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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)...
June, 1-st, 2013 the Interstate Standard GOST 31794-2012 «Grained salmon caviar. Specifications» was put in force as a substitution for GOST R 52336-2005 which is to be canceled February, 15-th, 2015...
This year’s Associated Icelandic Ports environmental award, Fjörusteinnn (the Shore Rock) has today been awarded to HB Grandi. In his speech, the chairman of the Associated Icelandic Ports board, Hjálmar Sveinsson, said that the award is richly deserved, commenting that the company has been active in rejuvenating the Nordurgardur area of the city’s Grandi district, including by demolishing old and obsolete buildings...
Norwegian minister of fisheries Elisabeth Aspaker is currently in Iceland to attend a Nordic conference on fisheries, aquaculture, agriculture, food and forestry that opened today in Selfoss. She and her entourage took the opportunity early yesterday morning to visit HB Grandi, accompanied by Iceland’s minister of fisheries Sigurdur Ingi Jóhannsson...
It’s now a year since Ísbjörninn, HB Grandi’s cold store at Nordurgardur, was opened. Since then approximately 17,000 tonnes of fish have passed through it and it’s clear that embarking on the construction was a worthwhile enterprise...
‘We’re the last of the Icelandic pelagic fleet still at sea and we’ll probably do what we can and then call it a day. We’re in the Rose Garden, well inside the Icelandic EEZ, and fishing has been slow,’ said Arnthór Hjörleifsson, skipper of Lundey NS, when we spoke to him earlier today.
‘If anything, there has been a greater importance to Seamen’s Day in recent years. Today is is linked to municipal celebrations that last the full weekend in many communities, such as Reykjavík, Grindavík, Neskaupstadur and there are certainly more,’ said Magnús Thorvaldsson, one of Iceland’s most experienced purse seine skippers...
The Seamen’s Day will be celebrated today on the 1st of June. As in previous years, HB Grandi is one of the sponsors of the Festival of the Sea, which is organised by Associated Icelandic Ports and Seaman's Day Council. This year there will be a varied set of family entertainments offered by HB Grandi at Nordurgardur...
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of CodMarine® marks a breakthrough in the market for pharmaceutical-grade fish oil. The supplement, produced by Norway's Pharma Marine AS, is made from by-products from certified sustainable North East Arctic cod, haddock and saithe.
The talks took place on May 20, 2014 in Moscow upon the initiative of the Mexican party and were devoted to the discussion of sea products export from the establishments interested in exports into the territory of the Customs Union. Mexican Ambassador to the Russian Federation Rubén Beltrán Guerrero also took part in the meeting...
Future Fish Eurasia, the 7th International Fair for Fish Imports/Exports, Processing, Aquaculture and Fisheries will be organised by Eurasia Trade Fairs at the Izmir International Fair Centre between 05 – 07 June 2014...
Guests passing HB Grandi’s stand at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels these last few days have been treated to the usual delicacies produced from Icelandic ingredients...
HB Grandi took the opportunity on the first day of the Seafood Expo Global in Brussels to sign a contract for the purchase of a RevoPortioner low pressure forming machine from Marel Townsend Further Processing. This machine makes it possible to form blocks of fish and minced fish into the shapes and sizes that a customer requires...
As agreed with Competent Authorities of Kazakhstan and Belarus from April 23 to April 30, 2014, the Rosselkhoznadzor experts inspected Greek establishments manufacturing products of animal origin, which are interested in exportation of their products into the Customs Union member countries...
The Rosselkhoznadzor schedule of inspections envisages inspections of Irish fish processing plants and animal product producing plants interested in exports of their products to the CU member countries from May 12 to May 21, 2014...
There was plenty of traffic at HBB Grandi’s stand on the first day of the Seafood Expo Global that opened yesterday in Brussels and will continue to Thursday as usual...
The annual Seafood Expo Global opens in Brussels tomorrow, the largest event of its kind anywhere in the world. The event spans the 6th to the 8th of May and as in previous years, HB Grandi has a presence there...
The Rosselkhoznadzor was notified of the fact that from April 1 this year the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) of Germany excluded Russia from the list of countries having privileges for importation of dual-use commodities from Germany. The BAFA considers RIDASCREEN® and SureFood Test-Kits to be among such commodities...