Bakkafrost orders new wellboat

BAKKAFROST has ordered a new carbon friendly wellboat with a capacity to hold 1,000 tonnes of salmon. The Faroe Islands fish farmer says the investment is part of the company’s strategy to produce large quantities of sustainably farmed fish. Designed by the leading Danish company Knud E, Hansen and to be built at the Sefine…

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Bakkafrost reports Q1 loss despite SSC earnings boost

THE Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) helped Bakkafrost, its new owner, deliver a first quarter EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) of 248.1 million Danish kroner (£29-million) during the first three months of this year in what it describes as a \’challenging period due to Covid-19\’. The Faroese salmon farming company acquired SSC in a £500-million…

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Bakkafrost delivers strong Q3 results

FAROESE fish farmer Bakkafrost today announced strong third quarter results and some of the lowest mortality rates for many years. Harvested volumes rose by more than 5,000 tonnes to a total of 12,900 tonnes and the combined farming and VAP (value added products) segment saw its operational profit or EBIT rise from DKK 142.4 million…

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Bakkafrost buys larger stake in SSC

BAKKAFROST yesterday completed the acquisition of more shares in the Scottish Salmon Company, taking its holding to almost 78 per cent. The Faroese salmon farming company bought a 68.6 per cent controlling interest in the Edinburgh based business last month in a deal eventually worth a total of £517 million. CEO Regin Jacobsen later said…

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