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Mayor Gunvá við Keldu (centered) with Kristian Martin Rasmussen and his sons Jón (left), Eyðun (middle right) and Bogi (upper right) Rasmussen; the owners of fishing company Hvalnes/Christian í Grótinum. Photo: Dávur Winther
Last week, on the 8th of May, Norðborg, a queen of the seas, finally arrived in its home port of Klaksvík. Hundreds of people were lining up to welcome the vessel and Klaksvik’s mayor Gunvá við Keldu held a speech with brass music and song adding the right feeling to the event. The 83.5m long pelagic factory trawler, the world’s most advanced of its kind, has accommodation for 30 people, and the newbuilding was delivered with the most modern electronics, fish-finding and communication equipment — and a 2500m3 refrigerated fish room that can hold 1400 tonnes of frozen products of herring, blue whiting or mackerel.
