The company Prestfjord AS was established in the Myre Øksnes municipality in 1972 as part owner and was operated under various names and ownership until the company Prestfjord AS was founded by Ola Helge Holmøy in 2001.
Administration office was in 1996 moved to its own premises in Havnegata 19 of Sortland . Technical inspector has offices at Myre .
The company owns and operates the factory trawler F / T Prestfjord (JXNA) built in 1986 and round freezer trawler F / T Sunderøy (LMJP) built in 2003.
In February 2009, we bought round freezer trawler F / T Eilifson from the company Stretcher KIDS AS and operates now under the name F / T Langøy (LILQ).
In February 2010, signed a contract with Kleven Maritime to deliver new trawler to be delivered in October 2011.
F / T Prestfjord is sold to a Russian company, and shall be transferred in April 2011.
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