The Gondan shipyard at Castropol in Spain has delivered a new freezer trawler to Norwegian company Engenes Fiskeriselskap.
The 69.90 metre Magne Arvesen is built to a Kongsberg Maritime NVC 370 design with a 16 metre beam, and is built to operate in the north Atlantic, Barents Sea and Svalbard waters, with capacity for handling both groundfish and shrimp.
Magne Arvesen has a steel structure with an aluminium superstructure, and has accommodation for a crew of up to 29.
The highly automated Optimar factory deck has a groundfish processing line for producing head and gutted frozen whitefish, plus there is a shrimp processing line. Frozen catches are stored in the 1400m3 fishroom.
According to Gondan, the pandemic has presented challenges for the company and the yard, while significant efforts, careful co-ordination and implementation of necessary measures in compliance with government guidelines have made it possible to complete and deliver the new trawler, despite the difficulties faced during the build.
Magne Arvesen in the second recent delivery of a sophisticated factory vessel from Gondan for Norwegian owners, following the delivery of Sunderøy last year.
