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‘We can say that the first day of the exhibition has exceeded our expectations. As always, the event is excellent and we have been very well received, as well as having been complimented on our stand for being so bright and smart. Its main advantage is that we can look after our clients better, and in more comfort,’ said HB Grandi’s marketing manager Brynjólfur Eyjólfsson, who is now in Brussels with over 20 of the company’s staff at the Seafood Global Expo, the world’s largest seafood trade event, which opened on Tuesday...

The world’s premier seafood industry trade show, Seafood Expo Global, opens in Brussels this week. As in previous years, HB Grandi staff will be on hand to present the company’s products. This will be the eleventh time that HB Grandi takes part at the Brussels show under its own brand name and this year we can be found on Stand 1533 in Hall 7...

The new Venus NS, HB Grandi’s new pelagic vessel under construction in Turkey, is expected to go on sea trials on the 22nd of this month. If everything goes according to plan, the company expects to take delivery of the new vessel next month...

Faxi RE docked at Akranes last night with a full load of capelin, 1500 tonnes caught at the outer edge of Breidafjördur and south-west of Látrabjarg. According to chief mate Hjalti Einarsson, the western migration of capelin appears to have brought large concentrations of fish to the southern area of Breidafjördur, but the fleet has struggled with bad weather and heavy seas...

Fresher trawler Ottó N Thorláksson is back fishing after having been laid up for almost three months due to a main engine breakdown. The trawler is now off the south-west of Iceland and fishing well...

This year the Icelandic Cancer Society’s annual Moustache March was kicked off with a ceremony held on board HB Grandi’s trawler Helga María at the Reykjavík harbour. Health minister Kristján Þór Júlíusson and Jens Garðar Helgason, chairman of Fisheries Iceland unveiled a handsome moustache in front of Helga María’s wheelhouse...

‘These winds have been prevalent for so long that the sea never gets a chance to settle,’ said Lundey NS’s skipper Arnthór Hjörleifsson when we spoke to him last week and he commented sourly on the westerly and south-westerly winds that have made this winter such a hard one for everyone...

‘We’re seeing higher marks for all of our facilites and we can be extremely pleased with the state of our production,’ said Erlendur Stefánsson, HB Grandi’s quality manager, commenting on the results of an IFS quality audit that was carried out at the company’s processing plants in Reykjavík, Akranes and Vopnafjördur, as well as at HB Grandi's subsidiary Vignir G Jonsson...

The last year was the first full year of operation for HB Grandi’s Ísbjörninn refrigerated store at its Nordurgardur site in Reykjavík. In total 33,000 tonnes of frozen products from the company’s freezer vessels and the Nordurgardur processing facility passed through Ísbjörninn over the year...

As every year, HB Grandi invited its entire workforce for a Christmas lunch. This time the Christmas lunch was served in five facilities at three locations around the country...

HB Grandi’s new pelagic vessel, Venus NS, was yesterday launched at Hatsan in Turkey...

Wetfish trawler Otto N Thorláksson RE is expected to be docked for two to three months due to a main engine breakdown. The problem occurred before last Sunday's exceptionally bad weather, and was fortunately noticed before the ship was due to sail...

Freezer trawler Höfrungur III AK is now fishing off the Westfjords. Skipper Ævar Jóhannsson expected to see some exceptionally bad weather as a deep storm passed over Iceland yesterday. We spoke to him yesterday when he said that the present trip, due to end on the 4th of December, had been patchy, with days of good fishing mixed with slow days...

HB Grandi has seen its fair share of visitors recently and today’s visitors were a group of students from the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme, along with programme leaders Tumi Tómasson, Thór Ásgeirsson and Mary Frances Davidson...

‘I’m not sure that people realise that the seafood business as we know it today is based on far more than pulling fish out of the sea, processing it and selling it. Icelandic fisheries is a knowledge-based industry on a world scale, and this is obvious when you visit an event such as the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition that’s being held right now in Kópavogur,’ said HB Grandi’s marketing manager Brynjólfur Eyjólfsson, adding that although the company itself does not take part, its staff are encouraged to visit the exhibition...

Direct fishing on Atlanto-Scandian herring started recently and catches have been variable so far. According to Albert Sveinsson, skipper of Faxi RE, sometimes there’s nothing to be found and in between there are good marks that always give a good catch...

Therney RE is now fishing in Russian waters in the Barents Sea and according to this trip’s skipper, Ægir Franzsson, catches were excellent to start with before the fishing dropped away. The last few days have been a search for good cod marks over a very large area. There are three Russian and one Faroese trawler also searching alongside Therney...

Last Friday 29.8.2014, agreements for construction of three wetfish trawlers where signed at the office of HB Grandi. The contracts amount is EUR 43.950.000 EUR or close to ISK 6,8 billion. The plan is that the first ship will be delivered in May 2016, the second late in the year 2016 and the third in spring 2017...

Last monday the city of Reykjavík presented the Most successful renovation project award for 2014 at a ceremony at Höfdi House. Mayor Dagur B Eggertsson presented prizes for the best kept grounds around blocks and company premises, for outstanding outdoor facilities and for renovation of older buildings in the city. HB Grandi was among the recipients for the award this year for its work in refurbishing the old herring factory at Grandagardur 20, and the prize was accepted by CEO Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson...

Marine Harvest has disclosed information on harvest volumes Q2 2014 (1)...