New trawler VESTRI

20220310 – The fishing operator Vestri ehf. in Patreksfjordur, Iceland has bought the Norwegian trawler TOBIS. She was taken into drydock in Hafnarfjordur before flag change.

TOBIS in Hafnarfjordur

She will replace the 1963 build VESTRI which now has been renamed VESTRI II. The new vessel was renamed also VESTRI when transfered to Icelandic Ship Registry.

Old VESTRI has been renamed VESTRI II

The new VESTRI was build in Karstensens Shipyard in Denmark in 2009 for Danish interest as TOBIS but sold in 2018 to Norway.

VESTRI after drydocking