EUROPEAN UPDATE
waters. Flekkefjord is building a
pair of identical 144-ft. x 36-ft. (44-
m x 11-m) trawlers, again for
Killybegs, to be namedFatherMcKee
and Brendelen when the owners'
existing vessels of these names are
sold. Simek, also based in
Flekkefjord has aimed its efforts at
Scotland with the very recent deliv-
ery of Vigilant, a 166-ft. (50.45-m)
purse seiner, and is currently work-
ing on a 188-ft. (57.5-m) pelagic
trawler for the Shetland Isles.
Armon in Spain has also concen-
trated heavily on attacking the Scot-
tish market with the delivery of
Crusader, an 85-ft. (26-m) steel ves-
sel. This is due to be followed shortly
by Vela, an 80-ft. (24.2-m) trawler.
The company has also recently de-
livered a 143-ft. (43.5-m) freezer
longliner to a Spanish operator.
The Dutch yard of Visser den
Helder is in the middle of a three-
beamer order of its Mark III Multi-
purpose Trawler design for Ger-
many. The first, Stella Polaris, has
been delivered and the second is in
the latter stages of completion.
Further afield, the company is work-
ing on a series of 70-ft. (21.3-m) fish
collection vessels for the Maldive
Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Having a tough time fighting the
attentions of overseas yards, Scot-
tish yards have been concentrating
on doing what they do best — build-
ing traditional fishing vessels tai-
lor-made to local needs. Two in
particular are faring reasonably well
as a result. Incredibly, Macduff has
three orders for 68-ft. (20.7-m)
wooden vessels, despite having an-
nounced that it had built the last in
this material several years ago. The
yard has also recently completed a
90-ft. (24.4-m) steel trawler and has
another to build. The Jones Buckie
Shipyard is renowned for the qual-
ity of its vessels which maintain a
high resale value. It has just deliv-
ered two stern trawlers and there
are two more are in build — all for
local skippers.
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