New vessels

Aquaculture producer Hofseth has expanded its fleet with two new battery-hybrid service vessels, hired from Trident Aqua Services, to support low-emission and biosecure operations in Storfjorden.

Aker QRILL Company - a key supplier of krill-based ingredients to the aquafeeds industry - has announced the resumption of a project to expand its fleet with the construction of its fourth fishing…

A Scottish aquaculture solutions company, Inverlussa Marine Services, has commissioned the construction of a new multi-million pound hybrid-workboat, in a move expected to boost both the salmon and…

Aquaship / Intership has contracted a new hybrid wellboat, equipped with high-tech solutions to reduce emissions and ensure gentle and efficient fish handling.

Intership has held a naming ceremony for its latest boat, Inter Scotia, which has been contracted to Mowi Scotland.

A new long-term partnership between Gael Force and Nauplius Workboats to create an extended range of steel feed barges for aquaculture producers has been announced this week.

A project based on the island of Arran in Scotland has secured up to £163,130 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to build and and test two prototype electric workboats.

A British startup and its Chilean strategic ally are in the process of developing a 174 metre mobile fish farm that could be capable of producing up to 5,000 tonnes of salmon per cycle.

China has delivered the world’s first 100,000 tonne smart aquaculture vessel on 20 May in Qingdao City.

Matts Johansen, CEO of Aker BioMarine, explains how the world’s largest krill-fishing firm – and provider of key ingredients to the aquafeed industry – plans to ensure the sustainable development of…

Mowi and ScaleAQ sign a contract to supply five new feed barges.

The inshore survey boat will track mussel bed stocks in Dingle Bay and along the east coast of Ireland

A family-run business on the Isle of Arran has landed a six figure boat building contract from The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC).

Aker BioMarine's krill harvesting vessel, The Antarctic Endurance, as been launched by Ernest Shackleton's grand-daughter at a ceremony in Ålesund this week.

AKVA group has signed a contract for the delivery of four Polarcirkel work boats to Bremnes Seashore. With a value of more than NOK 10 million (£927,000), this is AKVA group’s largest independent…

A new 81.5-metre vessel with a capacity for up to 2,700 tonnes of fish feed will be put into service for BioMar in two weeks’ time.

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has contracted Shetland shipyard Malakoff to build a new 14 m catamaran workboat.