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…
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…
Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS) has published its detailed analysis of possible zero-emission ‘vessels of the future’ – one of the key actions agreed at the ground-breaking workshop of the same name held in Glasgow in 2022, which also resulted…
Macduff Shipyards signed over the new Zenith BF 106 to Mark, Paul and Adam Robertson and sons last week, following the completion of successful sea trials at the end of May. The vessel steamed home to Fraserburgh on 1 June,…
The new 27.3, beam trawler Admiral Gordon PH 330 ran sea trials from Whitby on Friday, 5 May after completion by Parkol Marine Engineering. Admiral Gordon heads out from an overcast Whitby ahead of sea trials. (Photos: Mike Upton) Built…
Three extra Irish ports have been sanctioned for landings by Northern Irish-registered fishing vessels. Malin Head, Glengad and Bunagee in Co Donegal have all been approved by Ireland’s marine minister Charlie McConalogue, and will come under the remit of the…
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…
The L’Ecume II is to be lifted as part of a police investigation into the tragedy Work has begun in Jersey to begin raising the wreck of the 18m trawler L’Ecume II, which sank with three men onboard following a…
