Zenith BF 106 (pictured above) and Excel BF 110, which have the distinction of being the first UK vessels with Tier III-compliant engines, are nearing completion at Macduff Shipyards, with sea trials scheduled for this week and next. Built at…
Pictured here tucked up on the outer wall at Macduff, next to the Prosperity UL 250, the Greenpeace vessel Sea Beaver appears to be taking a break from ‘surveys’ that have included filming scallopers working off the North East coast,…
Identical 26.50m state-of-the-art pair-seiners from Macduff Shipyards are landmark reinvestment by longstanding pair-trawl skippers Stewart Buchan and David Cardno. The new Faithful FR 129 ran sea trials in the Moray Firth at the end of May… The delivery of the…
Skipper Brian Harvey and crew report excellent results from early trips Orion BF 432 has fished four successful trips to date. Macduff Shipyards Ltd signed over the 24.5m Orion BF 432 to Fraserburgh skipper Brian Harvey and his sons Andrew…
Situated less than two miles apart, Whitehills and Macduff have a longstanding association with fishing in the Moray Firth, reports David Linkie Little more than a generation ago, both Whitehills and Macduff were home to a thriving fleet of inshore…
St Ives family achieves long-cherished ambition by taking delivery of new boat from Macduff Shipyards The new 24.5m twin-rig trawler Crystal Sea SS 118 started fishing from Newlyn towards the end of last month, under the shared command of St…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Georgia Dawn INS 140 LOA: 18m Built: Macduff Shipyards Macduff 2005 Type: Scalloper Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got…
Skipper Martin MacInnes and crewmen Angus MacFarlane and Ronan MacInnes are now fishing scallops off northwest Scotland on Silver Fern CY 197, reports David Linkie The former Fraserburgh 18m trawler is the latest in a succession of vessels to benefit…
Skippers David Gatt and Barry Reid and the crew quickly started to confirm the capabilities of the versatile new 27.8m whitefish boat Audacious BF 83, by landing 2,000 boxes of whitefish at Peterhead from back-to-back pair-seining trips in just over…
Macduff Shipyards delivers 19m twin-rig trawler built at Buckie for local skipper Steven Clarke Moray skipper Steven Clarke and the crew of Caledonia III are now twin-rig trawling on grounds to the north of Scotland from Scrabster harbour, reports David…
