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MAN B&W says that more than 100 of its new engines have now been ordered. The L21/31 orders are mainly for Holeby-GenSets for large vessels and Alpha propulsion plants for small and…

Fiskekroken AS of Norway has installed a Sunwell Variable-State Ice system for its salmon-packing plant, part of Safish AS. The bulk of the company is now owned by Salten Aqua Invest, a…

Ice-maker machine company YORK Marine has opened a permanent office in Vigo (Spain).

US albacore tuna fishermen have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test them and their wives and children for side effects from methylmercury. The move is seen as a strategic…

French company ACELMA has launched DATANET, a low-cost and simpler version of its wireless geometry and trawl-positioning system GEONET. The new software provides spread-door data and can be uprated by adding functions…

ARELEC says it has developed a unique, twin-rig control using precision warp-pull meters for additional control of the fishing gear.

UK-based McMurdo Pains-Wessex has now received full UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency approval for its F1 VHF radio with Class D Digital Selective Calling (DSC).

Norwegian director general of fisheries Peter Gullestad and director Odd Berg have been appointed Comendador and Caballero, respectively, of the Chilean Order of Bernardo OHiggins.