Iceland . 5, small trawlers with 22,000 tons



In Iceland there are around 50 trawlers.

around 20 of them are trawlers that are under 29 meters long

they all have around 1050 bhp engine 

and can fish up to 3 miles from land

the year 2020 was pretty good for this 29 meters boats

13, 29 meters trawler did fish over 3000 tons each

and 5 ships did fish over 4000 tons each

the trawler Bergey VE 144 that is a new ship, was build 2019

was number 1 with 4979,5 tons in 70 trips and that is about 71 tons in a trip

total these 5 trawlers i Iceland did fish total of 22300 tons.

Here is a list of top 5 ships in iceland and i have to point out that alls these trawlers are new and all are similar

in sice and type, all where build in the year 2019,  

but in seat number 2 is Frosti ÞH and he is the oldest, was build in the year 2001  and was only fishing for 10 months

all the other where fishing for 12 months

Here is a list of the top 5 ships in Iceland in the year 2020

Seat                            Name                                  Fish                          Trips                          Fish in a trip
5                                 Vörður ÞH 44                      4020                        56                                   71,7
4                                 Steinunn SF 10                   4310,3                      61                                  70,6
3                                 Vestmannaey VE 54           4355,2                     64                                    68,1
2                                Frosti ÞH 229                        4639,4                     81                                  57,3
1                                Bergey VE 144                       4979,5                    70                                   71,1


Bergey VE pic EGG


Frosti ÞH Pic Guðmundur Guðmundsson