Fishing vessel sales in the UK in recent months have been somewhat muted, with a general slowdown across the industry. There are a number of factors behind this trend. Starting at the top of the marketplace, one of the driving…
The Fishing News Awards’ Under-15m Boat of the Year award, which will be judged by an industry panel, will be made to a new or significantly rebuilt vessel under 15m LOA that joined the UK or Irish fleets in 2023,…
Four Sons BM 68, the latest multi-purpose U10 designed by Ian Paton, is now working from its home port of Brixham. Helen Lovell-Smith, the Fishermen’s Mission area officer for Devon, blessed the new vessel before skipper-owner Derek Meredith and his…
The new 14.99M vivier crabber Genesis H 37 was lowered into the river Esk on Saturday, 28 October. Built by Parkol Marine Engineering for Genesis Fishing Ltd, the new vessel will be skippered by George Robson, who currently takes the…
The 21.6M twin-rigger Seraphim PD 170 arrived in Peterhead on Saturday, 28 October at the end of a delivery trip from Whitby that put the new boat’s seakeeping abilities to the test. The new vessel, for skipper Andy Buchan and…
The latest addition to Shetland’s whitefish fleet, the 24.9m stern trawler Prolific LK 986, arrived alongside at Lerwick just before midnight on 6 July, after a 3,500-mile, 17-day delivery trip from Croatia. The new vessel joins her identical sistership Copious…
Shortly before 6pm on 9 September, the calm over Conwy marina was disturbed by the sound of an exploding gas cylinder. This was rapidly followed by a column of dense black smoke and flames leaping 6m into the air. Viewed…
State-of-the-art Karstensens build joins Shetland pelagic fleet Karstensens Skibsvaerft handed over yard number 469, the 79.95m Altaire LK 429, to the Altaire Fishing Company on 29 June. The new vessel, which was named in Skagen at the end of May,…
MV Quantus Ltd and Peter & J Johnstone Ltd have placed an order for a new 75m pelagic trawler with Westcon Yards AS. The vessel, like its three predecessors, is being designed by Salt Ship Design. All four new-build vessels…
On 3 August over 50 people attended the blessing and official launch of the state-of-the-art Kingfisher K26 Beryl M SS 8 at Hayle in North Cornwall. To celebrate the life of his late grandmother, skipper/owner Ben Eglinton has carried forward…
