A new fishing vessel has left the Larsnes Mek Verksted shipyard to begin sea trials for owner Camaro Fiskeriselskap.
Nord-Fugløy will be based in Nord-Lenangen in Tromsø and will operate along the Norwegian coast and in the Barents Sea.
Named after a local island, the 50 metre by 12 metre vessel has combined RSW/live fish tanks, a freezer hold and accommodation for up to 14 crew members.
“She’s at the yard getting the finishing touches,” said Kent-Arild Apneseth, project manager at designer Skipskompetanse.
“The brief from the owner was to optimise a vessel for the coastal fishery and implement a new way of operating Danish seine, hauling the net from the stern in a new way to increase efficiency and to be able to operate more securely in a larger weather window.”
Propulsion comes from a Yanmar 6EY26 which will be used in conjunction with a battery pack rated at around 1MWh. “Yanmar provides well proven, cost-effective engines widely used in Norwegian fishing vessels,” continued Apneseth.
“In this application we chose a medium speed main engine, two-step gear with PTO/PTI connected to a variable speed shaft generator which can be used both for power production and as a standalone take-me home solution if necessary.
“This is coupled to a large propeller, which along with the gearing and engine type and size was selected based on the power architecture arising from a study of the vessel’s specified operations.”
Diesel still provides the optimum range per volume so to avoid a compromise between greener fuel storage and hold capacity, the design has focused on hull and propeller shape to make it as efficient as possible. “And by installing the battery pack for use as peak shaving, the number of running hours can be reduced,” concluded Apneseth.
