Chinese freight rates remain sky-high, exporters predict gradual easing
The cost of shipping a container from China to Europe currently sits at $10,000; Chinese seafood exporters expect high freight rates to remain for a while
US SeaShare food bank program adds American’s Rasmussen to board
Rasmus Soerensen, who has joined the board at SeaShare, is executive VP of global sales and marketing at the Seattle, Washington-based American Seafoods Company
Trident finds coronavirus cases on second factory trawler
US industry giant Trident Seafoods has coronavirus cases on a second factory trawler, Kodiak Enterprise, sources in the sector told Undercurrent News
Unalaska processing plant reopened after COVID-19 outbreak
'The virus has not been eliminated just yet. ... But we feel very good about our response to the outbreak and containment thus far' -- Tom Enlow, UniSea
Delay to Alaska pollock’s A season threatens hard punch to roe sector
Though Alaska pollock's B season maintains a slightly larger quota, nearly all pollock roe landings happen during A season
Plan underway to build massive cold storage facility at Alaska airport
The deal involves a joint venture that includes McKinley Capital Management, a global investment firm based that recently participated in a deal to buy Peter Pan Seafoods
Peter Pan investor McKinley views Alaska, its seafood as ’emerging market’
'The Na’Nuk investment fund was set up in 2020 on a dedicated basis to make investments in Alaska, for Alaska, by Alaska,' -- Peter Pan Seafoods investor Rob Gillam
Alaska crab deal marks new phase in CDQ groups’ development
'When we first got the quota, we couldn’t fish it ourselves. We didn’t have a boat. We didn’t know how,' -- Coastal Villages Regional Fund CEO Eric Deakin
Germany’s Baader buys Swedish fish processing equipment maker
The deal for SEAC, which closed Jan. 18, extends the Baader's portfolio into new species such as yellow croaker, anchovy, sprat, pollock, blue whiting and hake
Peter Pan’s new owner sees chance to make ‘the perfect vertically integrated company’
The deal will result in a shift for commodity-focused Peter Pan to sell more 'single-frozen, value-added, Alaskan seafood'