Norway’s DESS Aquaculture Shipping has ordered two new live fish carriers, which when completed will be assigned to long-term contracts with Marine Harvest.
The vessels, based on a design developed by Salt Ship Design, will be built by Sefine shipyard in Turkey and will be the first two vessels delivered from the shipyard in 2019. The shipbuilding contract includes an option for two more vessels.
DESS’s new vessels are 84.4m long and have a beam of 16.0m and a fish well capacity of more than 3500m3.
The design development has been ongoing for quite some time and has resulted in a purpose made vessel designed to significantly enhance fish welfare, hygiene, quality and environmental aspects. They also have extensive built-in flexibility with regard to different types of treatment methods.
Salt has been working closely with DESS Aquaculture and Marine Harvest to explore how well boat operations can be made more gentle for the fish and what are the operational requirements for a modern and efficient live fish carrier.
The designer said that this contract is a really important one for the company, which adds to an order book of 13 vessel designs under construction at Norwegian and foreign shipyards.
As strong segments of the market, fisheries and aquaculture represent an increasingly important market for the designer.
In June 2016, DESS Aquaculture Shipping contracted a Sea Harvest vessel based on design from Salt Ship Design.
The aquaculture firm’s strategy is to build, own and operate a range of fish farming vessels going forward and this is the third shipbuilding contract made since the company was established in June 2016.
