Havyard Ship Technology has delivered its newbuild fish carrier, Namsos, to owner Norsk Fisketransport (NFT).
The contract for the building of Namsos, a Havyard 587 Live Fish Carrier design, was signed in November 2013.
Børge Lorentzsen, deputy CEO of NFT, said: “Havyard 587's hull and propulsion system are also very economical in terms of fuel consumption. We can carry three times as much salmon with Havtrans and Namsos as older boats without having to use more fuel.”
“Naturally, this benefits our customers and, not least, it represents a big environmental gain.”
NFT will send the carrier on assignment immediately under a long-term contract with Oppdretternes Miljøservice (OMS).
Namsos and the Havyard 587 design are a further development of the Live Fish Carrier FS Stormy, delivered by Havyard in 2014.
Havyard and NFT have used cylindrical tanks to further develop and improve the Havyard 587 design, which has now resulted in Namsos.
“I can guarantee that Namsos will not be our last newbuild, and, as things stand now, our next one will also be based on this concept,” said head of newbuilds Børge Lorentzsen.
The vessel is 84.6m in length and its three cylindrical tanks can hold a total capacity volume of 3,250m3.
Trygve Solaas, project manager at Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik, said: “A modern Live Fish Carrier is an advanced vessel, with many systems that have to be adapted, installed and tested.”
“In many ways it is more complicated to build a Live Fish Carrier than most of the offshore vessels we have delivered. We have to keep in mind that the vessel has to handle live fish in a way that ensures the best possible quality upon delivery.”
He continued: “The job has been well planned and well executed by Havyard and its subcontractors, and now we have delivered a state-of-the-art vessel by the promised deadline.”
