PG Flow Solutions wins wellboat pump contract

Norwegian shipbuilder Aas Mekaniske Verksted has awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to deliver pump systems to three wellboats that the shipyard is building for wellboat company Sølvtrans. Norwegian pump and liquid handling specialist PG Flow Solutions will deliver eight of the company’s large seawater circulation pumps, which ensure continuous seawater circulation in the boat’s…

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Streamlined regulation for wellboat discharges

Regulation of marine fish farming wellboats in Scotland has transferred to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The move is intended to streamline regulation by bringing the responsibility under a single body. Up until now, an operator would require a marine licence with Marine Scotland for discharges from wellboats, with a separate licence from SEPA…

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New wellboat for Mowi Canada

A gleaming new wellboat has been ordered for salmon company Mowi’s operation in eastern Canada. The order was placed by the wellboat company Intership, which has entered into a long term contract with Mowi. The vessel will have a capacity of 2,200 cubic metres and is due to be delivered in the first quarter of…

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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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Nesvik returns to wellboat business

FORMER Norwegian seafood minister Harald T. Nesvik has landed a key job in the aquaculture industry less than a month after resigning from his cabinet role. He is returning to Sølvtrans, the world’s largest wellboat builder and the company he worked for before turning to politics. However, he cannot take up his post as communications manager at the…

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