All Industry News articles – Page 424
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NewsSM-2 safety lights get upgrade
Considered by many to be the best lights in the business, the rugged and reliable SM-2 automatically activated strobing man-overboard light and the hand activated 566, are now even better, according to ACR Electronics.
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New fibres to improve fishing nets
The fibres used to produce fishing nets have changed so much in the last three years. This is due to new extrusion technologies and the improvements in HTPE raw materials with a new range of additives that can improve strength, elongation to break and abrasion.
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NewsPallet transporter ideal for fish factories
Atlet has developed Piccolo, the compact powered pedestrian pallet transporter , which is ideal for use where space is tight and where short cycles are required, including loading bays and small warehouses and retail outlets.
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For the sake of the environment
Spanish based company Nature Pack has launched the first plastic container on the market aimed at users selling one and two kilograms of frozen seafood.
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Macduff keeps on building as Excel is launched
The latest vessel to be launched from the Macduff Shipyard is the Excel, which has been built for the Watt family based in Fraserburgh, Scotland.
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NewsNew advanced-ergonomic HF charges
Hawker Traction has launched the latest generation of its smart mult-function high-frequency (HF) charges for industrial truck batteries.
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New Scantrol model in 2004
After two years of intense research, the new model replacing Scantrol''s 2000 autotrawl system is ready to be introduced on the first vessels in January 2004. Scantrol''s new model is more intelligent adding several new functions to increase the catching efficiency of the trawl without compromising the ''userfriendliness'' that has ...
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German company has 100% control
Being one of the biggest European markets for fish processing and consumption Germany is nevertheless quite small in catching fish.
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Marel helps out with Lighthouse factory
Lighthouse, a part of the giant Pan Fish Group, has farming and processing interests in Scotland. Sales manager Peter Bullock, from Marel UK, has been involved in long term discussions with them for a total solution for primary processing at their processing facility in Cairndow.
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Danish ports launch projects to upgrade fish terminals
Port of Hanstholm (Denmark) is investing over 40 millions in a project to improve its fish market. The work has just started last month and it is divided in three phases:
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Coastal fishery market in the port of Vigo gets ISO certificate
Consulting agency AENOR has issued the Coastal Fishery and Big Fish Market in Vigo (Spain)with a UNE ISO 9001/2000 quality certificate.
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NewsHigh-precision grader with batching system
When it comes to speed and accuracy, Cabinplant''s newly developed ROTORGRADER, surpasses that of other graders found on the market today by a wide margin, according to the company.
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New automatic grading system
Skaginn hf. have installed a new, combined system for weighing and packing. The system is fast, accurate and automatic. The weighing system is based on Skaginn patent pending technology. Skaginn has been using this technique for weighing fish products such as pelagic fish and scallops. This weighing system is ...
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All-in-one with new Scanvaegt machine
Scanvaegt''s new online trimming line is an integrated system for improving yield, performance, product quality, hygiene and traceability throughout the trimming and filleting process. It is a Turnkey fish process line with online trimming table for fish filleting
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First Mustad system installed in Spain
Longliner Breogan Uno, built by Astilleros Armón in Spain, is the first Spanish vessels to have an automatic Mustad Autoline System.
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Financial health check confirms fragile state of UK whitefish fleet
A fall in landings combined with increases in quota leasing, insurance and fuel costs have squeezed whitefish vessel profit margins, according to a new report published by the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish).
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Most of the space booked for Nor-Fishing 2004
Nor-Fishing 2004, to be held in Trondheim, Norway, 10 - 13 August, is likely to match the success of the 2002 event. The show will be the 20th international fishery trade show in Norway and all the shows after 1968 have been held in Trondheim. "We are very pleased to ...
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Nera offers new comms services
Nera says its Fleet F33 will offer Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) in early 2004. It says it is a cost-effective solution, charging by volume of data sent and received, not by time spent online.
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Don't swing the lead -- eye the bottom!
Scanmar is one of a number of companies which have tried for several decades to offer a system which could tell a skipper if his gear was loosing contact with the seabed.
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Transas helps fishermen sail blind
Transas Marine UK Ltd are offering a trawler version of their navigation software which has till now been used by large shipping for ''blind'' navigation relying only on electronic systems.
