Freezer trawler ‘ARAHO’ launched

ARAHO was built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. for O’Hara Corporation of Rockland, Maine and is the sixth fishing vessel Eastern has built for the O’Hara family over the last 20 years.

Contracted in 2013, ARAHO is a ST-115 design furnished by Skipsteknisk, AS of Aalesund, Norway. The vessel design has a highly efficient hull shape which reduces hull resistance and increasing fuel efficiency.

The vessel is fully equipped with state of the art systems for bottom and pelagic trawling with single trawl.

The main processing equipment in the enclosed factory will consist of various types of fish heading machines and factory systems, consisting of transport systems, fish grader, storage tanks, weighing graders, weighing system, packing tables, packing machine, automatic horizontal freezer system H1, and block elevators.

The design intention of the process deck lay-out and selected equipment for transport and handling is to obtain a system with the largest amount of automation, assisting the employees working in the processing area. This arrangement is designed to achieve very high throughput with minimum fish damage and improve employee efficiency, all in a clean and safe work area.

ARAHO will be delivered in spring 2016.