Archive for June 2021
Hydroniq wins fourth wellboat contract with Myklebust Verft
Hydroniq Coolers has won a contract to install its hull-integrated seawater cooling system in a new wellboat being constructed by shipbuilder Myklebust Verft. Both companies are Norway-based and the contract is the fourth in a row for Hydroniq with the shipbuilder. Marine cooling systems use seawater to reduce temperatures in a ship’s engines and other…
Read MoreIndustry celebrates a half century – plus one
Norway has just marked the 50th anniversary of the creation of the modern salmon farming industry – one year late. Celebrations were due to take place in June last year, but they had to be postponed because of the coronavirus lockdown. Not to be beaten, the industry agreed it was too important an occasion to ignore…
Read MoreNorway takes action over IHN fears
Fish farms in Norway have been put on alert over the possible spread of a serious new viral disease. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute says that Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) has been detected in Denmark and Finland and there is reason to fear that it could spread to Norway via imports of roe, live fish and…
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