Dutch shipbuilder Damen has delivered the first new beam trawler to take to the North Sea in 12 years. Over the last 10 months, Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam (Maaskant) has outfitted the ...

Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam (Maaskant) is to build a new beam trawler for the Netherlands fishing fleet. The client is the Hakvoort Brothers from Urk, the Netherlands. The vessel, which will ...

A classic Brixham sailing trawler has been saved from disaster after winning a near £1 million grant. Vigilance BM76 was the last in a long line of beam trawlers or smacks built at Upham’s shipyard in ...

While many people may be interested in the sustainability and welfare of the fish they eat, or the health of the environment, fewer probably worry about the effect that trawl fishing – which accounts ...

The first new beam trawler built in a generation at Brixham is heading out to sea this weekend with a new recruit - MP Anthony Mangnall will be finding out what life is like for fishermen. The 35.2m ...