Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Risnes AS, received contracts for delivering five working catamarans for the aquaculture industry.
The contracts have a total value of NOK 24 million, and generate work for Bergen Group Risnes through the first half of 2011.
Four of the working catamarans will be delivered to Mainstream Norway AS (a subsidiary of Cermaq ASA) and one is going to Firda Sjøfarmer AS. The deliveries will take place in the first and second quarter of 2011. Both these fish farming companies are among the leaders in the aquaculture industry in Norway.
The five working catamarans are all 12.5m long and are improved versions of the company's standard catamaran for the aquaculture industry. These boats have in the recent decades been a market leader in the working boat segment within the aquaculture industry, and Bergen Group Risnes has over the years built and delivered a total of 178 similar boats for deliveries to Norway, Scotland and Shetland.
Workboats for fish farming
Bergen Group’s workboats for aquaculture are developed in close co-operation with experienced fish farmers, and are designed to cover a wide range of operations. The hull is built of steel and the wheelhouse, hatches and rails are made in aluminium.
The vessel has a twin-hull which gives favourable stability characteristics, large deck area and therefore a very high deck load capacity. The two engines and the controllable pitch propeller installation give the vessel a high propulsion efficiency and good manoeuvring characteristics. The vessel can be adapted and equipped according to the customer’s requests and special needs regarding main dimensions, wheelhouse arrangement, deck equipment, feeding system etc.
