Damen Shipyards Group has received an order for a state-of-the-art, 74m fishery research vessel from the Angolan Ministry of Fisheries.
Friso Visser, Damen regional director Africa, said: “Angola was looking for a vessel which would help in researching its rich fishing grounds and fish stock. We are delighted to welcome them back to Damen.”
The FRV 7417 vessel, which has Silent-A/F/R Class notation, features a basic design from Skipsteknisk.
It represents the cutting edge of its type and Damen is confident that it will help develop and preserve the important Angolan fishing economy.
During the build, Damen will pay special attention to the design, construction and outfitting of the vessel to minimise underwater noise, as well as onboard internal acoustic noise and vibrations.
Machinery components, including pumps and ventilation plants, will be resiliently mounted where necessary to reduce noise and vibrations.
The stiffness of foundations and supports for all the noise critical components and pipe systems will also be thoroughly checked to ensure that they comply with the Silent notation.
When completed, the vessel will be suitable for various functions such as hydrographic operations, acoustics research, pelagic and demersal trawling, plankton and environmental and geographical sampling.
The Angolan Ministry of Fisheries has been a customer for many years and previously Damen delivered two 62m Fishery Inspection Surveillance Vessels 6210 and a smaller Fishery Research Vessel (FRV 2808).
It has also previously built two ferries, several tugboats, dredgers and offshore-related vessels for the country.
