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F/V Cape Elizabeth sank

Posted by admin On December - 22 - 2009

Cape ElizabethAccording with the site: gcaptain.com report the incident of the TriMarine company purse seiner

The F/V “Cape Elizabeth”, formally the F/V “Tradition” sank last night and is now at the bottom of the sea. Read the rest of this entry »

Tuna seiner Reina de la Paz in Paita

Posted by admin On November - 23 - 2009

Reina de la Paz at Paita HarborThe tuna seiner Reina de la Paz  under Panamanian flag is reportedly by a partner in the port of Paita, as seen in the photograph, is  alongside of the Marine Terminal in this northern Peruvian port , is unknown the reason for their presence, we were informed the purse seiner just finish offloading its catch, it is easy to speculate that it is  fish catches  in operations in Peruvian waters.

Diego Miletic’s boat has 91 meters long, 12.8 meters beam; a cruising speed of 16 knots and a maximum displacement of 4,150 tons built in the shipyard Asmar Chile. Read the rest of this entry »

StarKist got profits again

Posted by admin On October - 19 - 2009

dongwong_delmonteDongwon Group said StarKist, the U.S. canned tuna maker it acquired a year ago, swung back to operating profit in the first half of this year and was planning to expand into the South American and European markets.

Last from Pago Pago

Posted by admin On October - 16 - 2009

samoa_packingNow we have a story!!!

A friend insists that Tri-Union and ASG will buy SAMPAC (Samoa Packing) for $4.5 million dollars.

Western Pacific is in. That means Jeff and his compadres are roaming the streets of Pago: Evi’s still has no power so its Sadie’s and Pacifika Karaoke.

Samoa- COS begin machinery dismounting

Posted by admin On October - 16 - 2009

COS Samoa PackingStarkist has removed their 1/4 and 4 pound fill and cap and case and labeling machinery from the Samoa packing Plant. There are 8 containers sitting at the facility in Tafuna in storage.

Samoa Packing has removed the Angelus fill and cap machines from all lines. the conveyor system for cans has been removed. The case and label equipment has been moved.

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FV Jeanette supplying power to StarKist

Posted by admin On October - 6 - 2009

JeanetteOur friend from Pago just send us literally a couple lines with this info:

F/V Jeanette is supplying power to StarKist @ $150 per hour 24/7

From Pago MYD (SWM) has oil in its coil wound motors making the slipway inoperable until they sort it out.

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A big one Captain Vincent Gann prior to her 8 p.m. launching on May 22, 1970 There were shark Cape Beverly