Global Maritime has designed a new offshore based fish farm for Norwegian company Ocean Farming AS.
The new design is said to combine the best of existing technology and solutions from the Norwegian fish farming industry and the offshore oil and gas sector.
The facility is a permanently moored semi-submersible structure with favourable motion characteristics, suitable for operation in exposed locations with water depths between 100 and 300m, where the aqua biological conditions are more ideal for aquaculture on “the fish's terms”.
According to Ocean Farming, a subsidiary of the SalMar Group, this is a great example of combining Global Maritime’s expertise from the oil and gas sector, with its own, within fish farming.
Feasibility studies began in 2012. During spring 2013, Ocean Farming presented a conceptual solution that is suitable for installation and operation in exposed ocean areas. The facility combines construction and streamlined/automated operations to create competitive production costs. Ocean Farming has received grants from Innovation Norway to develop this project.
A basin model test has been performed by MARINTEK (Sintef), which confirms suitable performance of the facility during harsh weather conditions, as documented in the design by Global Maritime.
