FEBRUARY 15, 2015—On Friday evening, February 14, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star freed the Australian-flagged fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain from ice some 900 miles northwest of
NOVEMBER 13, 2014 — Vigor Industrial and Jensen Maritime will unveil the design for a new 352-foot catcher processor/factory trawler at the Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, WA, on Nov. 19. The
OCTOBER 1, 2014 — Two series of fishing vessel newbuildings ordered by Icelandic owners will have MAN six-cylinder L27/38 main engines, but differ in the specified propeller, aft-ship and propeller-nozzle configurations. The
JULY 21, 2014—The Tacoma, WA, shipyard of J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation was sold at a foreclosure auction July 18. The auction came after last ditch efforts to rescue the yard failed. It
JULY 1, 2014—The tuna freezer vessel Ljubica was recently launched at Zamakona Yards shipyard in Bilbao, Spain, for the Ecuadoran shipowner Pesquera Miriam S.A. The 90-meter-long fishing vessel was designed and developed
MAY 14, 2014 — Launched last month by Mavrik Marine, La Conner, WA, the 32 ft gillnetter Ava Jane is the first workboat with an EPA Tier 3 commercially rated MAN high-speed
MARCH 25, 2014 — Norway’s Herøyhav AS, has taken delivery of a 69.95-m trawler/purse seiner from Karstensens Shipyard, Denmark, that has a very flexible propulsion package offering a number of fuel-saving power