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Largest Danish fishing vessel ever
Rolls-Royce has sealed a NOK 30 million contract with Danish fishing company Niels Jensen & Co AS to provide the design and major equipment for a new purse seiner/pelagic trawler type NVC 354l. With a gross tonnage of 2,300 and at 76m, the Isafold will be the largest fishing vessel ...
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North American seafood producers prepared for EU tracability laws
Torunn Halhjem at Trident Seafoods Corp, a Seattle, Washington based company processing primarily Alaskan seafood products says that companies have already been providing virtually all the required information."It didn't have much impact. We only had to add two lines to our invoice and on the label that the product was ...
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China's white fish exports force European processors to develop new products
Since the mid-1980s China has become the world's workshop with new factories being set up every year to manufacture toys, garments, textiles, consumer electronics and many other items for export. The vast army of low cost labour available to these factories has been a major factor supporting industrial growth in ...
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Mauritania
Having some of the richest fishing grounds in the world is a blessing and a curse for Mauritania, reports Shirley Kumar.
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Deepchill success in Norway
For over 25 years since first introducing slurry ice technology to the seafood industry, Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has worked with fishermen and companies in the seafood processing industry to develop and implement total quality control processes using Deepchill Variable-State Ice.
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Ice machine cuts turnaround time
Ziegra Ice Machines (UK) Ltd., has made Sandy West a happy customer with a StreamIce system on his vessel ''Virtuous''. His earlier problem had been buying ice before each trip.
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York & Optimar Iceland launch new slurry ice business
York and Optimar have joind forces and will be manufacturing slurry ice units in Iceland to be sold worldwide. The Slurry Ice machines will be marketed under the joint brand name Sabroe Optim-Ice.
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Pinging all tuna
MAQ says its triple frequency sonar is helping Albacore and Benito fishermen detect individual fish at 400m with its 90KHz transducer while Bigeye and Yellowfin fishermen are detecting schools at 1,500m and 4,000m with the 45KHz and 22KHz transducers respectively.
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Raymarine's autopilot
Raymarine has launched its first autopilot for Volvo Penta IPS at the Schroders London Boat Show last month.
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Olfish's New Year resolution
South Africa''s Olrac has developed a Traceability module at its Scottish-based subsidiary OLRAC-UK which it hopes to sell as an enhancement of its Olfish fisheries management for automated catch traceability down to bin level. It aimed the launch to coincide with new EU traceability rules that came into force on ...
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Lloyds worldwide certificate for Radio Holland Group
Radio Holland Group has announced it has received the ISO 9001:2000 multi-site certificate from Lloyds Register Nederland B.V. (Rotterdam) for its Quality Management System. Almost all Radio Holland''s 51 subsidiaries are mentioned in certificate annex.
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Newage goes up a gear
Newage Transmissions of the UK launched their latest marine gearbox, the PRM 1750 at the London Boat Show. A statement from the company said it has a maximum torq ue of 1,750Nm and suitable for engines rated up to 457kW (620 bhp), coming in shallow or deep gear casing configurations, ...
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ZF Marine delivers to Spain
ZF Marine reports the delivery of a transmission system for the "Fakir" ice-class Spanish trawler built by Astilleros Armon, SA. for Freiremar, SA. The single screw, ZF W43100 NR heavy-duty gearbox is for a MaK 6M25 engine of 1,850 kW with a speed of 750 rpm at 2.46 kW/rpm.
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New Volvo technology turns backwards forwards
Volvo Penta claims its new propulsion system, with props turning in the direction in which the vessel is travelling (Volvo Penta Inboard Performance System -- IPS) means faster, stronger, quieter, cleaner and more manoeuvrable craft.
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Perkins Sabre launches new version of the M92
Perkins Sabre has launched the M92B, an upgraded, new-specification version of the M92.
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New award marks quality seafood production
A new UK-wide wholesaler and distributor award scheme aimed at recognising excellence was launched today by The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish).
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New price competitive Rescue boat in the NorMar safety range
Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS has extended their range of rescue boats with a small model designed for outboard propulsion. The boat, denominated Normar 425, is a well balanced GRP rescue boat with a capacity of six (6) persons. The overall length is 4.25m, breadth 1.84m and weight 316 kg (ex. ...
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KODIAK FISHERMAN PAYS SUBSTANTIAL PENALTY FOR FISHERY VIOLATIONS
Philip Twohy, operator and owner of the Fishing Vessel Mar Del Sud, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $72,365 for fishing violations that occurred on May 22, 2004 in the Alaska halibut and sablefish fishery.
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Italian coastguard fits rigid inflatables with Volvo Penta engines
When the Italian coastguard invests in new rigid inflatable boats (RIBs), Volvo Penta provides the horsepower. A dozen Zodiac boats are to be fitted with the powerful Volvo Penta AD41 in a twin installation. The drive package gives the boats a top speed that exceeds the customer’s specification by nearly ...
