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Eimskip to sponsor Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition party dinner
Icelandic freight carrier Eimskip has been confirmed as sole sponsor of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2005 party dinner to take place on the Friday night of the show, September 9, in Hotel Ãsland.
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Nor-Fishing up to expectations
Nearly 25,000 visitors from 45 nations attended the Nor-Fishing Exhibition held last August in Trondheim (Norway), according to organisers.
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Sustainability, what does it mean? What should it mean? And what they want us to believe!
Dear readers, A lot has been said, and much more heard, on the subject of sustainability lately. Politicians, scientists and stakeholders are becoming more and more aware about the importance of responsible fishing. Keeping the stocks healthy, at sustainable levels, is a sine qua non condition in any fishing policy ...
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New longline system to increase quality and profits
The Norwegian company Delitek was awarded with the Nor-Fishing Innovation Prize for developing an automatic longline hauler system (ALH), a puller mounted on the side of the vessels that helps to improve both fish quality and working environment and encourage the use of conservation orientated fishing methods in the name ...
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Traalnett opens its doors in Norway
Norwegian shipowner Gudmund Fjortoft and Jorge Lores from Eurored have open a new company in the harbour of the Fjortoft Island in the Northwest of Norway, to supply fishing gear and equipment. The new company, Traalnett, which has a warehouse of 1000m2 and a total area of 5,000m2, is situated ...
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Norway to build a plant for Nicaragua
EPCON Energy & Process Control AS/Gullvika AS from Norway has signed a US 4.7million contract with Nicaraguan seafood and fishing company Nicafish A.S. to build a complete plant for processing deep water langostinos. The deal was closed last August during the Nor-Fishing Exhibition in Trondheim, Norway.
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Parsons shows its latest Profile range
Parsons Chain has officially introduced at Nor-Fishing its new 19mm middle and long link Trawlex Profile Chain launched last April.
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Blue-green aliance to win Nordic market for fresh fish
Norway Seafoods, Fjordland and TINE have agreed to develop a new product category in the grocery sector. These major food manufacturers will provide daily supplies of fresh-packed fish, under the trademark Marian, to some 4,200 grocery outlets all over Norway.
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New ways to chain traceability
Maritech has showed for first time at Trondheim its new software application for chain traceability, the WisePortal. WisePortal is a module that allows Maritech''s users to give their customers access to view the specific information regarding the products they have purchased, via Internet.
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Vikings see through Norselight
Norselight has displayed at Trondheim its 6.4km-range, remote control, XS100 xenon searchlight.
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Automated system to assemble hooks
New Zealand''s company Prion has officially launched a new fish hook system, that consists in an automated process of assembling fish hooks onto monofilament nylon to make snoods. The new system enables a more effective replacement for traditional polyester rope systems.
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Security doors to save juveniles
Cetap, a Portuguese based company, presented for the first time at the show what it claims to be a revolutionary system in cages under the motto ''Fishing, protecting the fish''.
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Joint venture to reduce energy consumption
Icelandic company Marorka and Norwergian MetaSystems are co-operating to reduce the energy consumption of Norwegian fishing vesseks by 25 per cent. The solution is to harmonise the energy system on board.
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Sæplast sells 3,000 Euro-size PUR tubs to German processor
In one of the largest agreements of its kind in the group''s history, Sæplast has concluded a contract with German fish processor Euro-Baltic Fischverarbeitungs GmbH calling for the delivery of 3,000 700-litre insulated polyurethane Euro-size PUR containers for use at the company''s herring processing plant in the port of Sassnitz, ...
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Euronete presents Euroneema
Euronete has introduced Euronema S.C.S. (single covered strand) to allow easy splicing. The new rope has a construction of 8x1, and each strand is covered with high tenacity PE Premium. This construction makes a nice round, has excellent abrasion properties and better spooling on the winches than a 12 ...
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Good old fashioned chandlers buoyant
One of the curses of modern sales operations is the time spent having to wander round a whole range of different suppliers to get different pieces of equipment.
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New live cod loading system from Norway
The Norwegian company Cflow has developed a new loading system for live cod/coalfish. The fish flow freely from trawls/nets or cages into the hold by way of underpressure. Therefore, the fish receive gentle handling.
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Little Big Brother freefalls
Norwegian Maritime Equipment says it has introduced a big brother for what it says was the world''s smallest free fall lifeboat, the JY-FN/FF-4.9, when launched last year. The new lifeboat has a 28-person capacity yet is only 5.8m long, saving on valuable deck space.
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CO2 steps forward for more speed and space
DSI Denmark has now sold more than 150 CO2 freezer plate systems since it began getting clearances to develop CO2 models of its range at the start of 2000. A company statement said they are used for quick, deep freezing many different food products, such as fish, shellfish, meat, ...
