Category archives for: Fishery News

Greenland: PARAT Halvorsen to Outfit M/Tr. Polar Qaasiut with Retrofit Steam Boiler

Greenland: PARAT Halvorsen to Outfit M/Tr. Polar Qaasiut with Retrofit Steam Boiler

PARAT Halvorsen AS has been assigned a contract to deliver a retrofit steam boiler to Polar Seafood Greenland and one of their trawlers, the M/Tr. Polar Qaasiut. The boiler is a combined oil-fired and exhaust gas boiler, type MCS, complying with steam production for the trawlers fishmeal and fish factory. The retrofit boiler will be [...]

USA: Blue North to Get Innovative ‘Green’ Boat

USA: Blue North to Get Innovative ‘Green’ Boat

Blue North, a sustainable natural resource company crafted for the 21st century, has signed a contract with Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington, to build one of the most environmentally friendly and technologically advanced fishing vessels in the world. The innovative “green” boat – which will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2014 – [...]

Scotland: Inverlussa Secures Seven-Year Contract

Scotland: Inverlussa Secures Seven-Year Contract

Inverlussa, an island based company has sealed a multi million pound business deal creating five new jobs.  The latest expansion at Inverlussa Marine Services means the firm now employs 27 people and has almost doubled its workforce in a year, during one of the worst recessions on record. The Mull company’s latest deal secures a [...]

Sølvtrans Orders Another Live Fish Carrier Design from Rolls-Royce

Sølvtrans Orders Another Live Fish Carrier Design from Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce, has signed a repeat order for a ship developed specifically for transporting live fish. This will be the second vessel of this type for ship owner Sølvtrans AS, the world’s largest transporter of live fish. The first ship is due for delivery in June this year and this latest contract also includes options to [...]

Spain: PEVASA Orders MAN Propulsion System for New Tuna Vessel

Spain: PEVASA Orders MAN Propulsion System for New Tuna Vessel

Based in Spain, the PEVASA Group recently ordered a complete propulsion system from MAN Diesel & Turbo for a new tuna vessel. The system is unique in that it comprises a package of three high-efficiency products, including a modern, medium-speed MAN 8L32/44CR engine with common-rail (CR) technology, a Renk RSVL-950 gear unit, and an innovative [...]

MAN Diesel & Turbo Reaches Important Milestone in Engine Sale

MAN Diesel & Turbo Reaches Important Milestone in Engine Sale

MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced the 500th sale of its MAN 48/60 medium-speed engine. The milestone was reached with the order of two common-rail variants of the engine by Huta Marine of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of a diesel-electric system to power a self-propelled cutter suction dredger. Huta Marine is a specialist in [...]

Norway: No Illegal Fishing at Barents Sea

Norway: No Illegal Fishing at Barents Sea

For the fourth year running, no illegal overfishing of cod and haddock has been detected in the Barents Sea. “Combating illegal fishing is vital to ensure sustainable fish stocks and the profitability of the fishing industry,” says Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen. The analysis was conducted by the Joint Norwegian–Russian Fisheries [...]

Chinese Fishing Vessel Removed from Tubbataha Reef

Chinese Fishing Vessel Removed from Tubbataha Reef

On Friday afternoon, Chinese fishing vessel F/V Min Long Yu, was successfully towed and removed from its grounding site near the northern isle of Tubbataha Reef. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena said that around 2:20 p.m. the vessel that ran aground last week was extracted from its grounding position by [...]

Zamakona Yards to Build Tuna Fishing and Freezing Vessel for Pesquera Miriam

Zamakona Yards to Build Tuna Fishing and Freezing Vessel for Pesquera Miriam

Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards has just been awarded a new contract for the construction of a tuna fishing and freezing vessel for the company Pesquera Miriam SA worth $ 35 million. The ship “LJUBICA”, 89.8 meters in length, is designed for Cintranaval-Defcar S.L. and will have a storage tank capacity of 2,000 m3. The vessel [...]

Top News of the Week April 8 – 13, 2013

Top News of the Week April 8 – 13, 2013

VIDEO: Global Marine Trends 2030 Report issued today at events in Singapore and London indicates strong growth for the maritime sector in the years up to 2030 and an even bigger role for China in the maritime world, as seaborne trade increases from 9 billion tonnes annually to between 19-24 billion tonnes. BOURBON to Sell [...]

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