Samherji hf, has written a letter to all Samherji employees, informing them of his decision to vacate the role as of June 2025, after serving in the…

26th May 2025

Samherji’s CEO steps down

26th May 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Celiktrans Shipyard in Turkey has delivered the 48.1 metre LOA, 14-metre breadth groundfish trawler Sigurbjörg ÁR-67. It was built to a Nautic design for the Westman Islands-based fishing company.

30th August 2024

Triple-rigger for Ísfélag of Iceland

30th August 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Fish processing systems supplier Optimar has appointed Sigurdur Òlason as its CEO.

20th March 2024

Optimar names new CEO

20th March 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic investor Kaldbakur ehf has acquired fish processing systems provider Optimar International AS, following negotiations with the company’s previous shareholders, the German investment holding Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH as well as…

29th February 2024

Kaldbakur acquires Optimar in strategic move

29th February 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The founders of Icelandic seafood company, Samherji have set up a new company to drive innovation and create jobs in the Eyjafjördur region.

3rd January 2024

Samherji founders set up innovation company

3rd January 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan hf (SVN) has completed the 50% purchase of seafood sales firm Ice Fresh Seafood, concluding negotiations that were first announced at the end of March this year.

26th September 2023

Iceland’s SVN buys half of Ice Fresh from Samherji

26th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Boston, US-based Aquanor Marketing Inc has been rebranded Aquanor Ice Fresh in a move that further solidifies its partnership with Icelandic seafood company Samherji Ltd. 

8th March 2023

Aquanor Marketing becomes Aquanor Ice Fresh

8th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A Dutch company owned by Baldvin Thorsteinsson has reached an agreement on buying the assets of Alda Seafood Holding and will therefore acquire the foreign operations of Samherji Holding. 

3rd January 2023

Samherji foreign ops sale

3rd January 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

German fishing company Deutsche Fischfang-Union, the Bremerhaven-based subsidiary of Icelandic operator Samherji, has placed an order worth over NOK500 million with VARD for a factory trawler to be delivered in the second-half…

30th May 2022

New DFFU factory trawler

30th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Samherji fiskeldi ehf (Samherji Fish Farming), the aquaculture arm of Samherji has completed a share capital increase of US$26 million.

13th May 2022

New farm for Samherji

13th May 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Work is underway at the land-based salmon farm owned and operated in Öxarfjörður by Icelandic seafood company Samherji that is expected to ramp-up its production by around 3,000 tonnes annually.

1st February 2022

Samherji expanding farm

1st February 2022