Norway’s Westcon Yards has delivered a newbuild 74- by 15-metre pelagic trawler for Klondyke Fishing of Scotland.

A naming ceremony was recently held for a new factory trawler being built at Freire Shipyard for Greenland operators Qajaq Trawl and Polar Seafood.

US-based Seacor Marine Holdings and Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) have entered into agreements for the construction and delivery of three platform supply vessels (PSVs) for a total acquisition cost of approximately US$46 million.

Spain’s Gondan Shipbuilders has signed a contract with Norwegian operator Engenes Fiskeriselskap for a new stern trawler.

Norwegian builder Larsnes Mek Verksted delivered the purse seiner/seiner netter Hovden Viking to local operator Hovden Senior on Saturday, December 15.

Larsnes Mek Verksted has launched Hovden Viking for Hovden Senior in Gdansk, Poland.

Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement to sell its commercial marine business to Kongsberg, for an enterprise value of £500 million (USD$665 million) and net proceeds of around £350 million to £400 million.

Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group has signed a contract with Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors to build a pelagic trawler.

Astilleros Gondan has won an order for an advanced stern trawler from Prestfjord, one of Norway’s biggest fishing and aquaculture companies. Gondan also built a previous vessel for the company, the freezing stern trawler Sunderøy.

Cemre Shipyard has been awarded a contract by Olympic Seafood to build a new trawler.