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COMPANY UPDATE
July 18, 2016 15:34

HB Grandi’s pelagic factory in Vopnafjördur completed landing a 600 tonne trip from Venus on Wednesday, caught in two days at sea, and now Víkingur is alongside with much the same amount of fish after a similar trip.



 

VIKING CHANT FROM DEUTSCHE SEE
COMPANY UPDATE
July 11, 2016 09:10

It is safe to say that the Icelandic men's national football team has inspired football fans around the world during the European Championships this summer. The Icelandic supporters have also received a lot of attention and have become renowned for their iconic, so called Viking chant, "Huh!". Several others have had a go, just as the French team did after they ensured their place in the final. 

Mackerel season starts
COMPANY UPDATE
July 6, 2016 12:24

This summer’s mackerel season is underway with both of HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels on the fishing grounds already. Víkingur sailed from Akranes on Monday night and is now fishing off the south coast. Venus sailed on Wednesday afternoon and is now fishing south-west of the Westmann Islands. According to Víkingur’s skipper, Albert Sveinsson, the season has got off to a slow start.

All about finding saithe
COMPANY UPDATE
June 17, 2016 14:25

HB Grandi’s trawler Helga María docked in Reykjavík earlier this after a trip to fishing grounds off the Westfjords. According to Ævar Pálsson, who sailed as skipper for this trip, they finished with a reasonable catch of mainly saithe, redfish and cod.

Irminger redfish quota taken in ten days
COMPANY UPDATE
June 1, 2016 17:16

HB Grandi’s freezer trawler Therney is now fishing east of the Hali fishing grounds and according to skipper Ægir Franzsson, there has been some good fishing on saithe over the last days. Therney shifted to the Westfjords grounds after finishing its Irminger redfish quota for the year on the Reykjanes Ridge, and this year it took Therney only ten days to catch its quota

Esja walk attracts a crowd
COMPANY UPDATE
May 25, 2016 15:01

Around 150 people took part in HB Grandi’s Esja walk last weekend. The company’s staff were invited to take part and coaches were laid on to bring them from locations in Akranes and from Norðurgarður in Reykjavík. There are hopes that the event can be repeated, as the day was seen to be a highly successful outing.

Waiting by the ice for saithe
COMPANY UPDATE
May 24, 2016 08:49

HB Grandi’s trawler Ásbjörn is fishing off the Westfjords and we managed to reach skipper Friðleifur Einarsson with the trawler in a position on the Hali grounds west of the pack ice between Greenland and Iceland. He said that they are hoping that before the trip is over the saithe will start to collect around the food that concentrates where warm and cold currents meet

No shortage of cod and golden redfish
COMPANY UPDATE
May 13, 2016 17:20

‘We spend a decent part of every trip searching for saithe in amounts that are worth fishing.That’s something that hasn’t been very successful, but there’s no problem taking our allocation of golden redfish and cod,’ said Magnús Kristjánsson, skipper of HB Grandi’s trawler Sturlaugur H Bödvarsson.

26,000 tonnes of blue whiting quota left
COMPANY UPDATE
April 11, 2016 08:48

Venus and Víkingur will return to fishing blue whiting and have 26.150 tonnes of quota left to be caught. This became clear following the Fisheries Minister’s decision to increase the quota by 39,000 tonnes, of which 7700 tonnes falls to the HB Grandi fleet ...

Giving way to fast and furious
COMPANY UPDATE
April 8, 2016 09:36

Pelagic vessels Venus and Víkingur are now in port in Reykjavík after having been tied up at Akranes since the end of the capelin season. The reason for the change of scenery was that the harbour at Akranes and the cement factory there form part of the backdrop for the American action film the Fast and the Furious 8 which is being filmed there over the next few days ...

Giving way to fast and furious
COMPANY UPDATE
April 7, 2016 15:15

‘Before True North contacted HB Grandi about the ships, they had been in touch with the Akranes mayor’s office about filming in the cement factory building. There will also be scenes filmed at the harbour area that start on the 14th of April and take two days. Then there are two days scheduled for filming in Hvalfjördur,’ he said and added that Venus and Víkingur were simply too big for the harbour scenes and had to go...

Strong response to blood appeal
COMPANY UPDATE
April 7, 2016 08:49

The Blood Bank’s donation van has been at HB Grandi’s Nordurgardur location today to receive donations and to find new blood donors. According to Blood Bank representative Jórunn Frímannsdóttir, the collection has gone well and the response from the staff of HB Grandi and other companies in the area has been very good.

Welsh ready for Brussels show
COMPANY UPDATE
April 5, 2016 09:50

AS another large delegation of Welsh producers prepares to head off to the Seafood Expo Global, the country’s Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans, has today spoken of the importance of the seafood sector to growth plans for the food industry in Wales ...

Brakes backs sustainable seafood

BRAKES Group has become the first foodservice supplier to introduce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified prawns in the UK ...

U-turn over deep sea species

RETAIL giant Les Mousquetaires announced earlier today that its fishing fleet, Scapêche, will progressively phase out fishing for deep-sea species, as well as the sale of deep-sea fish in its supermarkets by 2025 ...

Thai Union Acquiring 40% of Avanti Frozen Foods
COMPANY UPDATE
April 1, 2016 09:28

Thai Union Group Public Company Limited (TU), the world's largest shelf-stable tuna processor and owner of a portfolio of leading global seafood brands, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint venture agreement to acquire a 40% equity stake of Avanti Feeds Limited’s wholly owned shrimp processing unit Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited India ... 

HB Grandi will not participate in the seafood expo global this year
COMPANY UPDATE
March 31, 2016 11:43

HB Grandi hf. has decided not to participate in the annual Seafood Expo Global in Brussels this year, which will be held on April 26.-28 and is one of the largest of its kind globally. A group of 27 employees was scheduled to attend the event ...

AKRANES FACTORY STARTS FREEZING CAPELIN ROE
COMPANY UPDATE
February 26, 2015 09:36

‘We started freezing roe from Faxi RE’s landing yesterday morning. The roe haven’t reached optimal maturity but it’s important to have the production line up and running when it has reached full maturity,’ said Gunnar Hermannsson, who manages capelin roe production at the HB Grandi factory in Akranes...

HB GRANDI: DEBT FINANCING OF TWO PELAGIC VESSELS COMPLETED
COMPANY UPDATE
February 25, 2015 16:53

HB Grandi has previously announced its contracts with the Turkish shipyard Celiktrans Deniz Insaat Ltd. for the construction of two pelagic vessels, expected to be delivered in 2015. The first vessel will replace two 55-year-old pelagic vessels: Víkingur AK 100, which has already been sold, and Lundey NS 14. The new vessels will be called Venus NS 150 and Víkingur AK 100. Once this transaction is completed, the average age of the company’s fleet will decrease from 33 to 23 years...

AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF VENUS HF 519
COMPANY UPDATE
February 9, 2015 09:23

On 17th of December 2013 HB Grandi published news that the freezer trawler Venus HF519 (built in Spain in 1973) had been sold to the Greenlandic company Northern Seafood Aps for the price of 320 million ISK that should be paid over the next few years...

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