Eastern Shipbuilding Group to build new trawler

The vessel is a ST‐115 design by Skipsteknisk.

The vessel design has a highly efficient hull shape which reduces hull resistance and increases fuel efficiency.

The accommodation and interior outfitting is designed for 54 persons, excluding the hospital, and is completely insulated for the harsh working environment.

The vessel is fully equipped with state of the art systems for bottom and pelagic trawling with single trawl. The winches are electrically driven and provided by Rapp Hydema.

The main processing equipment, in the enclosed factory, will consist of various types of fish heading machines and factory systems, including transport systems, fish grader, storage tanks, weighing graders, weighing system, packing tables, packing machine, automatic horizontal freezer system H1, block elevators, etc. The processing deck has been designed with as much automation as possible, to assist employees and to achieve a very high throughput with minimum fish damage, all in a clean and safe work area.

The vessel will be outfitted with three working cranes for various onboard operations. One aft deck crane is dedicated to work during fishing operations. It’s a 360° deck crane with a telescopic boom with a lifting capacity 6,400 pounds and a maximum working radius of 35 feet.

One midship deck crane dedicated as off‐loading crane for continuous operation in port is a 360^o deck crane with a telescopic boom. One forward deck crane, also dedicated for continuous operation during off‐loading in port, is a 360^o deck crane with knuckle boom operated by its own hydraulic power unit.

The vessel will have the latest in EPA emission Tier 3 certification. The vessel is powered by one EMD MEL16‐710G7‐Tier 3 diesel engine rated at 4,000HP at 900RPM provided by Valley Power Systems, Inc. The propulsion vertical offset Lufkin reduction gear model VSQ4134HG‐K‐PTO with a 7.20:1 reduction is owner supplied. While underway a propulsion gear driven 1,700kW shaft generator at 1,200rpm variable speed, constant voltage is provided for the vessel’s primary electrical power source for utilisation of the vessel’s total installed equipment, winches, processing, fish handling systems, pumps and ships services, etc.

Secondary electrical power is provided by two 550kW Caterpillar C18 Tier 3 generator sets and emergency power is provided by one 95kW Caterpillar C4.4 Tier 3 emergency generator - all are rated for 60Hz, at 480 vac. These diesel engines comply with the current EPA/MARPOL control of emissions of nitrogen oxides from marine diesel engines.