Vard nets order for ultra modern pelagic trawler
MARCH 2, 2017 — Research Fishing Company Ltd., Lerwick, Shetland, has signed a contract with Vard Group AS for construction of an 80 m x 16.2 m pelagic trawler The contract value
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Metalships & Docks to build new factory freezer trawler
FEBRUARY 3, 2017—Niisa Trawl Aps, Nuuk, Greenland, has signed a contract with Spain’s Metalships & Docks SA to build an Arctic factory freezer trawler based on an ST-118 design from Norway’s Skipsteknisk.
Two trawlers to have Rapp all-electric deck packages
DECEMBER 9, 2016 — Bodø, Norway, headquartered Rapp Marine A/S has secured two new contracts for delivery of complete all-electric deck machinery packages to two trawler newbuilds: Clipperton, owned by Sweden based
Rapid turbo retrofit gives trawler new lease on life
DECEMBER 9, 2016 — A 1985-built North Sea trawler has been given a new lease of life, thanks to a turbocharger retrofit carried out by MAN Diesel & Turbo in just five
Vard wins order for advanced stern trawler
FEBRUARY 22, 2016 —Norway’s largest trawler company, Havfisk ASA, has placed a NOK 325 million (about $38 million) order with Vard Holdings Limited for the design and construction of an 80 m
New stern trawler will be Norway’s largest
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 — Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Skipsteknisk has won a contract from Granit Halstensen AS to design what will be Norway’s largest factory trawler. To be built by Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard,
U.S.-built trawler will be most environmental friendly yet
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — Norwegian ship designer Skipsteknisk AS says the new 261.8 ft freezer trawler ordered from shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, WA, by Fishermen’s Finest, Kirkland, WA, will be its
MAN Diesel & Turbo power for U.S. trawler newbuild
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has received an order for an MAN 8L32/44CR engine to power a newbuilding trawler for Fishermen’s Finest, Kirkland, WA. To be named M/S America’s
Advanced trawlers will have MAN propulsion packages
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