HULL trawler owners Boyd Line Management services have negotiated a charter management deal for their factory freezer vessel Arctic Corsair to a Russian company. The ship will fish under the Russian flag in the North Atlantic.

Boyd Line Managing Director Thomas Boyd said: "This is an excellent deal and will supplement the supplies of fish to the UK which have been affected by the problems in the North Sea.

"Key members of the present crew will remain on the vessel with Russian fishermen hand picked by company.