Three pelagic vessels left Shetland within a few hours of each other at the start of last week, to enter new eras, report Ivan Reid and David Linkie. Above: Antarctic II will return to Shetland later this year, looking very different…
The Anglo-Dutch pelagic 51.4m freezer trawler Atlantic Lady H 180 (ex-Wiron I) has been sold to France. North Atlantic Holdings has sold the ship to SPES Armement in Fecamp, a subsidiary of France Pelagique. She will be re-named Label Normandy…
The new midwater trawler Grateful FR 249 took to the water last month after sliding down Nauta Shipyard’s slipway at Gdañsk, reports David Linkie. Grateful will now be towed to Denmark for completion by main contractors Karstensens Shipyard A/S for…
Father and sons George and Michael Tait of Fraserburgh and Alex and Zander West from Gardenstown, partners in the Fraserburgh-based fishing company Mewstead LLP, signed a contract last month with Nauta Shipyard in Poland to build an 86.80m turn-key pelagic…
The first sections of Northbay Pelagic’s new state-of-the-art pelagic fish processing factory are now being erected at Peterhead, reports David Linkie. Scheduled for completion in the early autumn in time for the closing few weeks of the North Sea herring…
David Linkie reports: Scheduled for completion in the early autumn in time for the closing few weeks of the North Sea herring season, after which production will immediately switch to mackerel, the new building will replace Northbay Pelagic’s principal processing…
