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Beam trawler sold for scrapping, more to follow
Germany has approved the decommissioning of the 'Maarten Luther-SC 31', and 'Prins Maurits-NG 12', both owned by Dutch parties. The 'Maarten Luther' is owned by the Bakker family from Urk. Bakker purchased the trawler in 2001; originally named the 'Grietje Lummetje-UK 63', it had been built in 1985 by the Visser shipyard in Den Helder. Bakker operated the trawler under the German flag for 25 years. The 'Prins Maurits' is owned by the Van Slooten family from Urk. Van Slooten had operated the trawler, which was built in 1991 at the Machinefabriek Hoekman in Urk, which was re-flagged to Germany in 2004. Both trawlers ceased fishing operations in April 2026, due to high gas oil prices resulting from the war in the Middle East. Since then, the vessels had been laid up in Harlingen. The 'Maarten Luther' was stripped off in Urk, and on Aug 20, 2026, it sailed to the Hoeben RDM shipbreaking yard in Kampen for dismantling. The 'Prins Maurits' departed Harlingen on Aug 25, after all usable parts had been removed, and sailed directly to Hoeben RDM. The scrapping of both cutters also dealt a blow to the fish auctions. The 'Prins Maurits' always sold its catch at the Urk Fish Auction, while the 'Maarten Luther' was a regular customer of the Hollandse Visveiling IJmuiden. Furthermore, the German government has granted permission to other owners to decommission their vessels. This group included a number of cutters owned by Dutch parties, such as the twin-rigger 'NG-10' and the shrimp cutters 'GRE-33' and 'GRE-34'. In addition, the list of approved vesselsincludes the shrimp cutters 'NOR-201', 'NOR-210', 'NOR-211', 'SC-3', 'SC-7', 'SC-11', 'SC-29', 'SC-34', 'SC-44', 'SD-5' and 'SD-16'. This list was growing by the week; more than 40 owners have registered their fishing vessels for decommissioning.
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