Posts Tagged ‘Norway’
Thoroughly modern merger
AquaShip combines expertise to form world class company In July 2018 Shetland based Johnson Marine Ltd, and Norwegian wellboat operator GripShip AS merged to form a new world class company with the express intention of creating an innovation led global shipping company in the maritime aqua service sector. Johnson Marine, well known throughout the aquaculture…
Read MoreReady for Brexit
O’ Toole Transport have 25 years experience in Seafood logistics. Based in Bellshill they operate daily services across the whole of the UK & Europe. In Association with John Driege Transport in France, they offer an unrivalled, efficient daily service between Scotland & Boulogne . Brexit will generate an additional 200 million Customs declarations per…
Read MoreLarger farms mean fewer lice, claims research
THE larger and fewer the number of fish farms, the greater the chance of reducing salmon lice! That is the view of Norway’s Institute of Marine Research and Veterinary Institute after carrying out a joint study on a problem that has been plaguing aquaculture companies for years. It is estimated to cost the industry more…
Read MoreNorwegian salmon sales defy covid onslaught
DESPITE being ravaged by the worst global pandemic in over a century, Norwegian salmon exports have held up impressively well during the first six months of this year, the latest figures show. Sales for June also showed an increase. And all this in a period when most of the world’s restaurants had shut down, and…
Read MoreWorld first as \’all electric\’ salmon farm opens
THE world’s first fully all electric salmon farm has just been inaugurated – and is being hailed as an environmental trailblazer for the rest of the industry. The opening ceremony at the Bremnes Seashore facility, just south of Bergen, was performed by Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who said it was vital that the rest…
Read MoreWorld first as \’all electric\’ salmon farm opens
THE world’s first fully all electric salmon farm has just been inaugurated – and is being hailed as an environmental trailblazer for the rest of the industry. The opening ceremony at the Bremnes Seashore facility, just south of Bergen, was performed by Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who said it was vital that the rest…
Read MoreCounted While Treated for Sealice
VAKI‘s high-resolution scanning cameras and robust image regognition technology helps aquaculture farmers count fish with upwards of 99% accuracy. Strong Focus on Development VAKI has always put a great deal of emphasis on development work, with over a third of their employees in their HQ in Iceland work on product development, both in innovation and…
Read MoreNorwegian Gannet owner claims court victory
THE owners of the salmon slaughter ship Norwegian Gannet have won a major part of their long running processing dispute with the Norwegian fishery authorities. Bergen District Court yesterday delivered its judgement largely in favour of the Danish based Hav Line following a hearing last month, conducted in part by video link. Hav Line is…
Read MoreOslo backs down on salmon tax shareout
THE Norwegian government appears to have relented to pressure and agreed to pay the country’s fish farming communities millions of kroner extra under its new salmon tax plans. Last week in an unprecedented revolt up to 70 regional mayors protested to Oslo that its new proposals would leave them at least a billion kroner worse…
Read MoreHaafell to farm cod in Norway
AN Icelandic company has been given the go-ahead to expand cod farming on a limited scale in the north-west region of the country. The development is interesting because Iceland is better known around the world for its conventional trawler catching of wild cod, arguably its most important fishing activity and seafood export. Few appreciate it…
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