Trawlers

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

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

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

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

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The wreck of Spanish fishing trawler Villa de Pitanxo that sunk off the Canadian coast in February last year claiming 21 lives has been found, officials have confirmed.

6th June 2023

Sunken Spanish trawler found

6th June 2023

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

Lithuanian ship designer Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) has launched its latest trawler design. Intended to meet the demands of the modern fishing industry with an emphasis on high performance, large cargo capacity and…

14th March 2023

Western Baltic unveils new trawler design

14th March 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Trawl doors from Morgère have undergone a makeover and now feature a vibrant yellow livery, which the French company maintains will ensure enhanced visibility for fishing operations at night, thereby making them safer.

16th September 2022

Morgère’s new look

16th September 2022

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

NEWS

NEWS

There are calls for the European Commission to act on Russian trawlers fishing in a shared zone between the UK and the Faroes

26th April 2022

Russian action wanted

26th April 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Brittany, France-based trawl door manufacturer Morgère has begun promoting its range of doors for smaller, under 15-metre vessels across the Channel, saying they are well suited to parts of the UK and…

11th March 2022

Small trawl door solutions

11th March 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Canada’s Niqitaq Fisheries has placed an order with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of a new 80-metre-long stern trawler.

22nd February 2022

Niqitaq orders new trawler

22nd February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

It is believed that many of the crew aboard Villa de Pitanxo have lost their lives after the Spanish trawler sank in rough seas about 250 miles off Newfoundland, on Canada’s east…

16th February 2022

Trawler sinks, lives lost

16th February 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

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Following some years of research and development, Garware formally launched its X1s, a new compact trawl netting, showing it for the first time at the DanFish exhibition.

8th December 2021

Garware introduces X1s

8th December 2021