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With changes to the Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) regulations being made recently with the enforcement of regulations that state a minimum number of Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBD) that have…

A good tuna purse seine net must have two main qualities : The net must sink very quickly to avoid the fish to escape underneith the net.

Caterpillar C18 targets 50-60 foot planing hull pleasure craft market

German company ROTZLER has just released the latest model in its TITAN range of planetary hydraulic hoisting winches. The TITAN TH4 features a 1st layer hoisting force of 4500kg and compliments the…

Canadian company Ovatek was fianlist in two cateogories at last months Icelandic Fisheries Awards for the recognition of its work in the marine safety sector with its unique liferaft systems.

As big as a two-room flat. This is the size of the most recent VIKING liferaft now being marketed. It is the largest-capacity liferaft ever sold: a 150 person automatically self-righting liferaft,…

Both Icelandic and international companies were rewarded for their part in the development of the global fishing industry, at the Icelandic Fisheries Awards 2002, held in Reykjavik last month.

In what Fiskerstrand describe as the largest step forward for the trawler fleet in the last 40 years, a new trawl docking technology has been developed in close co-operation between SINTEF Fisheries…